P.S. proprietary software should be illegal in education. Full stop.
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Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout
chunes@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I wish we lived in a world where they’re doing it because they don’t want locked-down toys issued by an evil corporation. But of course that’s not the reason.
gradual@lemmings.world 3 days ago
jj4211@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I suppose the question would be the alternative.
Note the devices actively discouraging offline save is a huge asset to schools, since kids screw up a lot, forget their devices and need loaners to get through a day and such. Extra bonus if the device can’t be too fun, to avoid them being overly used at home and get broken more.So Chromebook is desirable because they suck so much.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I was thinking of buying a Chromebook for travelling cause it’s cheap. I was very close to buying one, but someone told me about the world of used ThinkPads. I ended up buying a used ThinkPad with an AMD R7 4750U and I am so glad I did. It can run literally every game I want lol
AA5B@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It depends on your use case. A same cost Chromebook would be much lighter, faster with the things it can do, and over ten hour battery life.
I don’t game much and considered a Chromebook for basic travel use, but went with a tablet.
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
What do you mean by this? Surely you don’t mean actual performance, right?
I don’t game a ton but having the performance to be able to do so is really nice IMO. The battery life is great as well, and being able to put any OS I want on it is huge too.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I adore my T-480! I put Linux Mint on it, and it does everything I need it to do, with basically no fuss, and no garbage from Microsoft