Submitted 1 year ago by rcmaehl@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
I didn’t see anything against memes in the rules, but feel free to remove if not allowed :)
I continue to maintain that Chromebooks are toys. Any real productivity is just not possible with them. I would rather an older Lenovo ThinkPad T4XX series that I bought off of Amazon than a brand new Chromebook.
As a teacher who teaches students with Chromebooks, I concur.
As a former K-12 sysadmin who maintained 10,000 chromebooks on my own I think that either of you doesn’t fully grasp how crucial these devices are. Web access is 99% of school device usage and for the few random CTE/STEM products or PASCO devices for science I’ll get a dedicated laptop locker with 10 laptops in it for checkout that run Windows with a base golden image and (preferably entune, but let’s be real) apps in SCCM Software Center so I can quickly wipe them when inevitably a student with more free time than myself either breaks it, deletes system32, or loads it full of porn or Counter Strike.
It’s for students. It’s cheap, it’s effective, it has minimal vulnerabilities that cannot be quickly resolved in 1 minute with a power wash. It has an easy admin interface for techs so I can have them manage smaller details, and it allows me to quickly get them repaired, or cheaply replace them.
Lenovo is a Chinese government data gathering operation though.
The same Lenovo that couldn’t keep their internal web pages from being public accessible that then allowed the shimming of every other manufacturer’s Chromebooks? Fuck Lenovo.
Please remember to tag gore as NSFWMR
Well, if it’s completely dry before plugging in, it can definitely get rid of dirt. On hot surfaces it sometimes gets baked in and compressed air is too little
Just put it in rice afterwards /meme
I would suggest dumping it in a 99% alcohol bath afterwards if you’re gonna wash electronics in water. Alcohol will push out any water that gets stuck in any nooks and crannies and then it will dry without any residue.
Well, using IPA instead of water would probably be a better idea in the first place. But beggars can’t be choosers, I guess ;)
Admins: please add a rule against memes. Thank you.
Needs more stickers that are glued on, or marker stains all over the case.
Do we have an equivalent magazine to techsupportgore?
CaptObvious@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s a Chromebook. It certainly can’t operate any worse just because they washed it. ;)