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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Surely there are people who bought Chromebooks for college? Or boomers who bought the $245 Chromebook instead of the $285 Win10S manufactured ewaste laptop?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also probably some folks who bought a Chromebook in bulk from a school for pennies on the dollar.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

That's the winning hypothesis, dumpster diving gooners.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Those are cheap and rugged. I bought a reconditioned Chromebook Think Pad for $30. I want to put Linux on it. But I haven't found my 'roundtoit yet.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I snagged a Chromebook back in 2016 and used it for 9 years. It wasn't speedy, but for small time browsing, terminal use (I rooted it and put a real Linux distro in there), and media watching it was just fine.