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That is worse than other alternatives - PCs and Mac machines.

by dman 8y ago

stickfigure 8y ago
Not if you measure in $/yr of service. Also... you've got to treat a laptop pretty gingerly to have one last more than 5 years. Mine are in pretty rough shape by then.
- dman 8y ago
  On the price front - https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-11-3000/spd/inspiron-11-3180-laptop https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-11-300... - that is a windows laptop for $180. Do you think a chromebook will have better $/year than that? On the durability front - I guess you dont use thinkpads :)
  - kbutler 8y ago
    I picked up one of those for Black Friday last year. Nice little machine, but the 32GB drive is not enough for Windows - Windows update failed within 6 months because of disk full - even with no user data. Way too much hassle I ended up putting Linux on it - faster and could keep it updated. But still quite a bit of hassle. It's sitting in a drawer now. But my old Samsung arm Chromebook XE303C12 still gets used. I do miss the more complete keyboard on the Inspiron, though.
  - mav3rick 8y ago
    Good luck with Windows on 32 GB.
    - dman 8y ago
      This has 64 GB for ~260 - http://plugandgear.com/lenovo-ideapad-120s-11-6-inch-hd-laptop-intel-celeron-n3350-dual-core-up-to-2-4ghz-2gb-ram-64gb-emmc-802-11ac-bluetooth-windows-10/ http://plugandgear.com/lenovo-ideapad-120s-11-6-inch-hd-lapt... At any rate I hope you agree that 5 years (from launch) is not a long time to support a device. This policy is wasteful to the environment and not empathetic towards a large section of users who would find it challenging to divert a few hundred dollars every 3-5 years.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Except the laptop that got stolen and one which the GPU kind of blew up, all my other laptops had an average life of 10 years. I use laptops as main computers since 1999. Maybe I try to take good care of them?
- rifung 8y ago
  > Also... you've got to treat a laptop pretty gingerly to have one last more than 5 years. Well it's 5 years from launch which is a big problem in my opinion. For example, they didn't replace the Pixelbook so if you are, like me, considering buying one for Black Friday, you only get 4 years of (guaranteed) support. It also probably harms resale value. 5 years of support from the last day of sale would be much more acceptable to me. I work for Google but opinions are my own.
Latteland 8y ago
They have a declared support plan and follow it. I do wish they'd support crostini on my 2015 pixelbook but it has the old Linux on it.

That is worse than other alternatives - PCs and Mac machines.

by dman 8y ago

That is worse than other alternatives - PCs and Mac machines.

Not if you measure in $/yr of service. Also... you've got to treat a laptop pretty gingerly to have one last more than 5 years. Mine are in pretty rough shape by then.

dman 8y ago
On the price front - https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-11-3000/spd/inspiron-11-3180-laptop https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-11-300... - that is a windows laptop for $180. Do you think a chromebook will have better $/year than that? On the durability front - I guess you dont use thinkpads :)
- kbutler 8y ago
  I picked up one of those for Black Friday last year. Nice little machine, but the 32GB drive is not enough for Windows - Windows update failed within 6 months because of disk full - even with no user data. Way too much hassle I ended up putting Linux on it - faster and could keep it updated. But still quite a bit of hassle. It's sitting in a drawer now. But my old Samsung arm Chromebook XE303C12 still gets used. I do miss the more complete keyboard on the Inspiron, though.
- mav3rick 8y ago
  Good luck with Windows on 32 GB.
  - dman 8y ago
    This has 64 GB for ~260 - http://plugandgear.com/lenovo-ideapad-120s-11-6-inch-hd-laptop-intel-celeron-n3350-dual-core-up-to-2-4ghz-2gb-ram-64gb-emmc-802-11ac-bluetooth-windows-10/ http://plugandgear.com/lenovo-ideapad-120s-11-6-inch-hd-lapt... At any rate I hope you agree that 5 years (from launch) is not a long time to support a device. This policy is wasteful to the environment and not empathetic towards a large section of users who would find it challenging to divert a few hundred dollars every 3-5 years.
pjmlp 8y ago
Except the laptop that got stolen and one which the GPU kind of blew up, all my other laptops had an average life of 10 years. I use laptops as main computers since 1999. Maybe I try to take good care of them?
rifung 8y ago
> Also... you've got to treat a laptop pretty gingerly to have one last more than 5 years. Well it's 5 years from launch which is a big problem in my opinion. For example, they didn't replace the Pixelbook so if you are, like me, considering buying one for Black Friday, you only get 4 years of (guaranteed) support. It also probably harms resale value. 5 years of support from the last day of sale would be much more acceptable to me. I work for Google but opinions are my own.

Latteland 8y ago

They have a declared support plan and follow it. I do wish they'd support crostini on my 2015 pixelbook but it has the old Linux on it.