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That is terrible. So they'll never create a device that is good enough that they'll sell for for 6 years unless they sell something they don't support.
by choward 7y ago
That is terrible. So they'll never create a device that is good enough that they'll sell for for 6 years unless they sell something they don't support.
- pgeorgi 7y agoOr extend the support: https://9to5google.com/2019/11/05/google-chromebooks-extended-software-support/ https://9to5google.com/2019/11/05/google-chromebooks-extende... Other than that, few vendors sell 6 year old computers. Since Apple is often put up as model company here: 2013 had the iPhone 5s which was sold until early 2016, and the end-2013 MacBook Pro (based on Haswell) which was replaced by its successor in 2014 (based on Haswell-Refresh).
- daemin 7y agoI think the point was that the product was so minimal and cheap that you would throw it away and get a new one like a phone.
- kulahan 7y agoCorrect. That's why the vast majority of them are ~$250 or less