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They might be unlockable, but at that point they're disposable to a business or school environment. A PC shipped with Windows 7 in 2009 can run Windows 10 for
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
They might be unlockable, but at that point they're disposable to a business or school environment.
A PC shipped with Windows 7 in 2009 can run Windows 10 for free and the latest release of Chrome, supported officially by Google. If you upgraded from XP or Vista, many of those PCs can still run current Chrome just fine. The max life of a Chromebook as a Chromebook is like six years.
- zozbot234 6y agoYou would unlock them after they've reached EOL w/ their supported OS, for the sake of resale value and thus reuse. It's not much of course, but it's better than a lot of mobile hardware.