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Chromebooks have an expiration date[1]. Considering I have 10-plus-year-old ThinkPads that still work fine, Chromebooks are a hard pass for me. [1] https://www
by flyinghamster 6y ago
Chromebooks have an expiration date[1]. Considering I have 10-plus-year-old ThinkPads that still work fine, Chromebooks are a hard pass for me.
[1] https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/chromebook-6-years-expiration https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/chromebook-6-years-expira...
- schwartzworld 6y agoI've got a 5 year old Chromebook that still works great. I paid $200 for it in 2015.
- bitwize 6y agoUpdates may cease but the machines still work and can easily be put into developer mode to receive another OS. This Echo thing depends on some cloud service to even function. And I doubt Amazon built hackability into 'em. Once they pull the plug on the cloud service, the device becomes junk.
- ta17711771 6y agoHardware security is changing very rapidly. There's more than it seems on the surface.
- rixed 6y agoDo you mean software security issue one could exploit given physical access (which sounds a much minor issue than hardware obsolescence in this world of overproduction and waste) or risk of physical harm due to, say, fire hazard or similar?
- ta17711771 6y agoThis is Hacker News. I'm speaking of exploits/firmware vulnerabilities. New hardware brings new mitigations, like the Pixels + GrapheneOS for example. Used to think Android/mobiles were awful from a security perspective. Boy was I wrong. Still awful for privacy, if Airplane mode is off, but, still.
- ta17711771 6y agoAlso, NOT just exploitable with physical access....remote code execution is not just a theoretical fantasy.