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> What happens when a Chromebook or your MIL-SPEC LG laptop breaks? Chromebook: if in warranty fix, if out of warranty, buy two more Chromebooks for the price
by indymike 4y ago
> What happens when a Chromebook or your MIL-SPEC LG laptop breaks?
Chromebook: if in warranty fix, if out of warranty, buy two more Chromebooks for the price of one M1 Macbook Air screen.
LG Gram: LG has a pretty good repair network. My team (5) has been using LG Gram 17" laptops running Ubuntu for about a year, and one person managed to chip the paint (it's anodized black on a metal body), but that was about it. They've been surprisingly sturdy despite weighing a few ounces more than a 13" macbook air. Also, battery life is on par with the M1 air I carry for occasionally dealing with App Store issues.
- throwaway5959 4y ago> Chromebook: if in warranty fix, if out of warranty, buy two more Chromebooks for the price of one M1 Macbook Air screen. That’s incredibly wasteful.
- mmh0000 4y agoIs it wasteful though? Chomebooks generally can be repaired for cheap with a little time investment. Sell the broken one on ebay "for parts" and someone will repair it and continue to use it. OTOH Apple's are notoriously unrepairable, or way too expensive to repair (case in point; this entire thread). They become trash when they break.
- jupp0r 4y agoIf you are telling me you are relying on LG notebooks just not breaking - I don't believe you. Everything breaks.
- indymike 4y ago> If you are telling me you are relying on LG notebooks just not breaking LG has a first class repair network, so if they do break... same as any other global PC manufacturer. Also, standard procedure is to buy at least one machine and put it on the shelf so if one fails... we have an replacement. > Everything breaks. Yep.