> But a Google spokesman said the death dates have an important purpose: Chromebook laptops receive regular software updates - including for security - and olde

> But a Google spokesman said the death dates have an important purpose: Chromebook laptops receive regular software updates - including for security - and older devices often cannot support the upgrades. > "These updates depend on many device-specific non-Google hardware and software providers that work with Google to provide the highest level of security and stability support," said Peter Du, communications manager for ChromeOS. "For this reason, older Chrome devices cannot receive updates indefinitely to enable new OS and browser features." Anyone know what OS and browser features he's specifically referring to here, and why it's not possible to implement them on earlier Chromebook models?