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The following Dell laptop would be better than a vendor locked in Chromebook: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-laptop/spd/inspiron-15-3

The following Dell laptop would be better than a vendor locked in Chromebook: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-laptop/spd/inspiron-15-3520-laptop/nn3520gmxph https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/inspiron-15-lap...

jessenaser 3y ago
Yes, being a government body they could get a larger discount on bulk orders, and having a computer that can run all software instead of just the web browser (that Chrome OS only allows) will actually help communities.
agbrrw 3y ago
It fills with malware so much faster, too!
gjsman-1000 3y ago
Dude... This is a steal. Wow.
hospitalJail 3y ago
Wait, vendor locked? I was about to get a chromebook for $120 and put some linux on it.
- afandian 3y ago
  I got one with the same intent and it’s not as easy as it used to be sadly. I was disappointed. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton If you want to get a Google account there’s Crostini, but it’s not the same. AFAICT you need to log in with a Google account.
night-rider 3y ago
> a vendor locked in Chromebook Choose your poison. Macbooks are tightly knit with Apple and phone home, but are absurdly expensive and people pay for the privilege of getting spied on. Same with Chromebooks: we're just another datapoint for Google, and much more data is collected. Why not hand out Thinkpads flashed with Trisquel Linux[0]? (A Libre Linux that respects privacy?). And don't get me started on Windows 10/11 lol. [0] https://trisquel.info/ https://trisquel.info/
- graphe 3y ago
  What normal person wants a Thinkpad with Trisquel Linux? If you market the Chromebook as a general purpose coreboot compatible laptop (since 2013) and give them no OS I'm sure the same person that wants a Thinkpad would be even happier.
- evanjrowley 3y ago
  At that price point, I'm willing to bet Secure Boot is locked. That means the user can only run Windows or a small subset of Linux distros with lagging kernel versions.
2snakes 3y ago
Chromebooks can run windows executables as progressive webapps now if I recall.
downvotetruth 3y ago
$61.25 more than the $198.75 per unit (https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/PressReleases/2023-OSB-Device-Awards.pdf https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/PressReleases/2023-OSB-D...) although Dell surely would have found an equivalent with a 135,000 volume discount

jessenaser 3y ago

Yes, being a government body they could get a larger discount on bulk orders, and having a computer that can run all software instead of just the web browser (that Chrome OS only allows) will actually help communities.

agbrrw 3y ago

It fills with malware so much faster, too!

gjsman-1000 3y ago

Dude... This is a steal. Wow.

hospitalJail 3y ago

Wait, vendor locked? I was about to get a chromebook for $120 and put some linux on it.

afandian 3y ago
I got one with the same intent and it’s not as easy as it used to be sadly. I was disappointed. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton If you want to get a Google account there’s Crostini, but it’s not the same. AFAICT you need to log in with a Google account.

night-rider 3y ago

> a vendor locked in Chromebook Choose your poison. Macbooks are tightly knit with Apple and phone home, but are absurdly expensive and people pay for the privilege of getting spied on. Same with Chromebooks: we're just another datapoint for Google, and much more data is collected. Why not hand out Thinkpads flashed with Trisquel Linux[0]? (A Libre Linux that respects privacy?). And don't get me started on Windows 10/11 lol. [0] https://trisquel.info/ https://trisquel.info/

graphe 3y ago
What normal person wants a Thinkpad with Trisquel Linux? If you market the Chromebook as a general purpose coreboot compatible laptop (since 2013) and give them no OS I'm sure the same person that wants a Thinkpad would be even happier.
evanjrowley 3y ago
At that price point, I'm willing to bet Secure Boot is locked. That means the user can only run Windows or a small subset of Linux distros with lagging kernel versions.

2snakes 3y ago

Chromebooks can run windows executables as progressive webapps now if I recall.

downvotetruth 3y ago

$61.25 more than the $198.75 per unit (https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/PressReleases/2023-OSB-Device-Awards.pdf https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Documents/PressReleases/2023-OSB-D...) although Dell surely would have found an equivalent with a 135,000 volume discount