New Google ChromeOS updates cause 100% CPU usage, heating issues

Re:New Google ChromeOS updates cause 100% CPU usage, heating... by cj on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:32PM (#24610714)

Not sure why you’re downvoted.

I helped a teacher last week reinstall her OS. She was about to buy a new $1300 gaming PC (not reimbursed by the school district) because she kept getting kicked out of her video calls with her students and apps randomly crashed.

And now it’s good as new, no need for a new computer.

I think us tech people sometimes lose sight of the amount of crapware that non-techies accumulate / download / install over a period of years.

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Re:New Google ChromeOS updates cause 100% CPU usage, heating... by p1necone on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:55PM (#24611706)

CPU performance improvements were basically stagnant for so long that basically any computer from about 2010 onwards could be made an adequate office PC by installing a fresh copy of windows and swapping in an SSD. Now with AMD back in the game, and Intel being forced to improve I wonder if software bloat will catch up with the improved performance and make old hardware obsolete faster - hopefully not.

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Re:New Google ChromeOS updates cause 100% CPU usage, heating... by dvdbloc on Sunday September 27, 2020 @06:49PM (#24610821)

And just even how hard it for non techies to download and install a simple utility/AV application/whatever when they are on sites that have ads with fake download buttons...

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