Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by izacus on Thursday December 24, 2020 @10:54AM (#25528561)

You can usually buy 2-3 Chromebooks for the same price point, how are those two even comparable?

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by Aldo_MX on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:32AM (#25528911)

> How are those two even comparable?

They're both locked down with fury and will eventually be rendered useless due to no software updates.

You can attempt to install Linux to those but... Will you succeed?

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by iamgopal on Thursday December 24, 2020 @12:11PM (#25529280)

I have 3 chromebook bricked due to update issues. My 2009 imac is going strong and gut feeling says my 2020 MBA will definitely outlast 2023 chromebooks.

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by jml7c5 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @01:35PM (#25530070)

Sounds like a good excuse to pull out the ol' SOIC clip.

https://wiki.mrchromebox.tech/Unbricking

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by tsjq on Thursday December 24, 2020 @10:57AM (#25528575)

Haha. Excellent point indeed !

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