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Re:Danish schools will no longer be allowed to use Chromeboo... by whywhywhywhy on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @08:51AM (#39288524)
> Yes, Chromebooks are terrible. They are actually a hindrance more than anything else.

School budgets for student laptops cap out around $300 and they get cheaper if they're able to. It's a challenge to build a quality device at that price point, even more of a challenge to actually make money doing so.

This isn't an argument schools should have more money, they have plenty and some of the areas with terrible performance are spending a fortune a year per student, more a criticism of where that money is going if this is the tool they're supposed to learn with and it's not being spent there.

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Re:Danish schools will no longer be allowed to use Chromeboo... by kergonath on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @12:32PM (#39291430)
> School budgets for student laptops cap out around $300 and they get cheaper if they're able to. It's a challenge to build a quality device at that price point, even more of a challenge to actually make money doing so.

I know. Schools already tend to be under-funded in a lot of countries (on average, obviously there are local variations, as you say). But at the same time shoddy computers are not very useful either. I don’t have an easy solution.

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