Old MacBooks and PC laptops can be turned into Chromebooks, which could address several of the concerns. Google freely offers ChromeOS Flex, which does the switch-over.
Galaxybrain solution: Maybe they could release a version of ChromeOS Flex which allows old Chromebooks to also be used as Chromebooks.
I’m pretty sure you can do that. The issue for schools is that the Chromebook would have to be less restricted to allow the installation of other OSs (I’m pretty sure). Right now it’s really hard for a student to install a new OS on a Chromebook. We’ve been using chromebooks in our district for around 10 years and I don’t think I’ve seen a student do a legitimate management bypass.
The real issue is that these kids are using these devices every single day for multiple hours for 3-4 years. Sometimes it’s the only computer in the house so the parents are using it too. If they were bought new eol/eos should be 8 years. They are going to be in real rough shape after that.
Hey uhh that’s not very Don’t Be Evil of them.
Galaxybrain solution: Maybe they could release a version of ChromeOS Flex which allows old Chromebooks to also be used as Chromebooks.
I’m pretty sure you can do that. The issue for schools is that the Chromebook would have to be less restricted to allow the installation of other OSs (I’m pretty sure). Right now it’s really hard for a student to install a new OS on a Chromebook. We’ve been using chromebooks in our district for around 10 years and I don’t think I’ve seen a student do a legitimate management bypass.
The real issue is that these kids are using these devices every single day for multiple hours for 3-4 years. Sometimes it’s the only computer in the house so the parents are using it too. If they were bought new eol/eos should be 8 years. They are going to be in real rough shape after that.