The new Plus category of Chromebooks is an assurance that you’ll get a higher level of performance and features but still at a reasonable starting price.

With Chromebook Plus, you’re guaranteed to get at least the following specs, with a starting price of $399:

  • 12th-gen Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 7000 processor or better
  • 8GB or more of memory
  • 128GB or more of storage
  • 1080p-resolution IPS LCD or better
  • 1080p webcam with temporal noise reduction
  • raptir@lemdro.id
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    Debian has been around for 30 years. And on my non-Chromebook I can always install the latest version.

      • raptir@lemdro.id
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        1 year ago

        And when that support period ends… I just install the next Debian release.

        When the support period for ChromeOS ends, I’m “officially” out of luck.

        I have a 13 year old laptop that runs current Linux distros without a problem.

        • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          You can install Linux on that old Chromebook, same as you can today. I think also CloudReady could be used. Or Chromium is open source so that custom buildsay be feasible just like with custom Android ROMs.

          • raptir@lemdro.id
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            Or I could just… buy a laptop that doesn’t have an expiration date.

            • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              1 year ago

              Yup. My point is simply that with the latest announced support cycle ChromeOS has a longer support cycle than any single Linux distro LTS release I know of, and even when out of support a Chromebook isn’t automatically an ewaste paperweight.

              • raptir@lemdro.id
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                But you’re comparing apples and oranges. With a Chromebook, the OS is being updated to a new version every month. You’re comparing a device being able to support a certain number of versions of an OS to an OS receiving application and security updates. It’s a meaningless comparison because a typical laptop running Linux can be upgraded to an arbitrary number of new versions of any Linux distribution.