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.

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.idEnglish
      6·
      9 months 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.worldEnglish
        12·
        9 months 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.idEnglish
          31·
          9 months ago

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

          • Baron Von J@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            9 months 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.idEnglish
              2·
              9 months 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.