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Please don't buy Chromebooks - they come with "best before" dates

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  • Tigsteroonie
    Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite
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    Tigsteroonie wrote: »
    Apparently my Chromebook has an AUE of August 2019. I'll let you know in 8 days whether anything happens.

    6 September, just had another Chrome OS update. I guess the "Auto Update Expiration" for my model isn't correct.
    :heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls

    MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote

    :) Proud Parents to an Aut-some son :)
  • crunchytricks
    crunchytricks Posts: 1 Newbie
    Everything in this world have an expiry date. Chrombooks are awesome. PS: I'm an Chrombook User.
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    crunchytricks wrote: »
    Everything in this world have an expiry date. Chrombooks are awesome. PS: I'm an Chrombook User.

    You joined to post that?

    Things must be getting really desperate in the Chromebook camp.

    Why buy cheap and nasty hardware when you can simply re-purpose any old laptop to run Chrome OS if that is what you want? A fool and his money are soon parted.
    So sad that the people who wasted their money on that nonsense, are constantly attempting to justify that it was money well spent.
    Paying Google to track them.
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,843 Forumite
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    crunchytricks wrote: »
    Chrombooks are awesome.
    The word "awesome" has become so devalued that its present meaning has become "marginally better than average"...





  • r2020
    r2020 Posts: 25 Forumite
    Same with Lenovo tablets, factory reset them after 2 years and 3 months and they are bricked.
  • stragglebod
    stragglebod Posts: 1,324 Forumite
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    r2020 wrote: »
    Same with Lenovo tablets, factory reset them after 2 years and 3 months and they are bricked.
    No, you managed to brick yours. Then whinged when people tried to give you advice.
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