Doubling the lifespan of older Chromebooks would save California’s schools $225 million, according to advocacy group CALPIRG.

There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.

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But for their laptops the support has dropped to the lowest in years. Some intel MacBooks no longer get the latest version after 6 years.

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Confused noise from people who grew up using Windows 95.

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