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1. TheqO · 1790700215 · focus · HN ↗

       > Googlebooks are the Google's replacement for Chromebooks, the web-centric computers it launched in 2011 and which run ChromeOS....
   
       The newer Googlebook range uses more powerful processors than their predecessors, plus a new OS called Googlebook OS that bakes in Google’s Gemini AI – a product the Chocolate Factory is very keen to see succeed as the great AI land grab continues.
   
       ...If you buy a Chromebook today, updates will end in 2034 eight years into the future
   
   

   So they have introduced a major change and said any older Chromebooks bought going forward will only get 8. So its not a retrospective reduction for existing customers.

   Sounds reasonable.

   8 years is still a long time for a cheap Chromebook.

   1. JimDabell · 1790700819 · focus · HN ↗

      Large organisations don’t buy a single batch of machines then call it a day. If an organisation standardised on Chromebooks because of the support period, they will still need to buy new machines and those won’t get the support period they had expected.

      1. gegtik · 1790702959 · focus · HN ↗

         are you saying google is betraying them unless they sell new chromebooks with 10y chromeOS contracts going forward until the heat death of the universe?

         1. smuhakg · 1790710349 · focus · HN ↗

            I would prefer the Microsoft way, where they double the cost every few years with extended support, super duper extended support, and more.

            Then when my organization inevitably fucks up the migration we can pay money to bail ourselves out rather than being out of compliance.

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