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Microsoft challenges Chromebooks with $189 Windows 10 laptops for schools
Microsoft is making a bigger push to keep students and teachers using Windows this week. At the annual Bett education show in London, Microsoft is revealing new Windows 10 and Windows 10 S devices that are priced from just $189. The software giant is also partnering with the BBC, LEGO, NASA, PBS, and Pearson to bring a variety of Mixed Reality and video curricula to schools.
Lenovo has created a $189 100e laptop. It's based on Intel's Celeron Apollo Lake chips, so it's a low-cost netbook essentially, designed for schools. Lenovo is also introducing its 300e, a 2-in-1 laptop with pen support, priced at $279. The new Lenovo devices are joined by two from JP, with a Windows Hello laptop priced at $199 and a pen and touch device at $299. All four laptops will be targeted towards education, designed to convince schools not to switch to Chromebooks.
JP apparently refers to JP Sá Couto.
Also at Windows Blog, Engadget, and ZDNet.
Related: First ARM Snapdragon-Based Windows 10 S Systems Announced
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Wednesday January 24 2018, @02:44AM (5 children)
You need a warranty for a $90-$200 computer? Just get a new faster one when it breaks after 4-8 years. And throw the old one into a volcano.
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(Score: 2) by Pino P on Wednesday January 24 2018, @02:48AM (4 children)
I need a warranty in case it breaks after 4-8 weeks.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 24 2018, @08:17AM
That's probably within the 30-90 day return policies offered by most retailers.
Well, I can't tell you what the warranty is for my Chromebook because I didn't look. But I do know that Chromebooks don't contain one of the biggest points of failure: spinning disks. AFAIK they don't have spinning fans either since they use sub-15W TDP CPUs.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @08:25AM (2 children)
The solution is to make a disk image of whatever the seller installed there originally. Then wipe the shit off and make it usable for you. If shit hits the fan then you make image of your current setup and restore the original image before invoking warranty. These are the hoops the assholes make us jump through.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:26PM (1 child)
How would I go about restoring the original image if I cannot see the screen because the hinge broke or if I cannot power the system because the power jack broke?
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Thursday January 25 2018, @04:23AM
You can't. But they'll have to fix it for you before they find out. So it generally works out in your favor.