Google provides hardware that runs its own OS with automatic updates for a fixed period of time after their release. This software policy applies to a range of devices, from Chromebooks to Chromebits, the end-of-life (EOL) of which is known as Auto Update Expiration (or AUE). 140 of these products have had their AUEs amended by 6 months to a year each.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Google-extends-the-EOL-of-140-different-Chrome-OS-devices-by-up-to-a-year-each.441396.0.html
Even with the extended updates, buying an upper range chromebook does not make much sense. Why would you spend 1000 Dollars or more on a laptop with a build in expiry date?
Quote from: Rob Goldpalm on November 07, 2019, 02:27:34
Even with the extended updates, buying an upper range chromebook does not make much sense. Why would you spend 1000 Dollars or more on a laptop with a build in expiry date?
It doesn't though? The expiration date is on updates, the laptop still works even after that date.
That said, I think budget chromebooks are great cause you get much more for the money than their windows counterparts. But for premium chromebooks, they seem for some strange reason quite overpriced.