Any recommendations for Chromebooks in 2025?

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tim0001

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#3327602 5-Jan-2025 08:53

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Those T480s's look interesting. The batteries are readily available too (eg https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/NBBOEM0665/Laptop-Battery-For-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T470-T480-T570)

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#3354165 15-Mar-2025 11:58

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K8Toledo: Don't buy a Chromebook, you'll regret it, and be upgrading before you know it. I replace all the BYOD Chromebooks that come to me with ex lease T4* Think Pads. They will last till year 10 T480s $250 T490s $499.00

Impressive. If I'm not mistaken the CPUs for those are on the Windows 11 supported list?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

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#3379742 2-Jun-2025 09:31

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gzt:

K8Toledo: Don't buy a Chromebook, you'll regret it, and be upgrading before you know it. I replace all the BYOD Chromebooks that come to me with ex lease T4* Think Pads. They will last till year 10 T480s $250 T490s $499.00

Impressive. If I'm not mistaken the CPUs for those are on the Windows 11 supported list?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

W11 requirements can be circumvented with Rufus, or a registry edit. :D

I've installed on an i5-4670, using the reg edit.

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