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Eat your heart out, because you can still watch Netflix or Disney+ on a 2013-era Windows PC or MacBook.
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For a typical consumer who isn’t going to open the laptop up, unlock the OS write protect, and install CloudReady, the only way to watch a Netflix movie is to buy a new Chromebook. For example, on the original $1,300 Google Chromebook Pixel (which expired in 2018), the version of Chrome it runs will no longer let you watch Netflix. An unsupported browser means you get left behind by websites, too. Apple’s OSX has 2,212 listed vulnerabilities from 1999 until today and Microsoft Windows has 6,814 since 1999. In 10 years, only 55 security exploits have been documented for ChromeOS. But to be fair, Chromebooks are still one of the most secure consumer laptops around, and you could argue that an expired Chromebook might even be more secure than updated Windows or MacOS laptops. All computers are under constant attack and updating it is the first line of defense. With an expired Chromebook, you lose that defense.įor people used to Windows and MacOS, that could be enough to make you think an expired Chromebook should be crossed off the list. The most important reason to keep your PC, Mac or Chromebook updated today is security.
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Intel even recently issued a security update for PCs running Windows 7, 8 and 10, so you do get some support. That’s different from Microsoft, which updated Windows 7 on its last day. Once a Chromebook expires, you no longer get updates. Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming game service has come to Chromebooks but it requires version 77 and up of ChromeOS, which abandoned Chromebooks may not have.
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With an “expired Windows 7 laptop,” for example, you can simply buy Windows 10 and keep using the laptop rather than buying a new one. With a Chromebook there is no option to buy an updated version of ChromeOS-the only answer to continue getting updates from Google is to buy a new one. What’s a bit different with Chromebooks is that the hardware itself expires. Since Chromebooks are essentially low-cost hardware running a very lightweight Linux operating system as a vessel for the Chrome browser, few expected them to expire. The concept of an expired computer itself isn’t new, but Chrome OS has taken heat for years over it. 2020, here’s how many ChromeOS devices are about to expire and when.
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All told, not counting the already expired Chromebooks, there’s 77 we think you may want to avoid right now. Frankly, that’s a lot of Chromebooks you could potentially purchase that will no longer get updates very soon after you buy it. Another 29 had two years of “life” left and another 13 with less than three years. We found 51 expired devices, another 35 with just one year left of support.