Chromebook Durability Tests Are a Joke

Chromebook durability tests at school are a joke. They call it “real-world testing,” but what

they really mean is watching a $200 laptop get treated like it owes someone money.

Dropped from desks, slammed shut, stuffed into backpacks with textbooks like it’s invincible.

Then everyone acts shocked when the screen cracks or the hinge snaps. Teachers say,

“They’re built for students.” Yeah—students who gently carry them, not students who

trip over backpacks, rush between classes, or have desks from 1998. These tests never

show what actually breaks first either. It’s always “the Chromebook survived,” but the keyboard’s

busted, the trackpad barely works, and the battery lasts 20 minutes.