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    • can also use them as an alternative to Raspberry Pis
    • if you can work with tight limitations, you can go down to $30 or less
    • schools tend to be trying to get rid of palettes of the things because of Google’s policy of end-of-lifing the things after only a couple years
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        If you’re in the USA or Canada, take a look at https://www.govdeals.com/. A lot of government agencies auction off their old equipment on that site, including public school districts.

        If you’re lucky, pallets of 150 Chromebooks or other lower-end laptops can be had for $1000-2000 ($6-$13 each) plus taxes and fees. You have to arrange your own pickup though - none of the auctions offer delivery.

        Not guaranteed to be in perfect condition of course - they were used in a school after all.

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        • a previous how-to (Reviving Chromebooks with Ubuntu) mentioned just talking to the IT contact for your local school
        • without going into a whole palette, search eBay for: chromebook lot of – people selling anything from lots of 4 to lots of 15, generally averaging $20 each (pretty much guaranteed to be expired, would check models against Chrultrabook for usability)