I realize this does nothing to solve your problem, but for the sake of discusion, internally at Microsoft, pretty much all the developers I know have switched to using "Devbox", which means we use a remote desktop client to access our dev machine.
A lot of us resisted this at first, but then just kindof came to accept it, and it made it so we have a lot more capable machines to do development on than the laptops that we would have to recycle every couple years.
I know there have probably been a lot of "thin client" products/services in the education space in the past, but I think it might be time to try again.
Like another poster here, I think it's "sad" that kids are using laptops. Laptops have small screens and poor ergonomics.
A thin client setup with a good keyboard, mouse and monitor could be better and more affordable / future proof.
A lot of us resisted this at first, but then just kindof came to accept it, and it made it so we have a lot more capable machines to do development on than the laptops that we would have to recycle every couple years.
I know there have probably been a lot of "thin client" products/services in the education space in the past, but I think it might be time to try again.
Like another poster here, I think it's "sad" that kids are using laptops. Laptops have small screens and poor ergonomics.
A thin client setup with a good keyboard, mouse and monitor could be better and more affordable / future proof.