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Last year, about 3.9 million Chromebooks were shipped in the education sector, an increase in unit sales of more than 310 percent compared with the previous year, IDC said. By contrast, iPad unit sales for education fell last year to 2.7 million devices, compared to 2.9 million in 2013, according to IDC data.
“Even if Microsoft is No. 1 in volume and Apple is No. 1 in revenue, from the growth perspective, nobody can beat Chromebook,” said Rajani Singh, a senior research analyst at IDC who tracks the personal computer market and is the author of the report.
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I bet, Google Chromebooks are selling so many laptops to schools because of the huge discounts they get from Google, and the Chromebook manufactuers like Acer, Asus, Dell and others who probably sell Chromebooks for $100-300 each to schools. It is also back to school time, and school budgets are not very big, so they probably can't afford Apple computers, and better Windows laptops which are durable enough for young kids to use.
Google and Chromebook makers probably pay less income tax, and other taxes when selling cheaper Chromebooks to schools, colleges, and non-profits which tutor kids for free after school, so they can sell them for cheaper prices and still make a profit.
I think using Chromebooks at school is better than using the school's old Windows XP-Vista desktop computers with a single or dual core 1-1.6GHz CPU, and 512MB to 1GB of RAM, and slow onboard video chips from Intel or VIA which sometimes freezes programs like Firefox, MS Word, and Power point when too many files and programs are open at the same time.
“Even if Microsoft is No. 1 in volume and Apple is No. 1 in revenue, from the growth perspective, nobody can beat Chromebook,” said Rajani Singh, a senior research analyst at IDC who tracks the personal computer market and is the author of the report.
Read More
I bet, Google Chromebooks are selling so many laptops to schools because of the huge discounts they get from Google, and the Chromebook manufactuers like Acer, Asus, Dell and others who probably sell Chromebooks for $100-300 each to schools. It is also back to school time, and school budgets are not very big, so they probably can't afford Apple computers, and better Windows laptops which are durable enough for young kids to use.
Google and Chromebook makers probably pay less income tax, and other taxes when selling cheaper Chromebooks to schools, colleges, and non-profits which tutor kids for free after school, so they can sell them for cheaper prices and still make a profit.
I think using Chromebooks at school is better than using the school's old Windows XP-Vista desktop computers with a single or dual core 1-1.6GHz CPU, and 512MB to 1GB of RAM, and slow onboard video chips from Intel or VIA which sometimes freezes programs like Firefox, MS Word, and Power point when too many files and programs are open at the same time.
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