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I don't think the main problem with Windows PCs is the cost of AD/Exchange/etc although it's a big problem. IMO the main problem is that even well managed Windo
by sunnyps 10y ago
I don't think the main problem with Windows PCs is the cost of AD/Exchange/etc although it's a big problem. IMO the main problem is that even well managed Windows installs have a way of turning to shit (mine did recently). OTOH ChromeOS is the exact opposite: unless you put your Chromebook into developer mode you cannot muck with the OS at all. And even if you manage to somehow get your device into a bad state, reinstalling from a factory image is easy. So Windows might have more apps and be a more capable OS than ChromeOS but its support costs are too high for it to viable.
- UnoriginalGuy 10y agoWindows doesn't have those problems if it is well managed. The second you get the wiff of a problem on a specific device, you just rebuild it from scratch over the network using WDS to select which installation you want, hit go, and walk away. But as I said above, managing the services behind the scenes (inc. WDS and the images) costs money and smaller school districts struggle to absorb that overhead. I think all you've done is describe the same problem in a roundabout way.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoAt my brother's school the Chromebooks are universally hated. And his took a dive the other day even, even a factory reset couldn't fix what was screwed up on it so they replaced it.