It's newsworthy in the "Google is taking the education market away from Apple" sense. You can't really say "it's obvious that would've happened, because Chrome

It's newsworthy in the "Google is taking the education market away from Apple" sense. You can't really say "it's obvious that would've happened, because Chromebooks are so much cheaper!" Chromebooks also have a ton of weaknesses compared to a "real computer," so I don't think this progression was obvious to most. It could've very well been Microsoft the one to take the market from Apple.