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$50 bucks per device per year? For what, extra management frameworks on a chromebox? What a bargain /s

• arthurfm 9y ago
  Google also have a perpetual Chrome Enterprise license that costs $150 per device. [1] For education and non-profits the same license is $30. [2] $50/device/year does seem like a lot of money especially when Google expect a device will last 6.5 years. [3][4] Surely lowering the cost of the business licenses even further would increase Chrome OS adoption significantly? [1] https://shop.promevo.com/index.php/google-cloud/software/manage/google-chrome-management-console-business-perpetual-license.html https://shop.promevo.com/index.php/google-cloud/software/man... [2] https://shop.promevo.com/index.php/google-for-education/software/manage/management-console-education.html https://shop.promevo.com/index.php/google-for-education/soft... [3] https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en [4] https://chromeunboxed.com/googles-end-of-life-policy-for-chromebooks-gets-updated/ https://chromeunboxed.com/googles-end-of-life-policy-for-chr...
  • askvictor 9y ago
    6.5 years might be the support time frame, but with the build quality of most of these devices, 3 or 4 is more realistic. The higher end will certainly last longer, but I also suspect that those with the money to afford them will also update more frequently.
• jdietrich 9y ago
  For enterprise customers, $50/seat/year is a rounding error.