Google seems to be moving away from cheaper hardware, and moving it's products towards the "high end reference implementation" realm. The same thing happened wi

Google seems to be moving away from cheaper hardware, and moving it's products towards the "high end reference implementation" realm. The same thing happened with Android and the change from Nexus towards Pixel. That doesn't have to be bad news for schools. Schools generally acquire their chromebooks from vendors like Dell and HP and Acer. These vendors will no doubt continue to build cheap systems with Chrome OS for the education market if there is demand.