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So it's $299-- unless you want the keyboard and pencil, then it's $450. Yeah, no. Schools are getting Chromebooks with keyboards included for $199 each. Apple
by Analemma_ 9y ago
So it's $299-- unless you want the keyboard and pencil, then it's $450.
Yeah, no. Schools are getting Chromebooks with keyboards included for $199 each. Apple is going to continue getting walloped in this space.
- r00fus 9y agoNo, it's $450 for consumers, $388 for education
- Someone1234 9y agoSo still almost twice as much (+$189) as a Chromebook? And with more accessories to manage/lose. There's a reason why the Chromebook is doing so well in this space, low price, single clamshell units, not tied to a single user, easy to manage, sane defaults for education, and does 90% of what a classroom needs. Are there compelling iPad apps? Sure. Can the iPad w/pen offer things a Chromebook cannot? Absolutely. But the price remains too high, and Apple has yet to prove they can offer a seamless iPad cart experience with limited setup. The current iPad setup experience is a headache.
- drak0n1c 9y agoApple makes its business selling to the sizable population who has money to spend and enjoys iOS apps and Apple hardware features. There is a similar set of premium academies in education. Tesla didn't wait to enter the car market until it was able to build a cheap car.
- dragonwriter 9y agoSo, still more with the education discount than the consumer price of a Chromebook 2-in-1 that has a Wacom stylus, and doesnt have as many separate pieces to provide similar functionality, the Acer Chromebook Spin 11, as well as nearly double want many schools are paying for the Chromebooks they are actually buying now.
- dagw 9y agoApple is going to continue getting walloped in this space. I don't know about the US, but here in Sweden and Norway I haven't seen a single school go with Chromebooks over iPads.