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> Even today Amazon is setting itself up to eat Apple’s lunch in educational tablets... I thought ed tablet demand was shifting to Chrome OS laptops. Further,

• resters 8y ago
  > I thought ed tablet demand was shifting to Chrome OS laptops. This is due to a massive sales/discounting effort and naive people doing the purchasing. > Further, I don't think I've ever heard of Amazon (Fire?) being a relevant part the ed market. It's under the radar at this point. For the price of one Chromebook you can get a half dozen 10" fire tablets. Amazon has a far more thoughtful kid-oriented experience compared to anything Apple, Google or Microsoft offers. Apple caters to big budget studios who make glossy but underwhelming kids content, Google just wants to show kids ads and monetize based on kid eyeballs, and Microsoft ignores kids until they are old enough to want an XBox.
  • jpatokal 8y ago
    There are no ads in Chrome/G Suite for Education. https://edu.google.com/intl/en_au/k-12-solutions/privacy-security/ https://edu.google.com/intl/en_au/k-12-solutions/privacy-sec... Also, Chromebooks start from around $150, can you point me to where I can buy some of those $25 Fire tablets?