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Schools actually end up with a lot of broken computers because kids are careless and destructive. They would pick the keys off the laptops. You used to be able

• judge2020 6y ago
  I'd be surprised if macbooks had any marketshare in public schools. They all seem to be favoring tablets or chromebooks since iPads are $329 (probably $300 or less for schools) and Chromebooks are <$300 each and integrate with GSuite, which is also free for schools.
  • tekknik 6y ago
    Apple has been, and continues to be, very involved in education. When I last worked with them in education they were testing/bootstrapping a “one laptop per child” program using iBooks. After educational pricing an Apple machine may be cheaper than Chromebook or iPad. GSuite also has a replacement on mac. Really Google is getting to the game about 30+ years too late.
    • fanatic2pope 6y ago
      You might want to check again. Chromebooks are dominant in education now and it is Apple and Microsoft who are playing catch up. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/apple-google-microsoft-are-battling-for-dominance-in-education.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/apple-google-microsoft-are-b...
      • tekknik 6y ago
        A couple of things here: I worked in the industry, this is first hand experience. But it was 20 some years ago. High schools mostly chose windows for various science software, otherwise it was macs. This is very regional. So Google may dominate in one region while Apple dominates in another. Google could be giving these Chromebooks away to have this metric to throw around. Does this mean they’re used? Maybe, maybe not.