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Chromebooks in US schools seem to be going away. Children in schools where I live now receive cheap, rugged Lenovo laptops that are running locked down Windows
by thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
Chromebooks in US schools seem to be going away. Children in schools where I live now receive cheap, rugged Lenovo laptops that are running locked down Windows 11:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-14w/88el10s9990 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-la...
Most schools and universities that I know of have also adopted Office 365 for their students and teachers ever since Google abandoned their inexpensive or free education offerings:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/14/google_free_storage_plan_ends_opinion_column/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/14/google_free_storage_p...
It looks like Google's goals changed and Microsoft took advantage of the opportunity.
- pjmlp 4y agoInterestingly to know. Usually in most places in Europe you still get to use pen and paper, computer is at home thing, or some kind of computer lab. Schools where everyone gets a laptop kind of device, are the exception. Even in COVID times, it up to the family to get them, mostly.
- tssva 4y agoThey are still going strong in all the school districts around me.
- CharlesW 4y agoHere too (San Diego area).