The thing is no one is going to rob a kid for a $150 chromebook, some parts of LA are not so friendly and a kid walking home with $1000 in hardware is not just

The thing is no one is going to rob a kid for a $150 chromebook, some parts of LA are not so friendly and a kid walking home with $1000 in hardware is not just in danger of losing the ipad but of being injured or killed in the robbery. Ultimately chromeos does a much better job, and gives kids a platform to learn javascript which is the language of the future anyways. Nobody is going to risk prison for a chromebook but robbery for apple gear is not uncommon.