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superchunk on 04 February 2013
wfz said:
wick said:
wfz said:
The chrome book is a great device to learn how to surf the internet, but does it have MS Office? If not, then it definitely has limitations that would prevent schools from only using it.


It doesn't really need it when they have Google Docs


Google Docs doesn't have all of the functionality taht MS Office has. They're also built quite differently from each other, so one would have a harder time transitioning to MS Office later in life if they only learned Google Docs. I wouldn't want my middle/high schooler learning Google Docs.

k12 students and the greater majority of college students don't need the functionality in MSOffice that isn't already in GDocs. Also, my 9yr and 10yr old use both without issue.



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Jaywood2010 on 04 February 2013

mean while Windows 8 has sold 80 million. 80m vs 2000? Who wins hmmmm?




       

dallas on 04 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
mean while Windows 8 has sold 80 million. 80m vs 2000? Who wins hmmmm?


http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-8-Market-Share-Microsoft,20859.html

 

windows 8 is going places, it may even get 10% of computer marketshare by 2014



michael_stutzer on 04 February 2013
kowenicki said:
So 2% of the USA public schools?

cool.

Well, they have something in common with Windows Phone then.

The point here is the growth. If it continues to increase exponantially expect that percentage to be in double digits pretty soon.



michael_stutzer on 04 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
mean while Windows 8 has sold 80 million. 80m vs 2000? Who wins hmmmm?

It is not 2000 Chromebooks, it is 2000 schools.



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Jaywood2010 on 04 February 2013
michael_stutzer said:
JayWood2010 said:
mean while Windows 8 has sold 80 million. 80m vs 2000? Who wins hmmmm?

It is not 2000 Chromebooks, it is 2000 schools.


so 80m windows 8 and what still less than 50k chromebooks.  Still a huge difference.  This is not news when companyies across the world does this kind of thing with windows products every day.

Example:  I bet 90% of the people in this thread are using some kind of windows device.




       

superchunk on 04 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
michael_stutzer said:
JayWood2010 said:
mean while Windows 8 has sold 80 million. 80m vs 2000? Who wins hmmmm?

It is not 2000 Chromebooks, it is 2000 schools.


so 80m windows 8 and what still less than 50k chromebooks.  Still a huge difference.  This is not news when companyies across the world does this kind of thing with windows products every day.

Example:  I bet 90% of the people in this thread are using some kind of windows device.

... and what % are using chrome on that device?



michael_stutzer on 04 February 2013
JayWood2010 said:
michael_stutzer said:
JayWood2010 said:
mean while Windows 8 has sold 80 million. 80m vs 2000? Who wins hmmmm?

It is not 2000 Chromebooks, it is 2000 schools.


so 80m windows 8 and what still less than 50k chromebooks.  Still a huge difference.  This is not news when companyies across the world does this kind of thing with windows products every day.

Example:  I bet 90% of the people in this thread are using some kind of windows device.

Acer C7 Chromebook alone sold more than that by now and it is not the highest selling Chromebook: http://www.omgchrome.com/strong-acer-chromebook-sales-chrome-os-future-looks-bright/

The Samsung model was the bestseller Chromebook by a decent margin I assume, no numbers for that though.

As the Acer's President said there were no marketing. The availability was very limited. Considering that the numbers are quite good. I hear the limited availability excuse for Windows tablets all the time but not for Chromebook. The marketing was also huge for Windows (and RT).



Soleron on 04 February 2013

It's better than those stupid thin clients I see more and more in British high schools.



slowmo on 04 February 2013

Its one of those bits of news that makes you apathetic imo. I have a big interest in technology generally but the Chrome book neither excites or interests me. I don't see people using these at school deciding theyre a better option that a Windows PC, Mac or tablet. Even Linux would interest more home users imo. Perhaps its a good market penetration tools to get kids using their cloud apps, I'm sure they know what their goal is with this.