Chromebooks Overtake iPads In US Education Market

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 2, 2014 @02:39AM from the consume-produce dept.

SmartAboutThings writes In Q3 2014, IDC notes that Google shipped 715,500 Chromebooks to U.S. schools while Apple shipped 702,000 iPads. Thus, Apple's iPad has lost its lead over Google's line of Chromebook laptops in the U.S. education market as Google shipped more devices to schools last quarter. While analysts say [registration required] that this advantage for Google's Chromebooks can be attributed to their low cost, the presence of a physical keyboard has also been seen as an important factor.

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Tablet fad is finally over by HBI · 2014-12-02 02:44 · Score: 0, Offtopic

And good riddance to it. It can go on the ash heap next to the network computer, Windows RT and .NET everywhere.

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