I think the Chromebook fills a nice niche. Most of what most of us do most of the time can be done with a Chromebook, and as an extra computer, it can be pretty handy. It does the best job of any OS of implementing shared use, with privacy for all users (assuming you are already in the Google ecosystem), and compared to any other operating system I use, it doesn't require much attention. I think Chrome OS could be improved in a few areas, without much trouble, and even on the low end, sold on computers with just a big more pop at the CPU and memory level. I can seen why schools like these. It has to be the easiest thing to support, by far, of all of the OSs.
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I think the Chromebook fills a nice niche. Most of what most of us do most of the time can be done with a Chromebook, and as an extra computer, it can be pretty handy. It does the best job of any OS of implementing shared use, with privacy for all users (assuming you are already in the Google ecosystem), and compared to any other operating system I use, it doesn't require much attention. I think Chrome OS could be improved in a few areas, without much trouble, and even on the low end, sold on computers with just a big more pop at the CPU and memory level. I can seen why schools like these. It has to be the easiest thing to support, by far, of all of the OSs.