Microsoft challenges Chromebooks with $189 Windows 10 laptops for schools
Microsoft is making a bigger push to keep students and teachers using Windows this week. At the annual Bett education show in London, Microsoft is revealing new Windows 10 and Windows 10 S devices that are priced from just $189. The software giant is also partnering with the BBC, LEGO, NASA, PBS, and Pearson to bring a variety of Mixed Reality and video curricula to schools.
Lenovo has created a $189 100e laptop. It's based on Intel's Celeron Apollo Lake chips, so it's a low-cost netbook essentially, designed for schools. Lenovo is also introducing its 300e, a 2-in-1 laptop with pen support, priced at $279. The new Lenovo devices are joined by two from JP, with a Windows Hello laptop priced at $199 and a pen and touch device at $299. All four laptops will be targeted towards education, designed to convince schools not to switch to Chromebooks.
JP apparently refers to JP Sá Couto.
Also at Windows Blog, Engadget, and ZDNet.
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(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday January 23 2018, @09:59PM (2 children)
I currently have an old Dell laptop in testing with Enlightenment installed on it.
I have given it to a group of PFY's we have working here at the moment to see what they think. It's early days, but they seem to like it.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:31AM (1 child)
Ah...but Enlightenment is not for the grasshoppers.
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80456.html [linuxinsider.com]
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday January 24 2018, @08:03PM
Yeah. It turns out they thought Linux Mint Cinnamon edition was way better.