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iPad vs. Chromebook at School - No Contest

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the right-tool-for-the-job dept.

gewg_ writes:

Robert Pogson reports:

Recent news about the popularity of Chromebooks with schools may seem puzzling.

Schools in Hillsborough, New Jersey decided to make an experiment out of its own program. Beginning in 2012, 200 students were given iPads and 200 students were given Chromebooks. After receiving feedback from both students and teachers, the schools sold off their iPads and bought 4,600 Chromebooks.

After all, a keyboard is a great input device and writing is one of the three "Rs" but why not just [buy] a notebook PC? The answer is that the high cost of maintaining the legacy PC is too great. Keeping content on the server makes the job easier and with Chromebooks, schools don't even need to own the server.

...then there's the malware, the slowing down, the re-re-rebooting with that other OS.
That makes the ChromeBook a winner in education and probably a lot of organizations large and small, even consumers. Of course, they could get those benefits with GNU/Linux but it would take more technical knowledge. Again Chromebooks win.

See iPad vs. Chromebook For Students

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by choose another one on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:57AM

    by choose another one (515) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:57AM (#80764)

    Reading, Righting, Rithmetic

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  • (Score: 1) by Horse With Stripes on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:59AM

    by Horse With Stripes (577) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @11:59AM (#80767)

    It's really the four 'R's:
    Reading, Righting, Rithmetic and Rhyming.

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Shijiyaku on Wednesday August 13 2014, @12:28PM

    by Shijiyaku (1553) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @12:28PM (#80774)

    Reboot, Reformat, Re-Install.
    Welcome Citizen!

    --
    Born too late for sail;too early for space

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 13 2014, @06:35PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday August 13 2014, @06:35PM (#80922) Journal

    Reading, Righting, Rithmetic
     
    I really wish one of those R's was spelling!