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- 16 de Feb, 2016
You're not completely wrong there Brianna, but you're jumping to some conclusions not necessarily supported by what's actually happening.
First of all, yes, compared to ChromeOS, Windows is a bit bloated. That's a bit like saying a production car is bloated compared to a shifter kart. Yes, the shifter kart gets good gas mileage, and is small, you also lose out on such things as, crash safety, suspension, rain protection, any kind of meaningful climate control, general lack of NVH...etc.
Chromebooks are not better than laptops even for "normals" (
); they lack some very basic functionality most people look for in a personal computer even if they don't "need" it, such as more comprehensive software libraries and not requiring an internet connection almost everything. Hell, your average TABLET provides a more comprehensive personal computing experience than a chromebook.
That said, there's a very specific niche chromebooks are perfect for.
Let me preface this by saying I had to google this to make sure what I thought was happening based on personal experience wasn't wildly off base, but when Wu says "chromebooks outsold Macs in the US", it's worth noting that more than half of those chromebook sales are education. So, big contracts, bulk purchasing, mass distribution to students, which from my experience is largely to K-12 institutions. They are cheap, much harder to casually fuck up than pretty much any laptop you can buy, and provide the few things students need at that level of education (mostly word processing, powerpoint, and the ability to browse the internet, and a real keyboard).
As such, this proliferation of chromebooks should scare mostly Apple, though I'm not sure "scare" is the right word, probably "fusstrate" would be a better term
. Microsoft is quite diversified in the number of pies they have fingers in compared to Apple (you don't usually hear of places that run OSX servers 
), but Apple is trying convert their massive consumer electronic success with their mobile devices into success in other areas, such as education. Education contracts are good consistent lumps of money if you find the niche and serve it well, and thus can be a good place to try diversifying into. To that end, they have been trying to make inroads with iPads in education and the chromebook is the primary competitor these days, at about half the price most of the time.
Chromebooks are not better than laptops even for "normals" (
); they lack some very basic functionality most people look for in a personal computer even if they don't "need" it, such as more comprehensive software libraries and not requiring an internet connection almost everything. Hell, your average TABLET provides a more comprehensive personal computing experience than a chromebook.That said, there's a very specific niche chromebooks are perfect for.
Let me preface this by saying I had to google this to make sure what I thought was happening based on personal experience wasn't wildly off base, but when Wu says "chromebooks outsold Macs in the US", it's worth noting that more than half of those chromebook sales are education. So, big contracts, bulk purchasing, mass distribution to students, which from my experience is largely to K-12 institutions. They are cheap, much harder to casually fuck up than pretty much any laptop you can buy, and provide the few things students need at that level of education (mostly word processing, powerpoint, and the ability to browse the internet, and a real keyboard).
As such, this proliferation of chromebooks should scare mostly Apple, though I'm not sure "scare" is the right word, probably "fusstrate" would be a better term
. Microsoft is quite diversified in the number of pies they have fingers in compared to Apple (you don't usually hear of places that run OSX servers ), but Apple is trying convert their massive consumer electronic success with their mobile devices into success in other areas, such as education. Education contracts are good consistent lumps of money if you find the niche and serve it well, and thus can be a good place to try diversifying into. To that end, they have been trying to make inroads with iPads in education and the chromebook is the primary competitor these days, at about half the price most of the time.
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