{"id":14618,"date":"2016-05-23T10:32:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=14618"},"modified":"2016-05-25T11:49:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:49:29","slug":"apple-offers-to-replace-ipads-with-macbooks-in-maine-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/23\/apple-offers-to-replace-ipads-with-macbooks-in-maine-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Offers to Replace iPads With MacBooks in Maine Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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According to a report in the Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal<\/a><\/em>, schools in Auburn and other districts in Maine are set to benefit from the “Refresh” swap, following surveys of students and teachers across grades 7 through 12, which revealed that 88.5 percent of teachers and 74 percent of students preferred laptops over iPads.<\/p>\n

iPads were perceived to have poor educational value in the classroom and were often used to play games in class, while laptops allowed students better opportunities for school work. The preference gap widened even more when it came to older students, who saw laptops as better devices for coding and programming tasks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Tom Warren<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Google’s low-cost Chromebooks outsold Apple’s range of Macs for the first time in the US recently. While IDC doesn’t typically break out Windows vs. Chromebook sales, IDC analyst Linn Huang confirmed the milestone to The Verge. “Chrome OS overtook Mac OS in the US in terms of shipments for the first time in 1Q16,” says Huang. “Chromebooks are still largely a US K-12 story.”<\/p>\n

IDC estimates<\/a> Apple’s US Mac shipments to be around 1.76 million in the latest quarter, meaning Dell, HP, and Lenovo sold nearly 2 million Chromebooks in Q1 combined. Chromebooks have been extremely popular in US schools, and it’s clear from IDC’s comments the demand is driving US shipments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2016-05-25): Matt Novak<\/a> (via Adam Chandler<\/a>):<\/p>\n

But something happened about a year ago when my Macbook Air was running on fumes. I looked at the Macs and gave my brain a half-second to entertain other options. I owned a functioning Mac desktop, which is my primary machine for heavy lifting. But I started to wonder why I wasn’t entertaining other options for my mobile machine.<\/p>\n

The biggest consideration was price. When all was said and done, even the cheapest Mac laptop was going to set me back about $1,300 after taxes and AppleCare. And the siren song of a computer under $200 was calling my name. I got the Acer Chromebook with 2GB of RAM and a 16GB drive. It cost a shockingly low $173. And<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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