[New post] Chromebooks win education as Google takes over from Apple & Microsoft in classrooms

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Chromebooks have emerged as the clear leader in the classroom, reports CNBC, leaving former market leader Apple for dust. Chromebooks now make up more than half of all devices in U.S. classrooms, up from less than 1 percent in 2012, according to a " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Chromebooks win education as Google takes over from Apple & Microsoft in classrooms by Ben Lovejoy Chromebooks have emerged as the clear leader in the classroom, reports CNBC, leaving former market leader Apple for dust. Chromebooks now make up more than half of all devices in U.S. classrooms, up from less than 1 percent in 2012, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting [...] Google's rapid gains come at the expense of its biggest rivals. Over the past three years, Apple's market share been slashed by more than half, from 52 to 24 percent and Microsoft's market share has slipped from 43 to 24 percent. Chromebooks now make up 4.4M of the 8.9M devices sold to schools and school districts, with Google noting that it is seeing the dual benefit of both increased market share and overall growth in demand for computing devices in schools ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | December 4, 2015 at 6:12 am | Tags: Chrome OS, Chromebook, Chromebooks, education, Google Apps, Google Apps for Education, K-12, schools | Categories: Chrome/OS, Google Apps | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-wSI Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/12/04/chromebook-sales-k-12-education/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com