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Old December 31st 17, 07:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 12:30:26 -0500, "Mayayana"
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and
naivety on the part of educators, in thinking
that tech by itself makes kids smarter.


I agree that is does not. But compared to Windows, Chrome OS is
lightweight and fast and does not stand in the way of teaching. If one
does not use a Windows PC for some weeks, it may be impossible to use
for some time after booting because of updates. This will not happen
with Chrome OS. Much less need to explain the usage of Chrome OS and
the Google Apps to kids compared to e. g. Word. Even backups are
automatic...

There are other statistics:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/c...e-vs-linux-usa
Chrome OS Has Double the Marketshare of Regular Linux in USA
Google's coud-centric OS proves more popular than traditional Linux
distros stateside
BY JOEY SNEDDON UNDER NEWS MARCH 8, 2017

And on the professional side of things:
https://simplystatistics.org/2017/08...-a-chromebook/
Data Science on a Chromebook
Jeff Leek 2017/08/29
chromebook
About nine months ago I announced that I was attempting a Chromebook
experiment for the 2nd time. At first I thought it was going to be a
short term experiment just to see if it was possible to function with
only a Chromebook. But in an interesting twist I got used to it and
have been working exclusively on a Chromebook for the last few months
since the experiment started.
(...)

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