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The original laptop for kids in a school environment was the Intel Classmate and that was a serious piece of crap.

Then came the iPad, less said about that the better.

Chromebooks are many times better than this and have the added benefit of being cheap and, dare I say it, disposable.




Needing expensive parts or being forced to replace a Chromebook early means it’s no longer cheap.

US schools have spent over a billion dollars on Chromebook's, it’s a significant expenditure that isn’t lasting as long as expected.




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