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Google?s Chrome OS may be a long-term sleeper hit thanks to a growing user population among U.S. students ? IDC?s new figures for tablets and laptop sales in K-12 education finds that Chromebooks as a category constitute the best-selling device across the entire category in 2014.

 

Chromebooks are probably succeeding in schools due to a few factors, including Google?s commitment to selling and distributing in these areas, and its institution of programs to help proliferate its Chrome OS notebooks. The company launched a program that offers a Chromebook lending library among higher ed institutions this fall, for instance, but Google has also targeted K-12 which special Chrome App education packs that offer big bulk discounts when purchased in volumes of 20 or more licenses at a time.

 

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http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/10/googles-chromebooks-rule-schools-as-idc-pegs-them-as-top-sellers-in-k-12/

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There are several large districts in MIchigan that use Chromebooks, including ours. Price is a big part, but Google has also been delivering good support.