Chromebook demand is plummeting as the pandemic eases
arstechnica.com
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> Every article mentioning Chromebooks is followed up by a bunch of people who don't use or like Chromebooks commenting about how useless they are, followed by retorts from those who do own, use, and like Chromebooks pointing out how great they are. Isn't there the possibility that there are people in the world with different equipment requirements and preferences than yours?
As someone who did a lot of friends & family tech support for Windows XP and 7 era computers, I also agree wholeheartedly with:
> My one piece of advice is to switch people you provide tech support to. Moving my father to a Chromebook has decreased my support requirements by 90%. Plus, I have much less worry about him doing something that completely locks the computer or requires a complete system install and wipe.
Though nowadays usually an iPad will also do fine.
iPads tend to cost about twice/thrice the price of a Chromebook if you want a keyboard with your computer.
Lenovo's great Duet comes with the keyboard for like 290EUR.
The jump in sales two years ago should have always been seen as a temporary spike due to circumstances, not the new normal. They've still sold a heck of a lot of Chromebooks and gained marketshare.
Not really, the normal support life is 6.5 years from first manufacture, I've seen chrome devices for sale with less than 2 years support remaining.
Albeit not as many as they needed at the start of the pandemic.
At most, you might issue returned ones to people who lost or broke the one they were issued.
They'll most likely reuse them for many years, OR have a student keep a single chromebook through many grades. Schools in the US aren't that well funded that they can give every student a free laptop every year.
Color me surprised, I thought they were at a couple of %.