Chr,+Mac,+Win

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 * Overview**: many schools have moved from Mac iPad/laptop programs to Chromebooks. Cost has been a significant justification, along with keyboard/mouse (iPads) and streamlined management (for GSuite schools). Even with the move from iPads to Chromebooks, it's recommended to have several carts of laptops and iPads for more media-creation-heavy classes.

Chromebooks: positives - Strong management software that has a lot of capabilities with no less security compared to MacOS - safe search lockouts - have your OU’s set properly - access offline is possible when you set up offline files (able to do through Google admin), as soon as a student connects to wifi, the files are updates

Chromebooks (issues) - lack of support for programming classes, but this is an area that continues to grow especially with Chromebooks supporting Android apps - damage: test different cases on old and broken machines; with case, one school saw a reduction of 85% damage to the Chromebooks - memory is an issue, so it's recommended to have Mac laptops available for reservation (aka laptop cart)

Chromebook Justification Points: - cost. devices are cheaper. - simplicity (no re-imaging; everything online) - better support/design for keyboards & mousing skills - device and app management is seamless (similar to JAMF) - Apple is not doing anything for the Edu customer with regards to price or even product-focused releases - GoGuardian Admin (subscription fee) - Gopher - GAM (google apps manager - simple install that is command based; set your scripts and get more from the wiki)