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minus-squareflaks117@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoHadn’t thought of it but it makes sense that these would be made to be bulk purchases by schools and educations centers. I remember when the schools I’d go to would have computer labs full of the old bulky iMacs so it certainly seems like a thing. Only issue is I imagine it might cannabilze places that are giving iPads to their students too.
minus-squareiMacmatician@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s possible that this low-cost MacBook is partly an admission that the iPad in school push hasn’t worked out as well as Apple expected.
Hadn’t thought of it but it makes sense that these would be made to be bulk purchases by schools and educations centers.
I remember when the schools I’d go to would have computer labs full of the old bulky iMacs so it certainly seems like a thing.
Only issue is I imagine it might cannabilze places that are giving iPads to their students too.
It’s possible that this low-cost MacBook is partly an admission that the iPad in school push hasn’t worked out as well as Apple expected.