While Microsoft’s Windows platform might easily be the most used operating system for computers around the world, it looks like over in the US and as far as the education sector is concerned, Google could be giving Microsoft a run for their money. According to a report from Futuresource Consulting, it seems that Chromebooks make up a huge chunk of US classroom devices.
How big, you ask? According to the report, it has been suggested that at least half of devices used in the classroom is a Chromebook. This is pretty impressive especially when you consider that back in 2012, Chromebooks only accounted for less than 1%, so for it to jump to 53% in three years is a very impressive feat.
According to Rajen Sheth, director of product management for Android and Chrome in business and education, “It’s been amazing to us to see that growth happen just in that short amount of time. If you look at the overall market for devices in education, it’s actually expanded a lot and Chromebooks have actually taken a lot of the expansion.”
Of course it helps that Chromebooks for the most part are largely affordable, and because they are also simple and straightforward to use especially if you’re after regular tasks like web surfing, doing a bit of word processing, presentations, and so on. However it is not without controversy as recently there has been accusations thrown at Google, claiming that the company has been mining student data from school-issued Chromebooks in which Google has since issued a response to.
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