Quote:
Originally Posted by rcentros
Thing is, I think this is something that has to be built in from the "ground up." You really can't have an iPad or an Android tablet turn into something resembling a Chromebook. You would almost have to build a new, more limited device based on an iPad or Android tablet. And that would be a hard sell. I'm not a huge Google fan and I don't want a Chromebook, but they really can be used almost like an old-fashioned "dumb" terminal in the school environment. That gives them a huge advantage over a tablet for classrooms.
|
Add a keyboard to the iPad and you HAVE a Chromebook++
There's no reason you CAN'T run web apps on an iPad -- unless they are "only runs on Internet Explorer" -- which wouldn't run on Chromebooks either.
I do agree, though, that a device built with the traditional laptop form factor is better for traditional web based applications, word processing and the like.
Apple COULD aim the iPad in this manner, but Apple want's everything to be app based as that gives Apple exclusivity. This is a stumbling block for many school systems that don't want vendor lock in. Which, btw, is why web apps have long ago replaced a good deal of apps on windows....allowing Chromebooks to be viable in the first place.
We will see if Apple's iPadOS with it's "desktop browser" will change the iPad's ability to be a Chromebook++