The buzz from Google is that Chromebooks have lower management costs, because you can and should do most things on the web.
While it’s generally common knowledge that Chromebooks aren’t very functional when not connected, what’s less well known is that they’re more expensive when they ARE connected.
A recent study demonstrates that Chromebooks can generate nearly seven hundred times more web traffic than a Windows 8 laptop. Large deployments of Chromebooks may require investments in network infrastructure that could negate any perceived savings.
Read the study to learn more. The conclusions are especially important for academic institutions, which, according to the FCC, often already face challenges
