“Imagine you’re setting up shop for a local political campaign and will have an influx of new, temporary workers,” says Google. “You can rent a Chromebook for each worker for the next few months, and return them when the campaign is over.” The rental also includes a 3-year limited warranty, the web-based Chrome management console and 24/7 support. Starting today, Google Apps customers can also order up to 10 Chromebooks directly from Google.
It’s hard to say how successful Google’s Chromebooks and Chromebox programs are, but the company is definitely putting a lot of its marketing power behind these browser-centric laptops and desktops. From what we hear, the devices are especially successful in schools, where many teachers prefer them over tablets (the students, though, probably don’t quite agree with this assesment). Earlier this year, Google also started selling Chromebooks at about 100 U.S. BestBuy stores.
In its announcement today, Google notes that the School of Rock now user Chromebooks in its 90 locations and that the City of Palo Alto library system now allows its patrons to check out Chromebooks for a week.
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