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Re:Googlebook by elliotec on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:13PM (#48113003)
You can still centrally manage Macs? Look at every tech company.
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Re:Googlebook by tty46 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:23PM (#48113161)
Yeah, but can schools do what even tech companies struggle with/cobble together here?
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Re:Googlebook by bjt on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:01PM (#48113667)
Macs are very popular in schools today for teachers and staff. Switching to Macbook Neos for students would actually simplify their support burden. I'm not sure they'd be cost justified though.

Source: My wife works IT for our school district.

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Re:Googlebook by faust201 on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @05:08AM (#48119526)
Reddit r/k12sysadmin disagrees. Sure, as always there will some that will switch to Apple. Why not. Some even have MS.
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Re:Googlebook by robotresearcher on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:42PM (#48113395)
https://www.apple.com/education/k12/deploy-and-manage/
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Re:Googlebook by jimbokun on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:43PM (#48117211)
What do you think schools do currently?
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