John Hugg

@carnage4life my Uber drivers in Lisbon last week were not happy. This was definitely a huge issue for them.

@irene @dan Now I’m picturing your cat reading the newspaper like the cat in the “I should buy a boat” meme, but your cat is shaking its head sadly and muttering about world events, politics, and the economy.

@asymco The really interesting thing is a huge educational discount to $499.

@djstarr @asymco The thing about a Chromebook is my son can log into a blank one with his school id and it instantly becomes his computer, but it is also managed by the School District. MacOS is a long way from that.

@djstarr @asymco Cost is a really interesting question. My son's school-issued Chromebook was $250 retail (not sure what the school pays). That's literally half the cost per device. The economics aren't simple. The devices will have different lifetimes, different repairability, different reliability. The upfront costs are not total costs. I think you'd want the Neo to hold up longer. The specs will last longer, but we'll have to see about the durability in practice.

@djstarr @asymco I used Jamf. I've used Google Admin Console. I've even used Apple Business Essentials (shudder). You can do most of the same stuff on a mac, but everything is 2-3 times slower, more likely to have a surprise issue, and more likely to change how it works with a new MacOS release. Then you get the integration: Drive, Docs, Classroom, Backup have a smoother story. These things are all possible on Macs, but the 100% Apple solution is more limiting, and the hybrid Google/Apple solution is more complex.

@asymco @djstarr Individuals have different buying criteria than IT operators, especially for a school where people are rough with equipment. Neo repairability news looks positive though.