[materielle]

What’s actually going to happen is the second they start to lose market share or struggle at all, they will cancel everything Chromebook related and give up.

With that said, I think Chromebook’s still hold a competitive advantage for public school contracts. It doesn’t matter that the Neo is pretty cheap and the best value. Contracts are signed based on what’s cheapest, period.

Also, a big blind spot for a lot of HN: this is going to be big in developing Markets. This is within budget for middle class Latin Americans in a way that even the Air isn’t.

[thelastgallon]

You are probably right. Just saw the news about Google Fiber being sold. What a shame!