2018 iPad teardown finds few major changes beyond A10 Fusion processor, Apple Pencil support

Does anyone even attempt to repair Google chromebooks or do they simply replace them?

My unscientific guess is:  The unlaminated screen and heavy adhesives work together to reduce repair costs:   I suspect the adhesives will reduce internal damage from drops while the unlaminated screen will be cheaper to replace.  And,both are perfect for grade school classrooms!

Can't the schools put the iPad in some sort of rugged case? That should make the iPad be able to take more punishment without costing a lot of money. I had seen some tough cases for under $50. If a school could buy them in bulk it might even cost less. It's hard to compare a Chromebook to an iPad but if most schools want to use a keyboard, then I suppose Apple's iPad will be the big loser. For drudge work, I'd personally go for a device with a physical keyboard because that's what I've been used to for most of my life. I just can't figure how Chromebooks are so much cheaper than iPads. What kind of profit margins do Chromebooks have that companies can just keep making them year after year and take no financial losses?

gmgravytrain said:

Can't the schools put the iPad in some sort of rugged case? That should make the iPad be able to take more punishment without costing a lot of money. I had seen some tough cases for under $50. If a school could buy them in bulk it might even cost less. It's hard to compare a Chromebook to an iPad but if most schools want to use a keyboard, then I suppose Apple's iPad will be the big loser. For drudge work, I'd personally go for a device with a physical keyboard because that's what I've been used to for most of my life. I just can't figure how Chromebooks are so much cheaper than iPads. What kind of profit margins do Chromebooks have that companies can just keep making them year after year and take no financial losses?

Tough cases may be found for under $20 on Amazon, like the one used by Amazon Fire table Kid edition. If a school puts hundreds of iPad in hands of young kids without protective cases, that school doesn't deserve this gadget.

gmgravytrain said:

Can't the schools put the iPad in some sort of rugged case? That should make the iPad be able to take more punishment without costing a lot of money. I had seen some tough cases for under $50. If a school could buy them in bulk it might even cost less. It's hard to compare a Chromebook to an iPad but if most schools want to use a keyboard, then I suppose Apple's iPad will be the big loser. For drudge work, I'd personally go for a device with a physical keyboard because that's what I've been used to for most of my life. I just can't figure how Chromebooks are so much cheaper than iPads. What kind of profit margins do Chromebooks have that companies can just keep making them year after year and take no financial losses?

Chromebooks are basically the new netbooks... they are made of extremely cheap components and materials and sold at just above cost, if not under cost, more than likely subsidized by Google. It's the "free" Google services that make them attractive to schools. Those services have nothing to do with bettering students' education, but more to do with easing administration tasks and costs.

A lot of people either forget or simply don't know that Apple offers leasing programs to schools that provides not only insurance, but also allows them to easily upgrade to new models when they become available, so schools are not paying $299 for each iPad unless they want to own them out-right. And as usual with Apple, their main goal to engage the end user with their platforms. This means offering services that are actually student focused.

Unfortunately the public school system in the U.S. is no longer interested in educating kids as much as they are about cutting costs. This is about keeping the poor uneducated to ensure they remain destitute and can only get menial jobs that are of a subservient position to the rich and elite. And when they get out of line, they're thrown in jail. The U.S. has more inmates than any other country in the world - that's not as a percentage of total population, that's an actual count. China, a communist country that has 3x the population of the U.S. has less people in jail. The United States of America, "Less Educated, More Incarcerated" -- sorry for the rant. LOL