Google has announced that the special programs to Chromebooks to schools and businesses to provide with effect from this week also in the Netherlands offers. In addition, the webgigant started with the promotion of Chromebooks on the Dutch website.
In addition to the onlinebeheersoftware, Google provides several apps on the Chromebooks. For use within educational environments, Google has three different software packages compiled. One of them is aimed at the primary school, the other two are intended for use at the high school. System administrators, the packages may customize your own package apps put together.
In addition to simple management the Chromebooks, according to Google, also a significant cost savings. That would come in by the low purchase price, but also because the use of Googles cloud infrastructure is cheaper than setting up and managing a private network. That saving is according to Google an average of 4400 euros per Chromebook per three years. Also for business environments, Google has a Chromebook program set up. The use of Chromebooks in enterprise environments delivers according to Google an average savings of 4100 euro per Chromebook per three years.
Except in the Netherlands, offers Google from this week in five other countries, special programs for schools and businesses. In a blog post, the developer has let know that in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Ireland as well as the possibilities for schools and companies is going to offer. In addition, Google started selling Chromebooks on the Dutch website. It is the first time that Google itself laptops in the Netherlands as well as abroad. Earlier, there were already Chromebooks available, but then it was not through Google. In other countries such as the United States, fits Google’s strategy all longer. In the united states are also more different laptops available, including Google’s Chromebook Pixel.
The delivery of the laptops runs not on Google itself; interested parties are referred to the website of a store that the laptops can deliver. The Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung are currently using CoolBlue and Media Market available for prices of respectively 269 and 299 euro. Tweakers needed Samsung’s Chromebook, the XE303, which comes with an Exynos 5-soc, are already a test and compared it with the Acer C7, which since december 2012 in the Netherlands is available.
The Chromebook, HP will, in contrast to what is said in Google’s blog post reported, not in the Netherlands. That has both HP and Google to Tweakers confirmed. HP introduced its first Chromebook in February. With a screen diagonal of 14″ is that model a size larger than the 11.6″-Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung.