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In reply to the discussion: Cost of high school football stadium rises to $70 million [View all]Egnever
(21,506 posts)47. Ok well that is a discounted price and even at that price
You can get 5 solid chromebooks retail. And if you are willing to shop a little you can do even better.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834265795
Macs are horrible in school environments unless the whole school is mac based and even then the advantages google classroom or even office 365 bring to the table far outweigh any positives the macs may bring. The cost savings in IT infrastructure alone with google classroom and chromebooks completely destroy any comparison between them. That is why Chromebook usage is growing so quickly while mac solutions and even windows solutions are dwindling.
Google's rapid gains come at the expense of its biggest rivals. Over the past three years, Apple's market share been slashed by more than half, from 52 to 24 percent and Microsoft's market share has slipped from 43 to 24 percent. Even Google seems a little surprised.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/03/googles-chromebooks-make-up-half-of-us-classroom-devices.html
Googles commitment to classrooms is just unparalleled by anyone else though Microsoft is trying with office 365 for schools.
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This Project Proves How Insanely Stupid Texans Are. Why Texase Students Will Remain Stupid.
TheMastersNemesis
Sep 2016
#1
No, it isn't. They approved the taxes to pay for it, so it's their business nt
Dreamer Tatum
Sep 2016
#34
could not get school budget passed without high school football stadium
exalted circles
Sep 2016
#17
And the kids still build dioramas of our founding fathers riding dinosaurs...
Brother Buzz
Sep 2016
#33
And in the meantime, students in Texas are learning that Thomas Jefferson fought against
catbyte
Sep 2016
#28
It's easier to keep up the outrage if we just stick to the football stadium.
TwilightZone
Sep 2016
#42
HS Football programs are big money makers. There's lotteries for season tickets.
AgadorSparticus
Sep 2016
#60
The most recently built of the NFL stadiums have all cost more than a billion dollars.
Massacure
Sep 2016
#61