What is Reddit's opinion of Asus Chromebook C202SA-YS01 11.6" Ruggedized and Spill Resistant Keyboard Design with 180 Degree Hinge (Intel Celeron 2GB, 16GB eMMC, Dark Blue)?

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That didn't effect their Thinkpad line.

Used/refurb is better... as I mentioned, better build quality, much more faster, more reliable.

But if you must having something new, then go with this.

I’m not sure tbh that’s gonna be an amazon employee question. It could be the user account, it could be the app, I’m not sure and I don’t want to mislead you

I just opened my amazon app and hit share and this link is what came from it: ASUS Chromebook C202SA-YS01 11.6" Ruggedized and Spill Resistant Keyboard Design with 180 Degree Hinge (Intel Celeron 2GB, 16GB eMMC, Dark Blue) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DBGVB5C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_vlgbCb3GPRCYN

You can clearly see the “ref” field. I also have an amazon associates account where I can share the monetized link and that will have the “tag=“ in. One quick example is the first link from bgr.com. Hover over any of their links and you’ll see the “tag=“. Those are affiliate links.

> Also your statista link clearly shows Apple as the top sellers

Yeah, on an individual basis. Combined, Android tablets outsell iPads rather significantly, as the Statista link clearly shows.

> Heck even content creation is set to get a boost with full Photoshop being released this year or the next.

I highly doubt it will really be "full". Even if it is, I highly doubt it'll run acceptably well even on an iPad Pro, let alone on a non-Pro iPad.

> I am mostly certain that iPad has most if not all the necessary tools to manage , create (basic stuff) and especially consume.

Of course it does (wasn't always the case, but it certainly is now). So do Chromebooks, Android tablets, etc., and at better price points.

> Even its cost advantage is mostly eliminated by the latest iPad line (non pros) which can be found for $300 (a bit above or below depending on the version).

I can pick up a ruggedized Chromebook for more than $100 less than even the cheapest new iPads, and it'll be able to handle a lot more abuse from careless/reckless students/teachers than an iPad ever will (unless Apple starts breaking from its typical design language and makes ruggedized hardware, which is unlikely); hell, it's specifically designed and marketed for classroom use. Sure, you can get ruggedized cases for iPads, but students can remove cases a lot more easily than they can un-ruggedize an actually-ruggedized laptop. I ain't a huge Celeron fan, but it's perfectly fine for classwork (I've seen far worse out there). 2GB of RAM is exactly on-par with the $300 iPads (and there's a 4GB option that's still way cheaper than an iPad).

That price advantage is by no means eliminated on an individual level even. If we multiply that by, say, 20 students in a classroom (and that's conservative, knowing US class sizes these days, but hey, maybe things are different abroad), that's $2,000 saved right off the bat, plus additional money saved through the lifetime of the laptops due to wear and tear being less of an issue. That $2,000+ can thus go right back into other classroom supplies.

> portrait mode for reading (a thing you would think schools would need)

ChromeOS itself supports portrait mode just fine, and the 2-in-1 laptop/tablet hybrids even support auto-rotate. Lenovo sells such Chromebooks, and like the ASUS one linked above, they're ruggedized and cheaper than iPads (though not as cheaper; the touchscreen does add a little bit of a premium).

> you have to use a compatibility layer to install play apps

I haven't personally tried it yet (my last foray with Chromebooks was before Android compatibility launched, though I might pick up a Pixelbook while they're on sale on Amazon), but I've heard it actually works pretty well (aside from the typical issues with shoehorning touch-centric apps into a keyboard/mouse world, though that's less of an issue on the convertible and tablet-only Chromebooks). Not surprising, really; ChromeOS and Android are both Linux-based, so it's possible to stick the Android runtime in a container and go from there. Anbox is an example of this generalized to traditional GNU/Linux instead of ChromeOS (with some significant differences, e.g. the lack of a Play Store and fewer exceptions to the sandbox).

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