Apple forfeits teachers' pet rep as U.S. share sinks

Apple last year again lost ground in the U.S. K-12 market, as Google with its Chrome OS continued to make gains, a research firm said Thursday.
In 2016, 58% of the 12.6 million mobile computers shipped to educational customers -- or approximately 7.3 million -- were powered by Chrome OS, up from 50% of 2015's 10.7 million (or 5.35 million), U.K.-based Futuresource Consulting said in a report yesterday.
Meanwhile, Apple's OS X/macOS and iOS operating systems -- which power Macs and iPads, respec