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Chromebooks at ~$55 reset the floor for connected endpoints — disposable, single-purpose devices become viable for frontline and education use. If your SaaS or internal tools assume “full PC” capabilities, you’re ignoring a growing base that will only ever see you through a locked-down browser.
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