I swear this blog isn't just about Chrome devices, there's just been so much news about them lately and they're such a good fit for education.
It looks like Dell may be preparing to release a Chromebox. They may have gotten to the Chromebook party really late but it looks like they might show up at the Chromebox party pretty close to everyone else. Well, I guess technically Samsung has had a Chromebox out for years, but one person doesn't make a party. They were just really early, because it seems like the Chromebox party is just starting.
I haven't seen any direct press from Dell about a standalone Chromebox, but I've seen Dell mentioned several times as being one of the providers of the Chromebox for Meetings* hardware. In fact, here is Dell's own press release where they mention that they are developing a Dell Chromebox for meetings. Surely if they're developing one for meetings they'll develop one that's not just for meetings.... You know, one that's good for regular day to day use, too.
If you happen to be stuck in a Dell only shop, it looks like you will not be left high and dry when it comes to Chromeboxes.
It looks like the Chromebox vendors are started to really line up. It seems like Samsung has had one forever (they're on their 2nd generation) and now HP, Asus, and Dell are going to be releasing models.
*Just in case you missed the "Chromebox for Meetings" news, I'm not kidding, they really chose to call it Chromebox for Meetings, here's a link to the Google page to prove it:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/solutions/for-meetings.html
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