HP announced today that they are going to be offering a Chromebox as well. Here's their page if you're interested, http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/The-Next-Bench-Blog/HP-Chromebox-Chrome-simplicity-tiny-desktop/ba-p/87295.
Google announced their Chromebox for Meetings, too. Technically it's not a new Chromebox, it's just a bundle that combines the new ASUS Chromebox, a camera, a speaker, a mic, and a remote. Here's some of the details from Google on this one, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/chromebox-now-for-simpler-and-better.html.
That's pretty amazing isn't it? It seemed like the manufacturers were just going to let the Chromeboxes wither and die for so long and now they're popping up all over the place. Check out the Chromebase that LG announced back in December, http://lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/64056. This one isn't really a Chromebox, but it's definitely not a Chromebook either.
Why is this even relevant to practical school tech? ChromeOS devices are pretty easy to manage, fairly stable, designed to be reliable (mostly fanless and all solid state), and can be priced pretty cheap. All important things for the education market. Now let's see if we can get our hands on some so we can go kick the tires and see if they live up to all this hype.
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