<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>djhworld</author><text>Even outside of education, I don&amp;#x27;t think the iPad is useful for anything other than consumption.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve seen some creative types using drawing applications on it, which is cool I guess, but for the most part I don&amp;#x27;t see it replacing a laptop&amp;#x2F;desktop just yet.</text><parent_chain><item><author>bradleyjg</author><text>I work in EdTech. I never thought the ipad ever made sense in the classroom and I&amp;#x27;m not surprised that a netbook is beating back the tablet.&lt;p&gt;Input onto a tablet is clumsy at best. It is essentially a passive device. Yes, you can add an aftermarket keyboard and and an after market stand, but now you have a three part hacked together netbook instead of one that&amp;#x27;s designed with a keyboard and hinge from the get-go.&lt;p&gt;Further, tablets are a magnet for damage. A laptop screen can take localized damage and still mostly work. A tabket screen shatters. Plus the laptop screen is set back within the monitor component and the overall center of gravity means that a netbook is more likely to land on the keyboard side.&lt;p&gt;Finally, the software story is best for windows (web and native plus great management features), decent for chromebook, and worst for ipads.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Chromebooks winning in schools, Windows and Apple fight back</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/27/as-chromebook-sales-soar-in-schools-apple-and-microsoft-fight-back/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>bluedino</author><text>The big deal with iPads ate my local district was &amp;quot;interactive textbooks&amp;quot;. All the books we got never lived up to the hype.</text><parent_chain><item><author>bradleyjg</author><text>I work in EdTech. I never thought the ipad ever made sense in the classroom and I&amp;#x27;m not surprised that a netbook is beating back the tablet.&lt;p&gt;Input onto a tablet is clumsy at best. It is essentially a passive device. Yes, you can add an aftermarket keyboard and and an after market stand, but now you have a three part hacked together netbook instead of one that&amp;#x27;s designed with a keyboard and hinge from the get-go.&lt;p&gt;Further, tablets are a magnet for damage. A laptop screen can take localized damage and still mostly work. A tabket screen shatters. Plus the laptop screen is set back within the monitor component and the overall center of gravity means that a netbook is more likely to land on the keyboard side.&lt;p&gt;Finally, the software story is best for windows (web and native plus great management features), decent for chromebook, and worst for ipads.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Chromebooks winning in schools, Windows and Apple fight back</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/27/as-chromebook-sales-soar-in-schools-apple-and-microsoft-fight-back/</url></story>