Dublin City University adopts Chromebooks — time to head streaking during the quad!

Rather than handing out cheap mugs (or iPads … or iPods ) and sending students on their merry way, administrators at Dublin City University might be showering incoming freshmen with free Chromebooks — in doing so, it’ll become the 1st European higher-education institution to adopt the device. As you most likely recall, Google’s always-connected laptops have undergone various incarnations inside the years, but they’ve always included a touch of WiFi or 3G and a pinch of hasty boot — intentionally ditching local storage for the cloud. The Google Chromebooks for Education partnership is related to support DCU’s commitment to make 80 percent of its classes partially or fully online by 2013, allowing coeds to remain of their Scooby Doo pajamas or attend class from Pi Kappa Delta HQ. Now, if only the dining hall supported online ordering…

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