&gt;How are graphics arts students supposed to learn how to use Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs that professionals actually use in the real world?<p>Are people really PAYING to learn photoshop? Waste of money.<p>&gt;How are CS students supposed to learn how to use the plethora of tools that don&#x27;t run in ChromeOS?<p>The same way they learn to use the tools that don&#x27;t run on Windows or OS X. In my experience if you go to a good college Windows is discouraged for CS in favor of Unix and professors are knowledgeable of Unix and it&#x27;s limitations when it comes to running Microsoft only software. In fact for every class that I took that required some windows tool (very few) we were encouraged to use the windows machines in the computer lab. I never used anything on my laptop but Linux the whole time I was getting my degree.<p>I don&#x27;t use chrome OS so I don&#x27;t know how unixy it is though<p>&gt;How are business students supposed to learn how to use the full Office suite<p>If you need to take a college course to learn word processing you&#x27;re probably not going to be very good at running a business.<p>Word processors and photoshop do not require college classes to learn. They should just be a part of local community colleges that allow people to earn certificates for using office software.