Chromebook sales continue to gather steam. Market research firm Gartner expects that 2014 Chromebook sales will jump 79% over 2013 this year to reach 5.2 million units. As we have reported in the past, sales are driven mainly by the U.S. education sector which accounted for almost 85% of sales in 2013 and nearly 20% of the overall U.S. K-12 […]
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Acer leads Chromebook market in Q2 2014
It may appear that Chromebooks are flying under the radar but they continue to make steady inroads as a viable alternative to Mac OS and Windows-powered notebooks. According to Taiwan market research firm TrendForce, Chromebook shipments topped 1.8 million units in Q2 2014. Perhaps more significant is that Acer made significant gains during the quarter and surpassed Samsung to take […]
Google and Intel announce Chromebooks “in more shapes, sizes and colors”
As expected, Google and Intel today took to the stage to unveil new Chromebooks. Powered by Intel processors, the new Chromebooks will come from a range of manufacturers and in “an entire range of shapes, sizes, colors and configurations.” Among the companies to offer new Chromebooks is Lenovo. It unveiled two models, the N20 and N20p Chromebooks, to focus on […]
2014 ASUS notebook roadmap includes C200 and C300 Chromebooks
ASUS may be among the last of the major PC manufacturers not to offer at least one Chromebook but that looks set to change this year. Rumblings that ASUS would jump into the Chromebook first surfaced last year and were followed up by ASUS launching its first Chromebox earlier this year. A leaked document called “ASUS NB Strategy” obtained by […]
Chromebooks capture 19% of notebook sales in U.S. education market in 2013
Following a number of Microsoft attack ads against Google Chromebooks, a report found that Google Chromebooks would take a 21% share of U.S. commercial notebook sales in 2013. Maybe Microsoft did have reason to be afraid of the inexpensive laptops powered by Chrome OS. Further evidence that this is indeed the case came to light this week via a The […]
Samsung to unveil new Chromebook at CES 2014?
Chromebooks started to make real inroads in the laptop market in 2013. Not only did they capture about 20% of preconfigured laptop sales in the U.S. commercial segment but they also landed in Microsoft’s sights when it came to consumer ads, confirming that they were a real threat to Windows-powered laptop sales. Samsung, one of the earliest supporters of the […]
NPD: Google Chromebooks to account for 21% of commercial notebook sales in 2013
As the holiday shopping season kicked off, Microsoft released a number of ads taking aim at Google Chromebooks. NPD Group’s 2013 notebook sale numbers through explain why Microsoft has quite a bit to fear from Google and its Chromebooks. More than a fifth of notebooks sold through U.S. commercial channels to businesses, schools and other such organizations between January and […]
Microsoft pits Chromebook against ASUS Transformer Book T100 in latest Scroogled ad
Microsoft’s ‘Scroogled’ campaign rages on. The company has already taken on the Chromebook in a previous ad that concluded that it was about as useful as a brick. This time, Microsoft heads down to Venice Beach in California and pits the Chromebook against the ASUS Transformer Book T100 in its latest Scroogled ad. Care to guess how this one ends? Needless […]