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The latest Chromebook just made its debut this week and, right in time, Garnter published its latest expectations for the Chromebook market this year. Here’s a hint: sales of the low-cost notebooks are expected to explode.
Gartner said Monday that it expects Chromebook sales to top 5.2 million units by the end of this year. That might not seem like a whole lot considering that firms like Samsung and Apple can sell more of a single handset in a single weekend, but the figure is up an astonishing 79 percent from last year.
Gartner doesn’t see the attraction to low-cost notebook form-factor devices powered by Chrome OS dying down anytime soon, either, and expects 14.4 million units will ship by 2017. It’s not just you and I who are interested in the Chrome OS laptops, though regular consumers do make up more than half of all Chromebook sales.
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People like affordable laptops, and there are not many cheap Windows or Apple laptops at the moment, so a lot of people buy Google Chromebook laptops which you can buy for under $200, or less.
Gartner said Monday that it expects Chromebook sales to top 5.2 million units by the end of this year. That might not seem like a whole lot considering that firms like Samsung and Apple can sell more of a single handset in a single weekend, but the figure is up an astonishing 79 percent from last year.
Gartner doesn’t see the attraction to low-cost notebook form-factor devices powered by Chrome OS dying down anytime soon, either, and expects 14.4 million units will ship by 2017. It’s not just you and I who are interested in the Chrome OS laptops, though regular consumers do make up more than half of all Chromebook sales.
Read More
People like affordable laptops, and there are not many cheap Windows or Apple laptops at the moment, so a lot of people buy Google Chromebook laptops which you can buy for under $200, or less.
