Google's low-cost Chromebooks outsold Apple's range of Macs for the first time in the US recently. While IDC doesn't typically break out Windows vs. Chromebook sales, IDC analyst Linn Huang confirmed the milestone to The Verge. "Chrome OS overtook Mac OS in the US in terms of shipments for the first time in 1Q16," says Huang. "Chromebooks are still largely a US K-12 story."
IDC estimates Apple's US Mac shipments to be around 1.76 million in the latest quarter, meaning Dell, HP, and Lenovo sold nearly 2 million Chromebooks in Q1 combined. Chromebooks have been extremely popular in US schools, and it's clear from IDC's comments the demand is driving US shipments. Outside of the US, it's still unclear exactly how well Google's low-cost laptops are doing. Most data from market research firms like IDC and Gartner focuses solely on Google's wins in the US.
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I bet, Chromebooks are mostly being bought by schools, and buisnesses which mainly use work related software like Web browsers, word processors, presentation software, spreadsheets, and e-mail.
Regular buyers sometimes hold onto their older computers until they are no longer usable. There are still a lot of people who use an old Windows XP-8.1, Apple Mac, and Linux PC which they got many years ago.
There are some people who buy $150-199 Chromebooks which would increase the sales number of all Chromebooks.
Apple Macs are expensive, but some Macs like older Mac Pro tower desktops can last very long.
Apple probably made their Macs too long lasting, so they are experiencing fewer repeat buyers who buy a replacement for their old Macs which are broken.
Linux, and Chromebooks now has more quality software than the past, so they both are good alternative operating systems compared to Mac OS X.
IDC estimates Apple's US Mac shipments to be around 1.76 million in the latest quarter, meaning Dell, HP, and Lenovo sold nearly 2 million Chromebooks in Q1 combined. Chromebooks have been extremely popular in US schools, and it's clear from IDC's comments the demand is driving US shipments. Outside of the US, it's still unclear exactly how well Google's low-cost laptops are doing. Most data from market research firms like IDC and Gartner focuses solely on Google's wins in the US.
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I bet, Chromebooks are mostly being bought by schools, and buisnesses which mainly use work related software like Web browsers, word processors, presentation software, spreadsheets, and e-mail.
Regular buyers sometimes hold onto their older computers until they are no longer usable. There are still a lot of people who use an old Windows XP-8.1, Apple Mac, and Linux PC which they got many years ago.
There are some people who buy $150-199 Chromebooks which would increase the sales number of all Chromebooks.
Apple Macs are expensive, but some Macs like older Mac Pro tower desktops can last very long.
Apple probably made their Macs too long lasting, so they are experiencing fewer repeat buyers who buy a replacement for their old Macs which are broken.
Linux, and Chromebooks now has more quality software than the past, so they both are good alternative operating systems compared to Mac OS X.