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>Even before the holiday buying season really kicked in, the NPD Group found that Chromebooks "accounted for 21 percent of all [preconfigured] notebook sales, u
by katcooke 13y ago
>Even before the holiday buying season really kicked in, the NPD Group found that Chromebooks "accounted for 21 percent of all [preconfigured] notebook sales, up from negligible share in the prior year, and 8 percent of all computer and tablet sales through November. It's up from one tenth of a percent in 2012."
Only commercial channels like schools and companies, not retail sales to consumers. That too only in the US. It's a disingenuous claim, if not extremely misleading.
Also, top on Amazon doesn't really mean much for many electronics. For example, Windows Phone 7 was a bestseller in 2012. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57411238-94/lumia-900-tops-amazons-cellphone-bestsellers-list/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57411238-94/lumia-900-tops-...
- Touche 13y agoCommercial channels account for the vast majority of total sales.
- katcooke 13y agoThe report states 14.4M million sales for desktops,laptops and tablets. For perspective, Apple sold a similar amount of iPads in just one quarter.
- throwawaykf03 13y agoAlso, check out what the Amazon best-sellers are under the tablet category :-) I've long wondered if Amazon uses some specific criteria to rank their "best-sellers", or if their customers are simply very different (More tech savvy? Early adopters?) from the average customer.