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>Chromebook sales are constantly rising Where are the real shipping numbers from Google then? Surely they must know the numbers? Why won't they release it then

>Chromebook sales are constantly rising Where are the real shipping numbers from Google then? Surely they must know the numbers? Why won't they release it then? The only reason I can think of could be that they aren't all that great.

Mikeb85 12y ago
You do realise that Asus, Lenovo, HP, etc... sell Chromebooks, right? Google sells very few branded as a 'Google' product. The numbers are out there, but Google isn't releasing numbers because they're a tiny vendor.
- ntakasaki 12y ago
  You mean Google does not know exactly how many Chromebooks are being sold by Asus, Lenovo, HP, etc?
  - jhall1468 12y ago
    No. Why would they? You think Asus, Lenovo and HP are giving sales data to Google?
    - jeromegv 12y ago
      They do know about Android activations, it's not so far fetched.
    - robotresearcher 12y ago
      All the Chromebooks phone home regularly checking for updates, etc. Google knows exactly how many have been used and are in use now.
  - Mikeb85 12y ago
    They probably do, but all those are public companies. They all report sales a certain way. Google isn't going to mess with reporting sales that other companies are making. That's irresponsible.
acchow 12y ago
I don't have a Chromebook, but I think you have to sign into a Google account to use a Chromebook, so surely they have the numbers?
- kaared 12y ago
  You can use it in guest mode without a Google account or other authentication. I don't remember if you need to explicitly set it up to do that, though. I'm sure Google has the numbers since the Chromebooks/Chromeboxes auto-update (part of the whole point, really) so given that they likely have unique device IDs (or ethernet MAC addresses), the 'live devices count' would be rather easy to figure out.
scholia 12y ago
"Chromebooks in Q3 2013 had at best a 1.2 percent share of the PC market and a 0.76 percent share of the combined PC-tablet market." Latest IDC figures show Chromebooks continue to struggle http://www.zdnet.com/article/latest-idc-figures-show-chromebooks-continue-to-struggle/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/latest-idc-figures-show-chromeb...
- mkozlows 12y ago
  Q3 2013 is a long time ago. According to NPD, Chromebooks had 14% market share in 2014, counting retail and commercial (read: education) channels. Growth was up 85% year over year, too, which is amazing in the context of a stagnant/declining laptop market. http://betanews.com/2015/02/24/2015-is-year-of-the-chromebook/ http://betanews.com/2015/02/24/2015-is-year-of-the-chromeboo...
  - scholia 12y ago
    NPD is a less reliable source covering a much smaller market (not that any of them are reliable).
    - scholia 12y ago
      Chromebook sales are about 1% of all PC sales, says ABI Research http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/chromebook-sales-pc-acer-hp-samsung http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/chromebook... Different source, different paper, different journalist, same conclusion. The idea that Chromebooks sell in volume is delusional, at this point, and downvotes won't make it any less delusional.
- Mikeb85 12y ago
  You can spin it all sorts of ways. Keep in mind the 'PC' market includes all those legacy Windows XP computers which are languishing in peoples homes, businesses, corporations, etc... Chromebook sales are a much bigger part of current PC sales. And vendors do keep expanding their Chromebook lines. If it was a failure they wouldn't.

Mikeb85 12y ago

You do realise that Asus, Lenovo, HP, etc... sell Chromebooks, right? Google sells very few branded as a 'Google' product. The numbers are out there, but Google isn't releasing numbers because they're a tiny vendor.

ntakasaki 12y ago
You mean Google does not know exactly how many Chromebooks are being sold by Asus, Lenovo, HP, etc?
- jhall1468 12y ago
  No. Why would they? You think Asus, Lenovo and HP are giving sales data to Google?
  - jeromegv 12y ago
    They do know about Android activations, it's not so far fetched.
  - robotresearcher 12y ago
    All the Chromebooks phone home regularly checking for updates, etc. Google knows exactly how many have been used and are in use now.
- Mikeb85 12y ago
  They probably do, but all those are public companies. They all report sales a certain way. Google isn't going to mess with reporting sales that other companies are making. That's irresponsible.

acchow 12y ago

I don't have a Chromebook, but I think you have to sign into a Google account to use a Chromebook, so surely they have the numbers?

kaared 12y ago
You can use it in guest mode without a Google account or other authentication. I don't remember if you need to explicitly set it up to do that, though. I'm sure Google has the numbers since the Chromebooks/Chromeboxes auto-update (part of the whole point, really) so given that they likely have unique device IDs (or ethernet MAC addresses), the 'live devices count' would be rather easy to figure out.

scholia 12y ago

"Chromebooks in Q3 2013 had at best a 1.2 percent share of the PC market and a 0.76 percent share of the combined PC-tablet market." Latest IDC figures show Chromebooks continue to struggle http://www.zdnet.com/article/latest-idc-figures-show-chromebooks-continue-to-struggle/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/latest-idc-figures-show-chromeb...

mkozlows 12y ago
Q3 2013 is a long time ago. According to NPD, Chromebooks had 14% market share in 2014, counting retail and commercial (read: education) channels. Growth was up 85% year over year, too, which is amazing in the context of a stagnant/declining laptop market. http://betanews.com/2015/02/24/2015-is-year-of-the-chromebook/ http://betanews.com/2015/02/24/2015-is-year-of-the-chromeboo...
- scholia 12y ago
  NPD is a less reliable source covering a much smaller market (not that any of them are reliable).
  - scholia 12y ago
    Chromebook sales are about 1% of all PC sales, says ABI Research http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/chromebook-sales-pc-acer-hp-samsung http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/22/chromebook... Different source, different paper, different journalist, same conclusion. The idea that Chromebooks sell in volume is delusional, at this point, and downvotes won't make it any less delusional.
Mikeb85 12y ago
You can spin it all sorts of ways. Keep in mind the 'PC' market includes all those legacy Windows XP computers which are languishing in peoples homes, businesses, corporations, etc... Chromebook sales are a much bigger part of current PC sales. And vendors do keep expanding their Chromebook lines. If it was a failure they wouldn't.