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"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 Ch

by 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.
- millstone 12y ago
  The "PC market" refers to current sales. "Installed base" is the term for the metric that includes the languishing WinXP machines.
  - Mikeb85 12y ago
    Ah yeah you're right. The 1% came from some guy extrapolating Samsung's sales of Chromebooks to mean the whole Chromebook market...
    - scholia 12y ago
      Some guy being a professional journalist who actually made some effort to analyze the numbers. I appreciate from the downvotes above that some people prefer to believe what they want to believe ;-)

by scholia 12y ago

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.

millstone 12y ago
The "PC market" refers to current sales. "Installed base" is the term for the metric that includes the languishing WinXP machines.
- Mikeb85 12y ago
  Ah yeah you're right. The 1% came from some guy extrapolating Samsung's sales of Chromebooks to mean the whole Chromebook market...
  - scholia 12y ago
    Some guy being a professional journalist who actually made some effort to analyze the numbers. I appreciate from the downvotes above that some people prefer to believe what they want to believe ;-)