Chromebooks

Chromebooks sales grew 275% in Q1; Amazon tablet shipments climb nearly 200%

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Chromebooks sales grew 275% in Q1; Amazon tablet shipments climb nearly 200%

Everyone needed a new computer in 2020, and for a lot of people that ended up being a Chromebook. (Canalys map; click to enlarge) Despite manufacturing bottlenecks, the global PC market grew for the fourth straight quarter. New system shipments rose 53.1% year over year to 122.1 million units in the first quarter, and Google’s … Read more

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

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Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

The new Google Dell Chromebook Enterprise devices. (Google photo) New numbers show that 2020 was the first year Chromebooks outbid Macs and saw impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows. Computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS have already sold Apple’s computers in individual quarters, but 2020 was the first full year in which … Read more