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Re:$149 Chromebooks by mkozlows on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @07:19PM (#9300544)
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-chromeboo...

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Re:$149 Chromebooks by scholia on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @10:30AM (#9303831)
NPD is a less reliable source covering a much smaller market (not that any of them are reliable).
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Re:$149 Chromebooks by scholia on Thursday April 02, 2015 @11:50AM (#9311437)
Chromebook sales are about 1% of all PC sales, says ABI Research 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.

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