Much has been made of the threat that Chromebooks pose to Windows machines, but the real loser may well be Macbooks. That's what the latest figures from the analyst group NPD show. Can Macbooks survive the Chrome onslaught?
NPD's latest research about sales of PCs, notebooks and tablets sold through the commercial channel in the U.S. show Chromebook sales growing fast while sales of Windows notebooks and Apple notebooks are falling. Chromebooks accounted for a full 21% of all notebook sales from January through November of 2013. The year previous sales were negligible.
Overall, Chromebooks accounted for 9.6% of all desktop, notebook, and tablet sales via the commercial market for the year, compared to 0.2% a year previous. Windows notebooks accounted for 34.1%, down from 42.9% a year previous. Apple notebooks accounted for only 1.8%, compared to 2.6% the year previous.
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