Published in Mobiles

Chromebooks sell like hotcakes

by on22 May 2015


Hotcake makers unavailable for comment

Market research firm Gartner has estimated 7.3 million Chromebooks would be sold this year, thanks mostly to the education industry realising that kids need keyboards rather than touchscreen tablets.

For those who came in late. Chromebooks are computers powered by Google Chrome and, designed to be used primarily online. They are basically souped up netbooks which saw their market killed off when Apple started tell everyone they needed touch screen tablets.

Gartner said its sales estimate was an increase of 27 percent from 2014, when the education industry accounted for 72 percent of sales.

Despite an interest about Chromebooks among small and medium businesses, demand from businesses was yet to pick up, Gartner said.

North America was the biggest market in 2014, accounting for 84 percent sales. While EMEA fetched 11 percent sales, Asia pacific contributed less than 3 percent, with demand in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Chromebooks are seen as a cheap and cheerful way of getting kids who don't need a hell of a lot of processing power online.  Schools can connect them to their network and allow access to teaching materials.

Last modified on 22 May 2015
Rate this item
(7 votes)

Read more about: