Shipments of Chromebooks based on Google’s Chrome running system will surge in the 2nd 1/2 of this year, in step with an Asia-based report. Shipments can be “double or even triple” the number within the first half of the year, keeping with a report Monday in Digitimes that cites unnamed electronics element suppliers.
The report attributes the expected surge partly to “susceptible demand for windows eight” and as a technique for companies like Asus “to counter Microsoft’s dominance. in addition to Asus, providers slated to lift the choice of Chromebook models embody Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, and Lenovo.
Acer will up its shipments using threefold, while Samsung is eying a four-fold increase, the record stated. It’s estimated that Chromebooks from Google, Acer, and Samsung hang between 20 percent and 25 percent of the sub-$300 pc market within the U.S., according to the file.
Value alone makes Chromebooks attractive. Samsungs $249 Chromebook has been a consistent bestseller on Amazon, as has Acer’s $220 Chromebook. Windows eight laptops generally start at around $599. overall, deliveries of home windows laptops were falling quarterly, consistent with IDC and Gartner.