NdMk2o1oAll the Chromebooks are, are laptops with cheap components, no HDD, small amount of RAM and weak CPU as nothing is installed or run locally all apps are simply web apps/html5 etc run from the browser which is the Chrome OS.

NdMk2o1oAll the Chromebooks are, are laptops with cheap components, no HDD, small amount of RAM and weak CPU as nothing is installed or run locally all apps are simply web apps/html5 etc run from the browser which is the Chrome OS.

RavenasYes, but the fact that such a simple and stupid machine is gaining grounds through OEM maker Acer is bad for Microsoft.

Microsoft laptop sells are bismal to say the least. Apple is dominating them with every step they take in the mobile deparment. Macbook, iPad, iPhone, and iPod... The rest of the pie is getting gobbled up by Google with their liscensed Android platform.

Intel CEO just got fired because of the slowness they reacted to the mobile world. This is real. Ballmer lives in a fantasy world where he downplays every product launch.

so? that's the point of these machines. lightweight and portable browsing machines. also no viruses and software on them is always up to date

NdMk2o1oWhat are you talking about, for a start MS doesn't manufacture laptops if you mean laptops with Windows I would hazard a guess and say these are outselling both Apple macbook and Google Chromebook put together considering how many different windows laptops there are from masses of different manufacturers, I really think MS has no reason to worry about the Chromebook.

RavenasLol would you really assume that I am calling MS a manufacture of laptops? No... That is why I am referencing OEMs. OEMs are responding to Google's platoform because they are having success with it. You may be looking at the present, but Google is looking at the future. Microsoft sales are down company wide and Google sees this. Google is trying to get in on this pie.

Acer is both an OEM of Microsoft and an OEM of Google. They see the sales rising with the chrome book. This article doesn't state, due to Windows 8, Acer is expanding its sales. NO, in fact it says Acer expands sales of popular Chromebook. This is bad for Microsoft.

By January 2012, commercial sales for Chromebooks were flat, with the exception of the education market. Google had placed nearly 27,000 Chromebooks in schools across 41 states, including "one-on-one" programs, which allocate a computer for every student, in South Carolina, Illinois, and Iowa.[40] As of August 2012, over 500 school districts in the United States and Europe were using the device, as well as universities, corporations and government facilities.[41][42]

NdMk2o1oThe number of Chromebook sales to Windows laptops sales is likely no where even close, yes they are expanding their sales but it doesn't mention from what and to what and having followed the Chromebook sales over the last year it's not a cause for concern for anyone let alone MS.



From wikipedia, 27'000 Chromebooks sold to schools their biggest market, compare that to how many millions of laptops were probably sold this year so far.

RavenasYes but Apple is chipping away at this too. HP and DELL are lossing value year after year because of slow sales. Apple sales increase year over year. Google sales are beginning to rise. It is a cause for concern because tablets get factored in there too. Many people simply aren't buying laptops anymore. Tablets are huge. Microsoft was slow to this and the price points for what they are offering is ridiculous.

Bottom line is Microsoft is losing signficant ground in the mobile world year over year.