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Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon

Posted by Soulskill on from the where-did-you-come-from dept.

rtfa-troll writes "Amazon's latest table of the top selling laptops will be a surprise for many on Slashdot whose first reaction when we discussed this before was 'so what,' with pundits describing it as 'an enterprise contender.' Given the recent launch and huge advertising campaign, you might expect that the top selling consumer laptop would be based on Win8. If you read recent discussions about Microsoft's troubled new system you might expect a Mac to be leading, but Google's Chromebook topping the sales chart on a consumer site without any major advertising campaign is a major surprise. We've discussed before that apart from its web based ChromeOS, Chromebooks are also very fast running Ubuntu Linux and have several other distributions already ported."

6 of 372 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Great system for parents by Graymalkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    ME NEITHER.

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  2. Re:so what by rvw · · Score: 4, Funny

    so what

    So what??? This means 2013 must be the year of the Linux Desktop!

  3. You got that right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My big question is what the return rate will be like. I suspect that some people are expecting a full desktop OS, like Windows.

    The big question is how few will tell the difference. Apple knows this, Microsoft knows this, google knows this. Slashdot doesn't.

    Anyone who has ever had to do any sort of tech support with the general public will have this sort of conversation:

    Tech support: "What operating system are you running?"

    Jane Q Public: "HP."

    It's not an exaggeration.

  4. Re:Great system for parents by BronsCon · · Score: 5, Funny

    LIKEWISE. I HIT IT ONCE AFTER I BOOT UP, TO MAKE SURE IT STILL WORKS, AND LEAVE IT ALONE UNTIL THE NEXT REBOOT.

    Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
    Seriously, Slashdot? Way to fuck up my gag.
    Nope, still can't post this, let's add a little more lowercase text.

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  5. Re:Targeted customers by David+Gerard · · Score: 4, Funny

    To buy that thing, one has to order it via Amazon - and fact is that, even today, not many people know how to order stuffs from Amazon.

    Well, Ubuntu can help with that! If you search for drivers for your NVidia card, it'll return a link to golf clubs on Amazon.

    With the one-click ordering they plan for 13.04, a search for NVidia drivers will see the golf clubs show up at your door the next day. With customer service like that, Canonical will be unstoppable.

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  6. Re:so what by sbutton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux IS the operating system of the future... and it always will be.

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