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Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon
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."
ME NEITHER.
I'm a loner Dottie, a Rebel.
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.
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.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Linux IS the operating system of the future... and it always will be.
TODO: insert amusing, apt and clever quip here. L8r.