steven36 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Chrome PC shipments in 2015 on pace to grow compared to 2014 Shipments of PCs with Google's Chrome OS are growing at the expense of Windows laptops and desktops, as the PC market suffers through its biggest slump since 2008. Especially popular are Chromebooks, which are basic Chrome OS laptops for Web computing. Low-price Chromebooks are attractive to students, educational institutions and budget buyers. Worldwide Chrome PC shipments in 2015 are expected to surpass those in 2014, according to IDC. Chrome PCs accounted for 2.8 percent of all PCs shipped worldwide through the first three quarters in 2015. For all of 2014, Chrome PCs accounted for 1.9 percent of all PCs shipped. Chrome PC shipments in 2015 will outpace those in 2014, and the growth trend will continue in 2016, said Jay Chou, research manager at IDC. About 5.7 million Chrome PCs shipped in the first three quarters of 2015, just slightly lower than the 5.86 million shipped for all of 2014. The shipment numbers were derived from yearly worldwide PC shipment statistics provided by IDC. Total PC shipments worldwide were 276.21 million in 2015, declining by 10.4 percent from 2014, according to IDC. A breakdown for how many of those shipments were for Chromebooks in the last quarter is not yet available. Expectations weren't high when the first Chromebooks were launched in 2011. Shipments of the laptops started growing at a steady pace when the second-generation of Chromebooks started shipping in late 2013. All top PC makers except for Apple now offer Chrome laptops and desktops. Google has promoted Chromebook as a low-cost replacement to Windows PCs, especially with more people using Web applications. Google also promised regular OS updates and the ability to use applications offline when the computer isn't connected to the Internet. Microsoft took on the Chromebook challenge by encouraging PC makers to develop low-cost laptops with the free Windows 8.1 with Bing OS. But that effort ended when Microsoft released Windows 10, Chou said. PC prices are rising, but Chromebooks remain inexpensive because they use basic hardware. Windows 10 has advantages over the Chrome OS. Windows can be used for a wide range of graphics, productivity and CAD/CAM applications, and it supports more hardware than Chrome OS. However, the Chrome OS is much leaner. The future of Chrome OS is clouded, though. Late last year, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google planned to merge Chrome OS into Android. The Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 No matter what the media is reporting, if you walk into the local Best Buy the first thing you see in the computer area is a display with 3 different brands of chrome books. If you go into Walmart, the first 2 computers on display are chrome books. This is for many reasons including the proliferation of gaming systems that no longer require a PC, they are cheap, and people just want them to browse the internet so they don't need a $1200 notebook when a $199 chrome book will do the same thing. I don't know if they still do, but Dell use to provide a Chrome OS users could download and install on their Dell netbooks and notebooks. I had it on a Mini 10 and if all you wanted to do was surf the internet and watch videos it worked exceptionally well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, straycat19 said: No matter what the media is reporting, if you walk into the local Best Buy the first thing you see in the computer area is a display with 3 different brands of chrome books. If you go into Walmart, the first 2 computers on display are chrome books. This is for many reasons including the proliferation of gaming systems that no longer require a PC, they are cheap, and people just want them to browse the internet so they don't need a $1200 notebook when a $199 chrome book will do the same thing. I don't know if they still do, but Dell use to provide a Chrome OS users could download and install on their Dell netbooks and notebooks. I had it on a Mini 10 and if all you wanted to do was surf the internet and watch videos it worked exceptionally well. Nothing Android or Chrome will ever replace ..My Gateway ...Linux Mint box regardless of what the yuppies use . I'm a computer geek not a facebooker , And Google would have to let me install legacy windows apps to replace my Windows 8.1 Dell ever . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 3 minutes ago, steven36 said: Nothing Android or Chrome will ever replace ..My Gateway ...Linux Mint box regardless of what the yuppies use . I'm a computer geek not a facebooker , And Google would have to let me install legacy windows apps to replace my Windows 8.1 Dell ever . Gateway!! I don't believe you are a geek now, no self respecting geek would be caught dead with a Gateway. Gateways were such a piece of crap that even the government quit buying them. The Telepath Modems that came in them in the mid 90s were junk and always were replaced when the machines were new out of the box. I had an engineer at US Robotics tell me that they made those modems under Gateways specifications and they were so crappy they made sure that there were no marks on them that would associate them with US Robotics. He was telling me this because I was buying US Robotics modems by the case to replace the Telepath modems. All the components in Gateways were cheap knockoffs of quality components but manufactured to Gateway Specs in an effort to undercut Dell and drive them out of business. And look who is still around. Ted Wiatt (who founded Gateway with Mike Hammond) tried to save Gateway by buying eMachines but it was on such a downhill slide that not even that could save them. Then Acer bought Gateway and because it had such a bad reputation it rebranded Gateway as Acer Business. I have heard you can still buy a Gateway brand system from Acer online but I haven't seen one nor wasted the time looking for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 42 minutes ago, straycat19 said: Gateway!! I don't believe you are a geek now, no self respecting geek would be caught dead with a Gateway. Gateways were such a piece of crap that even the government quit buying them. The Telepath Modems that came in them in the mid 90s were junk and always were replaced when the machines were new out of the box. I had an engineer at US Robotics tell me that they made those modems under Gateways specifications and they were so crappy they made sure that there were no marks on them that would associate them with US Robotics. He was telling me this because I was buying US Robotics modems by the case to replace the Telepath modems. All the components in Gateways were cheap knockoffs of quality components but manufactured to Gateway Specs in an effort to undercut Dell and drive them out of business. And look who is still around. Ted Wiatt (who founded Gateway with Mike Hammond) tried to save Gateway by buying eMachines but it was on such a downhill slide that not even that could save them. Then Acer bought Gateway and because it had such a bad reputation it rebranded Gateway as Acer Business. I have heard you can still buy a Gateway brand system from Acer online but I haven't seen one nor wasted the time looking for them. My Gateway came with windows 8 its made by Acer . Back in the stone age I only used Dell. I still have a Dell with windows 8.1 I bought in Sept 2015 . Back in the stone age we paid over a 1000 dollars for a Dell you had to order them they were not sold in stores like the cheap pcs were ..then if you wanted DVD Burner extra ram that was all extra . Because I bought all that and put it in myself and a stock PC for half that nowadays can run circles around those old P4 processors eMachines ive not heard that word in years they was all cheap junk. I never buy pc from stores I always order them online every since 2001. The best thing ever happened to PCs was they made High Definition processors and made modern x64 windows . I dont even like thinking about that far back when XP was new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmil Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 #1 - what business pays $1200 for a standard laptop? They're ~$500 for a nominal salesman's setup. #2 - I've sold 1,000s of desktops and laptops & never heard a peep or even request for Chromebooks. Who's making your coolaid? What business is worried about $80 for the O/S that's on there? They're more worried about compatibility with standard apps developed internally and industry standards like office. The only advantage you can site it is they're lean. That says "few features" to me; along with no support. Oh yeah, I have to be sitting on a reliable internet connection too. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 10 hours ago, davmil said: #1 - what business pays $1200 for a standard laptop? They're ~$500 for a nominal salesman's setup. #2 - I've sold 1,000s of desktops and laptops & never heard a peep or even request for Chromebooks. Who's making your coolaid? What business is worried about $80 for the O/S that's on there? They're more worried about compatibility with standard apps developed internally and industry standards like office. The only advantage you can site it is they're lean. That says "few features" to me; along with no support. Oh yeah, I have to be sitting on a reliable internet connection too. Right? That's what i was thinking maybe like $1200 back in 2001 but computers are like more than half less the money they were back then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 24, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 24, 2016 From what I know, here they are priced near but a little cheaper than a normal laptop, without the features of normal laptops. Not sure of their use if they price them such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 38 minutes ago, DKT27 said: Not sure of their use if they price them such. There used mostly for just the cloud , there sort of useless for anything offline much .That's why windows or even most Linux dritos are a better choice . Not everyone lives were there internet is fast enough to be doing everything in a cloud yet . Mine always gives me trouble some times its ok some times its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibranium Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 It's early days yet. Don't count out Chrome OS or the melded Android. See what Android did to Windows Mobile and Symbian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 16 minutes ago, vibranium said: It's early days yet. Don't count out Chrome OS or the melded Android. See what Android did to Windows Mobile and Symbian. To me its interesting to see something to evolve but we not heard nothing about anything new in chrome O/S in quite awhile . Its going to be hard for them to compete with hybrid windows computers. Phones cant be compared to pcs really . Windows Mobile never could give you and a experience like a windows PC O/S . Most people I know switch off pcs to the smartphone are mostly cloud users . Let me see you do a really complicated task on a phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibranium Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Google is a behemoth. They have experts slurping coffee and slouching on beanbags to dream up solutions to those problems. MS is scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 1 minute ago, vibranium said: Google is a behemoth. They have experts slurping coffee and slouching on beanbags to dream up solutions to those problems. MS is scared. Thing is the one with the most money is Apple they have more money than Google and Microsoft combined . In most countries there desktops are not really poplar anymore . They seen it was time too invest there money in other technologies than a desktop or laptop long ago. PCs will always be needed for business but anything newer than windows xp were really features they done fine without , And some of us old timers will still use traditional desktops long after the majority have move off in the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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