Chromebooks pick up 10% of the computer market in 2013, capitalizing on Windows 8′s failure

<b>http://tinyurl.com/8d5fxwx - <a href='http://tinyurl.com/8d5fxwx'>Only iPhone fondling rose at Xmas: Were non</a></b><p>Admen report: Biggest loser was Samsung – but tablets are another story Apple was the only smartphone manufacturer whose handsets saw an increase in usage in the US and Canada during the just-ended holiday season – though only a minor one. But its fortunes declined in the tablet market, where Amazon and Microsoft led the usage-gain pack.…</p><B>[video] Quick Take: Shoppers Buying More Chromebooks than MacBooks</b><p>NEW YORK (TheStreet) This year&#39;s top-selling notebook computer might come as a surprise to some, according to TheStreet&#39;s Brittany Umar.  Desktop, notebook and tablet sales have increased 25% in 2013 compared to 2012, she said. Of that increase, Google&#39;s Chromebooks jumped to 1.76 million units this year, up from 400,000 in 2012, according to research firm NPD. The figure accounted for ...</p><B>Chromebooks pick up 10% of th
e computer market in 2013, capitalizing on Windows 8′s failure</b><p>Surprisingly, out of Amazon&#39;s top three best-selling laptops this holiday season, two of them are Chromebooks. Even weirder, according market research company NPD, Chromebooks account for 21% of all commercial US laptop sales so far this year, and 10% of all computers and tablets sold in the US. In 2012, Chromebooks accounted for just 0.2% of all computer and tablet sales. Is this really ...</p>