Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon 372
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."
so what (Score:2, Funny)
so what
Re:Great system for parents (Score:5, Funny)
Re:so what (Score:5, Funny)
so what
So what??? This means 2013 must be the year of the Linux Desktop!
Re:Apple Leads (Score:4, Funny)
that is some twisted perspective considering 6 of the top 10 are windows lol.
I think he meant that this would be news if there were more Chrome-books on that list than Apple Macs since Apple is a smaller competitor to beat when it comes to laptop sales than the 800 pound gorilla that is Windows Laptops.
Interesting way of putting it - 800 pound Gorilla. The fact is that even if those Windows laptops are 800 pound Gorillas, the macbooks are probably 1200 GBP gorillas.
You got that right. (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.
Re:Great system for parents (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Targeted customers (Score:5, 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 [google.com].
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.
Re:Targeted customers (Score:4, Funny)
It measn "crown" in those various Klingon dialects.
Re:so what (Score:5, Funny)
Linux IS the operating system of the future... and it always will be.