“Devices running Google’s Linux-based Chrome OS are some of the most affordable laptops and desktops on the market, typically costing under $400,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“As seen below, Chrome OS’ share of U.S. and Canadian desktop Web traffic grew 0.1% within the studied five-month period. After growing approximately 0.13% since our previous study on the subject back in March 2013, total Web traffic generated by Chrome OS users is now about one-tenth that of Linux users, the latter’s usage share amounting to 1.9% as of January 2014,” Purcher reports. “Chitika notes that while ‘Linux has always been a niche product, Google’s marketing activities around Chrome OS are the most public indicator that the company has larger ambitions for the product in the consumer and business space. Yet, the very modest usage share growth for the OS over the past several months underscores the present difficulties of the domestic PC marketplace.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Anemic.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
That’s piss poor and pathetic 😂😂
Agreed. That’s what the pundits would say for any Apple product with that much popularity, but these guys say “Yet, the very modest usage share growth for the OS over the past several months…”
Modest, my a**. It’s piss poor and pathetic.
Are you kidding?! Chrome’s Web traffic share doubled in only five months. That’s roughly 250% on an annualized basis. To the Moon, baby! /s
You beat me to. It. I’m actually surprised this isn’t the title.
“Chrome OS doubles web usage in 5 months”
So, why is it news worthy.
It should at least be ” Beleagoured Chrome OS”
What happened to that supposed spike in Chromebook shipments that surfaced late last year.
I wondered exactly the same thing.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173691-chromebooks-pick-up-10-of-the-computer-market-in-2013-capitalizing-on-windows-8s-failure.
NPD estimated that chrome books picked up 21% of the US laptop market in 2013 and 10% of the PC/tablet market.
Obviously total bullshit. I guess that is why NPD estimated that Mac shipments fell, and Gartner said said Mac shipments increased dramatically.
Rounding error.
How much of the incredible 0.2% is attributable to the ‘Gee Whiz!’ bleeding edge interest in something new, anything Google? I’m betting, just about all of it. Well, except for poor granny who had one of the Chromebook things shoved at her from under the Christmas tree by one of her Google gaga kids.
How much of this pathetic share is attributable to one-time users who are just trying Chrome out (even in a Best Buy setting) and never return?!
Next year will be the year of Chrome. Together with Linux in the desktop.
Of course it will be the year of cheap crap, when every user that buys these products this year, will give them away next year.
It’s a web terminal, not a laptop! Without an internet connection it is a worthless keyboard and display that looks like a laptop. It is really cheap because it can’t run applications by itself.
He’s available. Google should put Balmer in charge of the Chromebook division. I am sure that he likes their strategy. In fact, he likes it a lot.
Pathetic traffic. Maybe it’s Google’s hobby project like Apple’s TV. But if you think it’s a notebook, then your bound to get scroogled!
I’d be curious to find out how many of those Chromebooks end up reformatted and configured ad Windows XP.
Hey, how much of that is from Chromebooks on display at BestBuy and the like?
Maybe Microsoft’s ‘scroogled’ campaign is paying off
I work in tech support for a school district and am a Mac user, always have been and always will be. We are seeing a huge demand increase for Chromebooks at all the schools…they can run most everything the students need because they run flash and java. I hate those two platforms myself but a lot of learning sites use them. We have gone from a district with only macs and PCs to one with lots of iPads, and now one with lots of Chromebooks…They are better than iPads for content creation and can be used by more than one student by logging into their google apps for education. iPads are good for one user only and are extremely difficult to manage, whereas we installed testing software on hundreds of Chromebooks in 2 minutes. Hate all you want, Chromebooks are surging in popularity exponentially.