vcfan Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Although both Google and Acer have claimed that Chromebooks are seeing better-than-expected acceptance' date=' total sales of less than 500,000 units show that the devices still need a lot improvement, the sources said.[/quote']http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130315PD210.html Microsoft sells more copies of windows in one day.In fact they sold about the same amount of surface pros with 5x the price in one month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Of course they are, no one wants a notebook with an internet OS. dtytfyiutiufg, ahhell and Jose_49 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 The whole premise of a Chromebook is a purely bad idea. The prices are incredibly too high for something with such limited functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 And here is the original title the OP....not sure why it was changed.... :rolleyes: A Google OS would struggle to compete with Windows for 1-2 years, say Taiwan notebook platers Not surprising considering Google has done little to nothing to promote the Chomebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ew2x4 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 The whole premise of a Chromebook is a purely bad idea. The prices are incredibly too high for something with such limited functionality. Obviously the Pixel is, but the Samsung is only $250. I'm not sure prices on the lower models are what is holding it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Of course they are, no one wants a notebook with an internet OS. The whole premise of a Chromebook is a purely bad idea. The prices are incredibly too high for something with such limited functionality. Agreed. That and there's no marketing being done for it! Why bother launching such a niche product and not promote it? Reputation alone? hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted March 18, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2013 i know a few people that have chromebooks and each of them have said it was a waste of money, they are not good for much more than word processing and using the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted March 18, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted March 18, 2013 Obviously the Pixel is, but the Samsung is only $250. I'm not sure prices on the lower models are what is holding it back. and for that price you can get a netbook which still has more usability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Agreed. That and there's no marketing being done for it! Why bother launching such a niche product and not promote it? Reputation alone? hmmmm marketing wont do a damn thing.How do you market a computer that only runs a browser that most people are unfamiliar with,and you can only use it when connected to the internet? The only reason they have any sales at all is because of those google geniuses at best buy or whatever that wait there and ambush windows customers and sucker them into a sale. I wouldn't be surprised if most of these are returned. Anyone remember the Linux netbook fiasco? Same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 marketing wont do a damn thing.How do you market a computer that only runs a browser that most people are unfamiliar with,and you can only use it when connected to the internet? The only reason they have any sales at all is because of those google geniuses at best buy or whatever that wait there and ambush windows customers and sucker them into a sale. I wouldn't be surprised if most of these are returned. Anyone remember the Linux netbook fiasco? Same thing. Did not know it needed internets to work... Yikes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Eternal Tempest MVC Posted March 18, 2013 MVC Share Posted March 18, 2013 I figure the chrome book is the direction smart phones, computers, and tablets are heading, however that convergence is not ready yet / still too early, too many barriers in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Is anybody here surprised that those POS computers are flopping? Come one. Have you seen them? They suck. Without an internet connection they are absolutely useless and they are way too expensive. ahhell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakem1 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Chrome OS is a solution looking for a problem. siah1214 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted March 18, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted March 18, 2013 Is anybody here surprised that those POS computers are flopping? Come one. Have you seen them? They suck. Without an internet connection they are absolutely useless and they are way too expensive. the $200 ones are too expensive i don't know what the **** google was thinking when they made/priced the pixel? 0_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted March 18, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2013 I do like Google a lot.. but I just don't get the ChromeBook... I just don't think the market is ready for that sort of model yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 A Chromebook would do everything my parents need and then some, yet I can't honestly recomend those when they can just buy any netbook for the same price. Actually they might even be better off with a computer that only runs a browser since they don't get along with the concepts of windows, applications or anything computer related for that matter (they sometimes drag the traybar and I have to connect with teamviewer to put it back at the botton, they don't get why it moved or how to put it back down there) but still ?200 for a browser doesn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashy Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Are people surprised are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted March 19, 2013 Member Share Posted March 19, 2013 I've read in several places that the figures in the article may be wrong, and may be just referring to Acer's sale figures and not all Chromebooks. I doubt they have sold zillions but I don't automatically believe everything I read on the Internet either. I have a Chromebook and my aren't that bad for quick access to the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Chrome OS is a solution looking for a problem. Chrome OS is a problem... creating more problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm surprised they even sold that many! who wants a laptop that needs an internet connection to function? it was an epic fail from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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