Google has been very successful with the Android in mobile OS market. However, Chrome OS hasn’t been very successful in stirring competition in the market. It is yet to be competitive enough to stand a chance against major operating systems from Microsoft or Apple. Taiwan-based notebook ODMs and vendors expect Google’s Chrome OS to be struggling for the next 1-2 years to gain a competitive edge against Windows.
Although Google and its OEM partner Acer claimed that Chromebooks are selling better-than-expected the total number of Chromebook sold so far is about 500,000 units only. That means, Chrome OS have less than 1% share of the notebook market. It seems like the Chrome OS and the devices sporting it both need a lot of improvements as well as change in usage habits of consumers to gain enough traction against Windows-based notebooks in market. However, sources believe, the strategy to integrate Google’s various web apps “may not have a significant effect on the IT industry in the short term.”
Source: Digitimes
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Like Microsoft’s Windows 8 mistake of trying to FORCE the touch experience on users, instead of offering it as an enhanced, voluntary option,
Google tries to FORCE users into the online-only experience, instead of offering it as an enhanced, voluntary option.
Lesson to be learned:
Trying to force corporate strategy on users that disrespects their needs should and will backfire!
You can’t use Touch on a regular desktop computer, its bloody uncomfortable.
You can’t do serious creative work with online-only data storage, its bloody impossible.
So why pay for an expensive laptop with a stunning high quality display, thats totally wasted on browsing the web and writing some text?
All new Google NEXUS devices without SD card, just to force you to be always online and receive ads?
Bad idea! Boykott this kind of design, the internet is NOT omnipresent for anyone who moves further than between his house and the nearest Starbucks or McDonalds.