Are Chromebooks hurting Apple as well as Microsoft? | Linux Today

Are Chromebooks hurting Apple as well as Microsoft?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 8, 2014

My guess is that a lot of these Chromebook buyers are Android phone users. They’ve already broken with Windows on their phones, and now they’re ready for the next step by getting rid of Microsoft Windows on their computers. Android users are also known to be budget-conscious folks, and Chromebooks tend to be inexpensive computers.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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