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0 pointsusrn4y ago0 comments

The Walmart near me stopped selling Windows PCs and only sells Chromebooks. ChromeOS is extremely successful.

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iLoveOncall4y ago· 2 in thread

2% marketshare despite the incredible pricing, but ok.

usrnOP4y ago

For an OS most of us would consider useless that's been around for maybe a quarter of the time desktop Linux has been and half the time OSX has 2% is pretty impressive.

As to the pricing, it's not like Desktop Linux doesn't work very well on cheap hardware either. OS popularity comes down to social things like PR (especially with children) and has little to do with merit.

iLoveOncall4y ago

> For an OS most of us would consider useless

It's almost as if readers of HackerNews aren't the target audience of ChromeOS.

> As to the pricing, it's not like Desktop Linux doesn't work very well on cheap hardware either.

It's almost as if potential Linux users aren't the target audience of ChromeOS.

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