Apr 27, 2017 mistry was a part of the chromebook team in its earliest days, tasked with handing the companys pilot chromebook model, the cr48, to business and schools. Windows is still the dominant desktop os, but the dominance varies by region and it has gradually lost market share to other desktop operating systems not just to mobile with the slide very noticeable in the us, where macos usage has more than tripled from 2009 to 2017, with windows down to 72. Windows pcs gain share in k12 in the us, but chromebooks still dominate. Windows pcs continue to gain share in the edu market.
Operating system market share worldwide statcounter. How to access shared folders, network printers, and vpns. Chromebooks are the new netbook, but look to have a longer shelf life. The company say visits from chrome os accounted for 0. Statcounter does break out chrome os separately but its share is so low that it gets filed under other in the results. Chromebook market size, trends industry share report, 2026.
Chromebooks have a 1% market share and a tough road to the. W3cook in april 2019, linuxs desktop market share was estimated to be 1. If everyone is buying chromebooks, who is using them. Lenovo yoga chromebook c630 the best powerhouse chromebook in 4k. The current linux desktop market share is between 1. Mar 19, 2020 the hp chromebook x2 is the best 2in1 chromebook on the market, full stop. A chromebook is a laptop or tablet running the linuxbased chrome os as its operating system. The samsung chromebook 4 is the lowestprice chrome os device we can currently recommend, as anything more affordable is likely to be unusable or may soon stop receiving chrome os updates. With the addition of android and linux apps support to chrome os, the possibilities for a highperformance chromebook have. This statistic shows the operating system market share worldwide on desktop pcs 202018. Gartner forecasts that chromebook shipments will continue to grow.
Chromebook shipments surge by 38 percent, cutting into windows 10 pcs chromebook shipments will grow by a healthy 16. The three major desktop operating systems on the market are windows 10, macos, and chrome os. Idcs figures for the total pc market which include chromebooks in those years are 275. Desktop os market share according to netmarketshare for september 2019. There are more than a dozen laptops available with chrome os right now. Now its defying skeptics and gaining share as the rest of the personal. Sep 23, 2015 connecting to a local smb share from an acer c720 chromebook. Macbook market share plummets as chromebook trims windows sales. Windows pcs gain share in k12 in the us, but chromebooks. The hp chromebook x2 is the best 2in1 chromebook on the market, full stop. Googles chrome operating system has continued to gain traction worldwide, increasing its share to 35 percent, futuresource found. Chrome os has doubled its marketshare in the last five months, a report from ad network chitika claims.
Mar 03, 2016 the statistic depicts the number of worldwide chromebook unit shipments in 2014, with estimates to 2023. In 2016, chrome oss k12 market share reached 51%, which marked the first time it surpassed apple. Chromebooks outsold macs for the first time in the us. Mar 16, 2017 gizmochicken concludes that a market share of about 1% for chromebooks, combined with a market share of about 1% as cited by others for traditional gnulinux, gets you to the about 2% market share for linux recited on the website. Chromebooks have a 1% market share and a tough road to the enterprise the key to their longterm success may in the classroom. This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems worldwide based on over 10 billion monthly page views. Chromebooks outsell macs for the first time technology.
Windows 10 s will fuel microsofts chromebook competitors. Apr 12, 2020 the three major desktop operating systems on the market are windows 10, macos, and chrome os. Aug 11, 2014 chromebook sales set to nearly triple by 2017, gartner says. May 23, 2016 chromebooks outsell macs for the first time. Apples ios and macos platforms both lost share to chrome os in the us k12 education market last year, according to new data from futuresource consulting.
If you have bugs with the new implementation you can open them at under component platformappsfilemanager original description this application allows users to mount an smb file share in their files app in chrome os. Will the trend continue, or will microsofts windows 10 s. In january 2019, the os market share of the windows operating system range was at 75 percent. Macbook market share plummets as chromebook trims windows. How to access network share files from a chromebook. Global market insights chrome os has a desktop market share of 1. Samsungs new chromebook 4 offers a refined design and usb. Western europe has shown strong growth this year, with chromebooks gaining ground in k12 markets in the nordic countries denmark, norway, sweden, finland, and iceland, the netherlands and spain, among others. Chromebooks have a 1% market share and a tough road to. The three major desktop operating systems on the market are. You dont need an apple mac laptopeverything you need is in.
Chromebooks account for a small percentage of the pc market, but shipments are on the rise. Are chromebooks fuelling rise in linux os marketshare. A chromebook is a laptop or tablet running the linux based chrome os as its operating system. All such figures are necessarily estimates because data about operating system share is difficult to obtain. May 05, 2017 chromebook shipments surge by 38 percent, cutting into windows 10 pcs chromebook shipments will grow by a healthy 16. Connecting to a local smb share from an acer c720 chromebook. Mar 06, 2018 windows pcs gain share in k12 in the us, but chromebooks still dominate. Apples ios and macos lose market share to chrome os.
Chromebooks are siphoning market share from windows pcs pcworld. Heres an exhaustive comparison for wouldbe buyers, including a complete breakdown of which is best. Desktop operating system market share worldwide statcounter. How to connect smb shares from chromebook techrepublic. Market share statistics for internet technologies login 800 3158391. The statistic depicts the number of worldwide chromebook unit shipments in 2014, with estimates to 2023.
How to access shared folders, network printers, and vpns on a chromebook. You dont need an apple mac laptopeverything you need is. Samsung has an overwhelming share of the market at 65 percent. Chromebook unit shipments worldwide 20142023 statista. Chromebook sales set to nearly triple by 2017, gartner says. This graph shows the market share of operating systems worldwide based on over 10 billion monthly page views. How to install ubuntu linux on your chromebook with crouton.
The usage share of operating systems is the percentage of computing devices that run each operating system at any particular time. Chromebooks are siphoning market share from windows pcs. A chromebook without chrome os simply isnt a chromebookthats more of a netbook, a very uncommon breed of laptops nowadays. This change propagated progressively from september to december, and required an adjustment to the data in that timeframe. And unfortunately for traditional gnulinux, most of the monthtomonth growth probably stems from rapid growth in chromebook market share, not from the growth in traditional gnulinux market share. How chromebooks aim to finally crack the consumer market in. This report lists the market share of the top operating systems in use, like windows, mac, ios, android, and linux. This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems worldwide from. A lot has changed in the chrome os market since the chromebook 3 was introduced, and the chromebook 4 reflects several of those changes, starting with. The chrome browser has become the standard for cloudbased apps to be built on because it has massive market share. The biggest and most noticeable difference between a chromebook and a traditional laptop is the operating system. Feb, 2020 this statistic shows the operating system market share worldwide on desktop pcs 202018.
How chromebooks aim to finally crack the consumer market. Education sector alone accumulated 72% of the overall industry share in 2014. Chrome os now has an overall market share of a little more than six percent in the u. This report focuses on chromebook volume and value at global level, regional level and compa.
Hes an avid promoter of open source and the voice of the android expert. All chromebooks released since late 2017 can also run android apps. Due to changes made to the user agent in ipados, ipads were identified as macos devices. Growing demand for these systems in education sector is likely to drive the industry growth over the forecast period. This graph shows the market share of operating systems worldwide from mar 2019 mar 2020. Thats an incredible amount when you consider the operating system didnt. Operating system market share worldwide statcounter global. May 11, 2019 chrome os now has an overall market share of a little more than six percent in the u.
Chromebook shipments surge by 38 percent, cutting into. But, internationally, chrome os and androids shares are up. Chrome os doubles marketshare in just 5 months omg. Theres still a perception on the market that chromebooks are the cheap, low.
The firm noted that chromebooks are now the fastest growing segment of the pc market based on price, bloomberg reported. Operating system market share worldwide statcounter global stats. Mar 02, 2017 apples ios and macos platforms both lost share to chrome os in the us k12 education market last year, according to new data from futuresource consulting via the new york times. Hes an avid promoter of open source and the voice of. To me there is a marketing ploy to get a catchy name to grab some market share.