Andre Yoskowitz
18 Jul 2011 0:00
After just one month of availability, and mixed critical reviews, sales of the Google Chrome OS-based Chromebooks are still strong, at least on Amazon.
In Amazon's best selling laptops section, Acer's $349 Chromebook is in fourth place, and has been for most of the 40 days of availability. Samsung's $500 Chromebook is in 11th, likely due to its higher pricetag.
Apple's new MacBook Pro and a couple of powerful Toshiba books are in first-third.
Following their release, many critics boldly stated the books would be a flop, but it appears that there is a least some demand for the new netbooks.
Based on Google's Chrome OS operating system, each of the netbooks must always be connected to the Internet to work but have outstanding battery life and powerful enough hardware to run without any issues.
Chrome OS is still evolving and Google sends out new updates at least once a week to my Googlebook.