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Chromebooks overtake Macs in market share for first time – Yahoo News Australia
Analysts say the low-cost Google-powered laptops have been used by school pupils for remote learning.
Bulk purchases of classroom laptops may have helped boost Chromebooks
Google-powered Chromebook laptops have overtaken Apple’s Macs in popularity for the first time, analysts suggest.
Consultancy IDC tracked the use of operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows or Apple’s MacOS.
It found Chrome OS, used by the Google-powered laptops, took second place from MacOS for the first time.
The system – widely used in cheap laptops handed out to school pupils for remote learning – now has a 10.8% market…
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