Education Boosting Chromebook Shipments to 5.2 Million Units This Year

By Joshua Bolkan, Campus Technology

Chromebook sales will reach 5.2 million shipments this year, largely on the strength of the education market, according to a new report from market research firm Gartner. That’s a 79 percent increase over 2013 sales, and the company predicts the devices will continue to experience impressive through 2017, when it forecasts 14.4 million shipments. Education is far and away the driving force behind Chromebook sales, accounting for 85 percent of shipments in 2013, according to Gartner, and the United States, where 2.9 million of the devices were sold last year, makes up the bulk of the global market.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/08/13/report-education-market-to-boost-chromebook-sales-to-5.2-million-units-in-2014.aspx

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