Chromebooks Took Amazon's Top Three Spots for Holiday PC Sales

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Where are all the low-cost Windows laptops?

Microsoft and Intel have started working together to promote low-cost Windows laptops in the $200 and under range, which prior to the collaboration was a space that mostly belonged to Chromebooks. So far things are off to a slow start, at least if Amazon's holiday sales are any indication. Amazon says that its top three PC sales over the holiday period were all Chromebook models.
The best seller of the bunch was Acer's C720 Chromebook (11.6-inch display, 2GB RAM), followed by the Asus Chromebook 13-inch (2GB RAM, 16GB storage) and HP's 11-2010nr 11.6-inch Chromebook model (Snow White, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage). At present, these three models sell for between $200 and $205.
We're cautious not to read too much into this, in part because it represents sales from a single vendor, albeit the biggest online e-tailer around. The bigger reason, however, is because Microsoft's and Intel's combined effort to flood the market with $200 and under Windows-based laptops is relatively new. Given more time, and perhaps a bit of advertising, we would expect to see a shift in sales, though time will tell.
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