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Mikeb85
on March 31, 2015
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$149 Chromebooks
You do realise that Asus, Lenovo, HP, etc... sell Chromebooks, right? Google sells very few branded as a 'Google' product.
The numbers are out there, but Google isn't releasing numbers because they're a tiny vendor.
ntakasaki
on March 31, 2015
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You mean Google does not know exactly how many Chromebooks are being sold by Asus, Lenovo, HP, etc?
Mikeb85
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They probably do, but all those are public companies. They all report sales a certain way. Google isn't going to mess with reporting sales that other companies are making. That's irresponsible.
jhall1468
on March 31, 2015
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No. Why would they? You think Asus, Lenovo and HP are giving sales data to Google?
jeromegv
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They do know about Android activations, it's not so far fetched.
robotresearcher
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All the Chromebooks phone home regularly checking for updates, etc. Google knows exactly how many have been used and are in use now.
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The numbers are out there, but Google isn't releasing numbers because they're a tiny vendor.