Chromebooks beat out PCs and Macs on Amazon’s holiday laptop charts

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Bad news for Microsoft, while the company is trying desperately to  push consumers towards Windows 8 PCs, Chromebooks are coming to dominate the laptop market. With the laptop market already being destroyed by tablets, the last thing Microsoft needs is more alternatives to Windows PCs.

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Looks like Microsoft is going to be ordering more “Scroogled” ads. Amazon revealed this morning that two Chromebooks – the Samsung Chromebook and the Acer Chromebook – were two of the top selling laptops for holiday shoppers. The news, delivered as part of Amazon’s press release about its massive holiday season, is a milestone for Google’s web-centric computer operating system.

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