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Chromebook Market Growing While PC Market Shrinks, Gartner Reports

The market for Chromebooks is growing while the overall PC market shrinks, Gartner reported. Worldwide Chromebook shipments grew 38 percent in 2016, while the overall PC market declined 6 percent, it said. Chromebooks are not a PC replacement “as of…

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now” but could be in the future based on improved connectivity and more offline capability, said analyst Mikako Kitagawa Tuesday. Chromebooks run on Google’s Chrome operating system, the company says.