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2022 Was Secretly The Year Of Chromebooks. Here's Why

ZDNet, December 23rd, 2022

From redefining sustainability to debunking the biggest ChromeOS myths, no single year has contained more major milestones for Google's lightweight notebook devices than 2022.

Google's first Chromebook hit the market on June 15, 2011. It's hard to believe it's been over a decade since the company forever changed portable computing by introducing its own unique take, but here we are.

In the years since then, Chromebooks and ChromeOS have evolved to the point where they bear little resemblance to their modest beginnings. No longer should Chromebooks be seen as bargain laptop alternatives. No, today's Chromebooks are making an increasingly solid case for why they should be considered alongside the MacBooks and Windows laptops of the world.

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