Google Chromebook slows, hinting at flagging COVID PC boom

Trimmed component orders could signal 10 million fewer shipments than expected

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Chromebook sales got a major boost last year from the switch to remote learning. © AFP/Jiji

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Makers of Google's Chromebooks have slashed orders for components in the first sign that the lockdown-era boom in personal computer sales may be coming to an end.

Sales of the lightweight notebook-style computers that run on Google's Chrome operating system almost doubled in 2020 as schools switched to remote learning.

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