By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ZDNet
The best selling laptop of the day? The Linux-based Chromebook. We all know now that Windows 8 sales have been…. disappointing. You can blame the hardware. You can blame Windows 8’s mixed-up interfaces. You can blame the rise of tablets and smartphones. Whatever. The bottom line is Windows 8 PC and laptop sales have been slow. So, what, according to Amazon, in this winter of Windows 8 discontent has been the best selling laptop? It’s Samsung’s ARM-powered, Linux-based Chromebook. Shocked? Amazed? Why? The Chromebook has several things going for it.
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