Chromebooks experienced a 275% increase in year-over-year sales to 12 million units last quarter. Although the Q2 figure is not as large, a 75% increase year-over-year is still impressive. According to Canalys, the category shipped 11.9 million units.The pandemic impacted the entire PC market, including Chromebooks. As consumers tried to make work at home, standard tablets and PCs experienced healthy increases. Google's OS saw a larger increase as schools began remote learning.Chromebook sales remain hot despite the fact that schools have reopened in many locations more than a year after the pandemic. Google is certain to take advantage of this success and expand the reach of its operating system beyond its educational footprint.The company clearly sees the enterprise segment as a potential market. This may make it more open to systems that can be deployed quickly and locked down easily.Google will be focusing heavily on the commercial sector this year with Chrome's strong hold in the education space, Canalys Brian Lynch stated. We anticipate a strong focus to attract small businesses with new services such as the Individual subscription tier of Google Workspace, and promotions on CloudReady licences to repurpose older PCs for deployment along with existing Chromebook fleets.Apple is also making big business moves after the successful launch of several M1-based systems. Apple recently launched an Apple at Work website.Apple can easily fit into any existing infrastructure regardless of how many devices your company has. IT can configure and manage remote devices with zero touch, and IT can adapt the process to fit any team. Every Mac, iPad and iPhone, as well as Apple TV, are ready to go right away.Microsoft will be making its case for office remote dominance with Windows 11 due to arrive later in the year.
