Fastest growing Laptop segment

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As the Laptop market keeps shrinking there is one segment of this area that is expanding rapidly. It is the Chromebook that now makes up 25% of the under US $300 sales. These are maintenance free machines that are primarily used for Internet and e-mail but can play music and movies offline. They act more like a tablet with a keyboard rather than a touch screen. Software can only be loaded from the Google store, hence the high level of security. Unfortunately these computers are not available in the retail shops of New Zealand but can be bought online for around NZ $350. It would be nice to be able to try before buy but the NZ retail industry has no interest in a computer that doesn't require continual maintenance, as this is where they make their money, Antivirus and Registry cleaners etc.