[Quinn]

Hey. I am going to get a Chromebook but I don't shop online. The only place I have seen Chromebooks is Best Buy. Are they the only brick and mortar store that sells them?

 

[BenBarker]

Yeah, But you still might have to order it online, then if you want, have it shipped to the store. I am going to get my Samsung Chromebook from Amazon.com so I don't really know how Best Buy is handling Chromebook sales.

 

[DumbUglyDragon]

I was under the impression from the store associates that it was available online only from BestBuy.com. Since I wasn't going to be able to demo it physically, I chose the cheaper option and ordered from Amazon instead.

 

[russcasey]

Pc world.

In the UK.

Not in stock yet

 

[Craddams]

DumbUglyDragon, do you mean that your Best Buy didn't even have a Chromebook in real life to demo? For real? Are they just really (really!) late getting them or are they not going to demo Chromebooks at all now?

 

[hupholland]

DumbUglyDragon, do you mean that your Best Buy didn't even have a Chromebook in real life to demo? For real? Are they just really (really!) late getting them or are they not going to demo Chromebooks at all now?

The latter (for now at least).

Hup

 

[DumbUglyDragon]

Yup. I even had a friend who works there try too look up the SKU's also. The were all deleted from the system.

 

[Mcboor]

Okay, that's really weird. I'm pretty set on getting a Chromebook anyway, but it would have been nice to have been able to actually see one in person and poke at the keys for a bit before deciding for sure. Did they give a reason WHY there aren't any Chromebooks in the store?

 

[DumbUglyDragon]

Can't think of any reason. But the same thing happened with the Nexus One.

 

[BenBarker]

I was reading about this whole issue. The reason that Google Chromebooks are not in brick and mortar stores is because Google does not want people to accidentally buy it, or to buy something they don't understand. They figure if you order it online then you know enough to know it is not a traditional laptop.

 

[Pete]

I was reading about this whole issue. The reason that Google Chromebooks are not in brick and mortar stores is because Google does not want people to accidentally buy it, or to buy something they don't understand. They figure if you order it online then you know enough to know it is not a traditional laptop.

That's my understanding too. They're looking at consumer chromebooks as a specialty gizmo for enthusiasts.