HOTCAKES 搶手貨

字彙

to call sth. a joke
to sell like hotcakes
a cold morning
to take off
low-end laptop market
a segment


文句

Some Windows experts, such as Paul Thurrott, call Chromebooks a joke. Some industry groups, such as NetMarketShare, claim that they still see essentially no use of Chrome OS. Both need to wake up and smell the Chrome OS coffee. Chromebooks have been selling like hotcakes on a cold morning for a year now.

Market analysts agree: Chromebooks have taken off in the low-end laptop market while Windows 8.x PCs continue to decline.

Chrome OS, a version of Linux that uses the Chrome Web browser for its main interface, and its main hardware platform, Chromebooks, are actually the one segment of the dying PC market that have actually been growing, according to Stephen Baker, VP of Industry Analysis for Consumer Technology for retail analysis group, NPD Group. "The low-end [computer] market is growing. It's overall positive, everything else is negative," added Baker.

解釋

to call sth. a joke  稱之為笑話、笑柄，指瞧不起 Chrombook，不相信有人會買。

to sell like hotcakes  賣得很快很好，指 Chrombook 是搶手貨。

a cold morning  大概是指 PC 和 NB 冷颼颼的市場佔有率。

to take off 起飛；平穩成長

low-end laptop market  廉價筆電市場

a segment  一部分