Google: Chromebooks Are Selling Like Crazy But We Don't Make Money On Them (GOOG)

The growing popularity of Google Chromebooks doesn't directly translate into more revenue for Google. Google executives reminded Wall Street analysts of that fact on the company's conference call on Thursday. Nikesh Arora, Google's chief business officer, happily pointed out that eight big PC manufactures are now making Chromebooks (nearly all of Microsoft's partners). He also said that yet another study, this one by Future Source Consulting, found that Chromebooks accounted for 20 percent of t...