The only thing I would like on my Chromebook is something like Cmus, so I can play music. Other than that, I am quite happy with it.

Really? They seem to be selling pretty well as it is. Why does there have to be a way to run native apps?

It could actually replace the PC or Mac for many more people.

By the way, can you quantify "selling pretty well?" Market share numbers, for example.

But then it would lose all the features that make it an excellent device, such as security, always being up-to-date and fast boot time.

It was the top-selling laptop on Amazon over Christmas. http://www.chromebookblog.com/2013/01/samsung-and-acer-chrom...

10% of Acer's sales.

From Wikipedia: By January 2013, Acer's Chromebook sales were driven by "heavy Internet users with educational institutions", and the platform represented 5-10 percent of the company's U.S. shipments, according to Acer president Jim Wong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook#Sales_and_marketing

Can anyone provide market share numbers? I'm not looking for "kool-aid" marketing, but data driven decisions. The kind that Google does. For example:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/business/24unboxed.html?_r...

Market share numbers are irrelevant, what matters is if it has the userbase to support a viable app ecosystem. Which it slowly is.