You're reading too much into this, I was just throwing up other examples of other minority use cases.
But, if we assume using Steam (arbitrary) as the benchmark for being somewhat serious about gaming, then there are 75 million[0] computer gamers. Compare that to the number of Windows users[1] at 1.5 billion and they are a definite minority outside the realm of a 'typical computer user'.
And if I had to guess and why your comment is being down voted, it's probably because it comes across as a bit nitpicky as gaming very obviously isn't the focus of a Chromebook.
The original comment was 'recommend a chromebook for any windows user who isn't a developer'. It's hardly nitpicky to say that there are plenty of people who have a use case that this doesn't fit (business software users are another very large segment). Oh, well, if it's 'only' 75 million people, I guess they don't count - they're not true Scotsmen.
But, if we assume using Steam (arbitrary) as the benchmark for being somewhat serious about gaming, then there are 75 million[0] computer gamers. Compare that to the number of Windows users[1] at 1.5 billion and they are a definite minority outside the realm of a 'typical computer user'.
And if I had to guess and why your comment is being down voted, it's probably because it comes across as a bit nitpicky as gaming very obviously isn't the focus of a Chromebook.
[0] - http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/15/steam-has-75-million-activ...
[1] - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/bythenumbers/index.html