I'm not a fanboy and I don't really like Apple but come on a Macbook Air is $899 with better hardware (well not a better screen but OS X is certainly the easiest OS to use) OR an Alienware 13 laptop with a GTX 860M , 8GB DDR3 , QHD IPS Touch screen, and an i5 4210U CPU for $1k. Who the fuck said Alienware/Apple were overpriced should check this out.
It was a niche product to show what the very best the Chromebook can do. Most Chromebooks cost in the region of £200. This was never a commercially viable product. Imagine it like when Audi or Ford put out a concept car that people can purchase for a couple of million. You could buy a perfectly working car for £40,000 but the concept is to show the boundaries being pushed in car design. The Pixel is in the same sense. I would never recommend someone to buy the Pixel from a consumer perspective.
4 Years later I see these Chromebook pixels sell for around $300.00 in mint condition. Just bought myself one, pretty excited because Iv always wanted one ever since they came out but could not justify the cost.
Well I just received it not to long ago but the 5 hour battery is pretty decent since Im plugged into a wall most of the time. I get about 4 hours of watching youtube and anywhere from 4 to 5 hours of basic web browsing. The hardware honestly isnt outdated if you ask me I say this before it performs better than any Intel celeron, pentium and atom processor you will find in todays chromebooks. This has the 3rd gen i5 processor which is still more than enough to run chrome os well the only bottle neck I see is the ram. It only comes with 4GB of ram which is decent, its enough to run chrome well but if you plan on using it as a full on work machine then it might be barley enough. For most people including myself its enough, and I can see it lasting a good 3 to 4 years so Im not to worried about it, also this is one bad ass looking laptop, its a laptop that stands out since its gun metal grey, it dont have some huge ass logo all over it and that chrome LED strip is fuckin awesome. I really like mine so far and I think you will to, I mean its $300.00 (give or take) for a high quality, fast an reliable chromebook with a 3K (well almost 3K) touch screen. If you ask me thats the BEST bang for your buck. Id say give it a try and if you really dont like it then send it back for a refund, most people on ebay has a 30 day money back garantee. Just make sure before you buy that the person does have that 30 day money back thing. Hope this helps dude!
Warren McClure I'm about to get this next week, and I'm so excited! Do you know what version of chrome OS it runs? I know that it won't get Android app support, which I'm OK with.
Well I have Chrome OS 56.0.2924.87 64bit so it looks like its the most up to dat chrome os and this chromebook will be supported until late 2018 I believe
People are missing the whole FUCKING point....a Google Chromebook is not to play any hardcore games it is 100% about the WEB which means everything you do will evolve around Google Chrome nothing more, nothing less. Also if you are a everyday PC user, you browse the web, do some emailing, watch TH-cam videos, listen to music, then why go all out, spend $1299.00 on a fucking laptop, when you can buy an Acer C720 Laptop, do everything just as fast, accurate as this laptop can.
you too are missing the whole fucking point. Fuck dude the laptop costs 1300 fucking dollars. Only idiots can spend that much money for web browsing especially when you can do the same stuff with a regular pc. Google must be laughing so hard when people buy their chromebook. I'm telling you DIS IS SHIT
Yassine EL AZMI This discussion tells me that you have both completely missed the point. This isn't a consumer product. Google isn't interested in selling these by the buttload. This was a device built for demonstration purposes, to show other hardware manufacturers that you didn't have to do things as cheaply as possible to build an effective Chromebook. To show that the Chromebook experience and premium hardware can go hand in hand. This is a premium device, designed for people who can afford to use this kind of money for an enhanced look and feel. This isn't made for people who just want to webbrowse and watch TH-cam videos, there are Chromebooks in the $200 range for that. So in that case you're right, you shouldn't buy this. No one should. Unless you make enough money to not care what anyone says about only $1300. But this fact doesn't make the product bad.
MaraudingMaster If it wasn't made for people who just want to webbrowse and watch TH-cam videos, then why is this $1300+ machine only capable of that? As you stated, this is a product for rich people to needlessly blow their money on.
Yassine EL AZMI Troll harder, this wasn't made for you and the audience that would buy this would be the audience that understand you can put Linux on this easily which you didn't know until I mentioned it which makes it clear that something like this isn't for you. I would just get a macbook pro for $1300 myself honestly but calling people idiots for buying something they know they will like is very low and shows how insecure you are.
Somebody prove me wrong. Why in the fuck would a person pay 1299$ for a netbook? It's already a fad that is on its way out due to tablets coming in. I'm not saying there's not a market for it but the attached price tag is just too much. This device is being compared to apple laptops. That's unfair. Apple price tags are high but it comes with build quality AND functionality. Simply just build quality and a glorified web browser is unrealistic.
"What can the chromebook do that the mac cannot" intensive video editing. You say "There are video editing apps" Good job but thats like saying "I know you like photoshop but picmonkey exists"
[1] the "crappy screen resolution" is superior for some types of work , a more square display like workstations used to have before economies of scale put entertainment oriented displays everywhere. they did it for reading basically. [2] whilst it doesn't superficially resemble a macbook air, thats the first "Ultrabook" , and surface is essentially an ultrabook-cross-tablet. Apples' idea was just that you have keyboard/screen hardware+OS seperaete from tablet screen+OS; stack them to carry :)
Take this laptop to Kenya-Tanzania-Ethiopia and no one will want it because there is no WiFi in most of the places. It's a piece of crap. And very expensive.
***** You make absolutely no sense. But if you honestly prefer Mac over other OS's, why not build a hackintosh? You get a Mac OS and high performance with low price. There is literally no reason to even buy a Mac. Only idiots or spoiled kids buys them.
I have a mac PC and a chromebook and over this system I would buy a mac. The mac is closest to a chromebook, so if you want a lower quality macbook air you would get a chromebook. Now the macbook pro is more comparable to a PC. A PC is much more powerful than a macbook, but it is all preference. Macbooks are way better for school and work.
***** I'm not judging your decisions. I'm simply saying that unnecessarily wasting large amounts of money is pure stupidity. Or you're just spoiled and don't know the value of money.
This laptop was meant for developers not the average user just to clarify. So if you think it is a waste of money, Your partly right, Unless your a developer, then this is a great investment.
I honestly hope Google takes over the technological world. I'd love to see Google make more in house hardware like phones and more computers. This build quality looks amazing, and I'd buy this in a heartbeat if I had the $
$1299+ for chromebook pixel? Why? Buy a comparable priced PC or Mac laptop, install Chrome browser and have all the same stuff PLUS everything that comes with the other OS.
This laptop was meant for developers not the average user just to clarify. So if you think it is a waste of money, Your partly right, Unless your a developer, then this is a great investment.
Let me explain myself. Inside this computer there is a mode you can activate and this mode is a developer mode, Like in the PS4 and Xbox one there is a developer mode. All this computer is, is a Computer Developers Dream. It is not made for anyone else and Google themselves said that in some post around Twitter i think it was. So unless you are a Coding or general Computer engineer, This computer isn't for you.
Ooooh, developer mode, must be serious then. Cause I had to go to college and then work in the industry for a few years before I really considered myself a developer. I'm glad it has a mode to help me with that.
The only thing that I find funny about this chromebook is the pixel density. Twice a normal laptop. The reason it's funny is the laptop is built for the web. The screen ratio is built more for a web page than for a media machine. Movies will have letterboxing etc. So it is good for typography, not so good when you have those 72 pixel per inch photos that load a webpage faster.
Guys... The Internet offers a lot oft solutions to put win 8 in this thing. And with its Hardware and High-Res Display its a beast. So think about this Notebook with a full operating system :0 *-*
so beautiful that said, google didnt make this for people t obuy, they just made it to make it. pretty sure they dont expect this to sell next to a $200 chromebook by samsung
Stuart Hayden, are you seriously going to suggest that one company making a higher quality/resolution screened laptop is "copying"? Really? Would you prefer they just went back to a CRT monitor so that it wouldn't be "copying Apple"?
Google itself calls it a laptop :-) The Chromebook Pixel is a laptop that brings together the best in hardware, software, and design to inspire future innovation.:D
Agreed but we've had solid state hard drives on the market for a while and all they can muster is a 32gb thats lame and you call me out trying to pull some troll shit
This was were the Google Pixel name came from. If it had the Nexus brand on it and was manufactured by another company like Asus, they will still make Nexuses.
I just cant understand who this laptop would be for. You could buy PC with better specs and just as good build quality. In fact you could buy a much better Mac at this price.
I get that this is meant as an experiment for developers and show the "potential" for chromebooks. However, if the price is strongly associated with the high pixel count, why would you make the screen 3:2 to maximize ONLINE BROWSING rather than a more widescreen format for WATCHING VIDEOS/MOVIES?!?! The main cost factor gets sacrificed! Otherwise looks beautiful, but a failed idea because it doesn't have a unified concept or purpose.
I think this makes sense especially if your familiar with virtualization. Its obviously not perfect but I've dropped windows since 8 and can't stand mac, I've been living on my Nexus 5&7 for a while, So I think I may order one of these. Its between this and the new Acer Chromebook 13 CB5-311-T1UU (13.3-inch Full HD, NVIDIA Tegra K1, 4GB). I'm a sucker for aesthetics and the acer doesn't have a touch screen, or this kick ass resolution. Dunno what to do. My end of the year tech budget is quickly evaporating, I was waiting to see if google launched a new chromebook, but then I realized this thing still has the best specs for a chrome book.. [Q] I also wanted to know if the chrome book will bend all the way back, and if you can disable the keyboard. So that I can use it like a tablet... i guess...if i don't preorder a nexus 9 i can probably justify this a little better....haha.
I've agonized over the purchase of the Pixel for months. I see both sides of the story. I get it. I respect both the "Overpriced Browser" and "Way of the Future" sides of the issue. After a month in the books with it, I couldn't be happier. It serves MY needs. Why should I be limited to a shiny plastic or Barbie colored $200 Chromebook?
They just made this because they could make it, and to show other manufactures like Samsung, HP, Acer, ... that they believe in their own product. (chrome OS) If they didn't the chromebooks we have today wouldn't even exist.
Out of interest if the MacBook Pro retina's screen can enable the user not to see any pixels what is the point in going higher, especially if its only higher by a few 100 pixels? Furthermore, if its only a web machine, why do you need an intel i5 and hd4000 graphics, I can see a need for it.
One day chrome os will mature into something more. At the moment however it seems too limited. Despite its intended purpose. For people that only do web based activities, I don't know what would be better than some thing that specializes in Web browsing like a chromebook. But i want options in case i happen to want to do more things. I love Google for Android. Chrome os is another story.
Honestly don't know why this exists... Would think the market they are targeting would benefit more by just purchasing a tablet. We will eventually have the processing and storage located elsewhere but right now you are basically paying google to be a beta tester.
Most people don't understand the concept of the chromebook...let go of physical media! in the near future there will be an electronic revolution and our internet connections will no longer be the bottleneck slowing down your life. Secondly, why not let the server do all the work? This is what we all need!
I disagree with the last statement. I looked at the Samsung Chromebook when I was in the market and I felt the Samsung looked like a toy compared with the HP Chromebook 14. I am an older man so I am not into gaming, just TH-cam and the internet which the Chromebook is great for that.
Sorry, i'm a little bit confused, it that 32 GB the RAM or the flash storage? kinda confused sorry if it's a stupid question but if that was the flash storage isn't that wayyyyy too small?
I see the extra close to $900 more is for a better picture and touch screen. As far as sound goes, Altec Lansing speakers are built into the HP Chromebook. Mine has all the same apps and set-up as the pixel.
This is a real copy of macbook, the netbook, the box, the manuals :)) And the price also. But you have to be really insane to pay the retina MBP price for a broswer laptop :))
I have the HP Pavillion 14 Chromebook which gives me a 14 inch widescreen which cost me about as one quarter as much and gives me everything that I need. I would not see the reason to pay 4 times the price for this unit.
no editing with MC Office and no music edit only music . This is only a web browser and used for music other than that it can not do anything else so it is better to buy a macbook pro or a gaming pc.
Google designed Chrome OS to use as little resources as possible to buy as cheaply as possible. And then make a Core i5 touchscreen laptop that defies everything they said.
Cloud storage is not for everyone.. if google makes an stand alone (not dependent on internet to operate) I would buy this unit. Other then that I wouldn't
google needs to stop playing and put windows on the damn thing.. you should be able to dual boot between windows and google o.s Google o.s will never replace windows or mac o.s .. why even insinuate it??
This laptop is bullshit. Bad operating system, low storage capacity. The point of a laptop is to carry it around on the go, and I can't access my cloud saved storage unless I have access to the internet, and not all laptops have that 24/7. And with the lack of an actual operating system, you lose too much functionality. Good if all you do is browse the internet at home or in the office, bad for anything else.
I think the Chromebooks in general are targeted to people with a primary desktop computer and want something else small, light, and has a keyboard that they can take around. I wouldn't buy this one the price is too ridiculous Lenovo sells a similar laptop with a touchscreen for $700 and they make some very good computers imo I would buy the Samsung series 3 Chromebook if I as going to buy one. They are $250 and easier to use than a tablet for school
[1]well there is no way that i ll pay 1500$ to put linux on so i can enjoy it... I can do a 400$ pc with linux on it to run in the same rate like this,, so the 1100-1000$ gap its still huge.. [2] i love full screen , so with 3:2 ration , i m not so sure if i van enjoy it as i really wish [3] if you want touchscreen you can still buy a tablet pc, or even ipad but i can still can ges sth as good as this in a 600 tablet..... so we are seeing huge $ gaps.. it is destined to fail
I personally need an OS but most people as we know do not. they use the internet and that's all! so its a great idea. If you go on about this being overpriced (which i agree with) you just need to buy the $200 one! :)
yeah, in what country? I don't know if you find money under the trees in the US but in my country (Italy) you can hardly find a job, let alone one with such a high retribution. I think the average salary here is under 1300€ per month, wich is about 1700$ (425 a week), making it impossible to waste money on such a pricy, not very useful product.
ok lets do it, pay 1500$ so we cannot watch a HD video peopele . really well played !!! And imagine that i was thinking that apple had some overpriced crap,,, Well ocompared to this a mac book pro is ages far more advanced, even a 200$ tablet can do more than this!!!
I don't know why people are saying it's ugly, It looks pretty sweet. The only problem is any kind of media is now in a 16:9 aspect ratio and having a 3:2 aspect ratio makes watching movies or youtube videos it look bad, which sucks considering this is pretty much the only thing Chrome OS can do.
Really a 32GB hard drive????? Buy a windows laptop or Mac instead of buying one of these is my option. I find the touchscreen useless in my opinion. Great review mike!
Who would pay this much for a laptop that does less than a low-price tablet. At least a tablet does stuff offline. I don't get the point of these things
Just install ubuntu on it and you beat apple all the way back to china
What I was thinking,lol
Good luck with 32GB of storage and an OS that doesn't run any software regardless.
I'm getting a new computer for Christmas I've choose two either the windows surface or MacBook Pro 15 inch retina
what did u get
I'm not a fanboy and I don't really like Apple but come on a Macbook Air is $899 with better hardware (well not a better screen but OS X is certainly the easiest OS to use) OR an Alienware 13 laptop with a GTX 860M , 8GB DDR3 , QHD IPS Touch screen, and an i5 4210U CPU for $1k. Who the fuck said Alienware/Apple were overpriced should check this out.
It was a niche product to show what the very best the Chromebook can do. Most Chromebooks cost in the region of £200. This was never a commercially viable product. Imagine it like when Audi or Ford put out a concept car that people can purchase for a couple of million. You could buy a perfectly working car for £40,000 but the concept is to show the boundaries being pushed in car design. The Pixel is in the same sense. I would never recommend someone to buy the Pixel from a consumer perspective.
Will Kenney Very well said. You made a good point man.
I have a mid 2012 macbook pro I got the exact same things presented in a very similar way.
That minimalistic packaging must be so expensive
That alone was $500
4 Years later I see these Chromebook pixels sell for around $300.00 in mint condition. Just bought myself one, pretty excited because Iv always wanted one ever since they came out but could not justify the cost.
Warren McClure does the 5hr battery life hinder you and how does it run Linux? I'm worried at the outdated Chip.
Well I just received it not to long ago but the 5 hour battery is pretty decent since Im plugged into a wall most of the time. I get about 4 hours of watching youtube and anywhere from 4 to 5 hours of basic web browsing. The hardware honestly isnt outdated if you ask me I say this before it performs better than any Intel celeron, pentium and atom processor you will find in todays chromebooks. This has the 3rd gen i5 processor which is still more than enough to run chrome os well the only bottle neck I see is the ram. It only comes with 4GB of ram which is decent, its enough to run chrome well but if you plan on using it as a full on work machine then it might be barley enough. For most people including myself its enough, and I can see it lasting a good 3 to 4 years so Im not to worried about it, also this is one bad ass looking laptop, its a laptop that stands out since its gun metal grey, it dont have some huge ass logo all over it and that chrome LED strip is fuckin awesome. I really like mine so far and I think you will to, I mean its $300.00 (give or take) for a high quality, fast an reliable chromebook with a 3K (well almost 3K) touch screen. If you ask me thats the BEST bang for your buck. Id say give it a try and if you really dont like it then send it back for a refund, most people on ebay has a 30 day money back garantee. Just make sure before you buy that the person does have that 30 day money back thing. Hope this helps dude!
Warren McClure I'm about to get this next week, and I'm so excited! Do you know what version of chrome OS it runs? I know that it won't get Android app support, which I'm OK with.
Well I have Chrome OS 56.0.2924.87 64bit so it looks like its the most up to dat chrome os and this chromebook will be supported until late 2018 I believe
Warren McClure OK perfect thanks!
People are missing the whole FUCKING point....a Google Chromebook is not to play any hardcore games it is 100% about the WEB which means everything you do will evolve around Google Chrome nothing more, nothing less. Also if you are a everyday PC user, you browse the web, do some emailing, watch TH-cam videos, listen to music, then why go all out, spend $1299.00 on a fucking laptop, when you can buy an Acer C720 Laptop, do everything just as fast, accurate as this laptop can.
you too are missing the whole fucking point. Fuck dude the laptop costs 1300 fucking dollars. Only idiots can spend that much money for web browsing especially when you can do the same stuff with a regular pc. Google must be laughing so hard when people buy their chromebook. I'm telling you DIS IS SHIT
People who buy this chromebook are probably the same people who buy Macbooks.
Yassine EL AZMI This discussion tells me that you have both completely missed the point. This isn't a consumer product. Google isn't interested in selling these by the buttload. This was a device built for demonstration purposes, to show other hardware manufacturers that you didn't have to do things as cheaply as possible to build an effective Chromebook. To show that the Chromebook experience and premium hardware can go hand in hand.
This is a premium device, designed for people who can afford to use this kind of money for an enhanced look and feel. This isn't made for people who just want to webbrowse and watch TH-cam videos, there are Chromebooks in the $200 range for that. So in that case you're right, you shouldn't buy this. No one should. Unless you make enough money to not care what anyone says about only $1300. But this fact doesn't make the product bad.
MaraudingMaster If it wasn't made for people who just want to webbrowse and watch TH-cam videos, then why is this $1300+ machine only capable of that? As you stated, this is a product for rich people to needlessly blow their money on.
Yassine EL AZMI Troll harder, this wasn't made for you and the audience that would buy this would be the audience that understand you can put Linux on this easily which you didn't know until I mentioned it which makes it clear that something like this isn't for you. I would just get a macbook pro for $1300 myself honestly but calling people idiots for buying something they know they will like is very low and shows how insecure you are.
Somebody prove me wrong.
Why in the fuck would a person pay 1299$ for a netbook?
It's already a fad that is on its way out due to tablets coming in. I'm not saying there's not a market for it but the attached price tag is just too much.
This device is being compared to apple laptops. That's unfair. Apple price tags are high but it comes with build quality AND functionality.
Simply just build quality and a glorified web browser is unrealistic.
***** Don't eat the paint chips Jonathan. You don't EAT them.
Can a google chromebook run Final Cut pro?
That is not what I asked.
"What can the chromebook do that the mac cannot" intensive video editing.
You say "There are video editing apps"
Good job but thats like saying "I know you like photoshop but picmonkey exists"
Will Avid run on a chromebook?
Chromebook of my dreams.
Why do you want that hi-end spec just only for a web browser? I don't get it
I paid less for my gaming desktop
It looks shit.
It just looks like a cheaply made rip off of a MacBook Pro but with the same price tag as the Mac
THE 15" MACBOOK PRO WITH RETINA DISPLAY HAS A RESOLUTION OF 2880X1800! HIGHER THAN THIS! #IAmAnAppleFanboy!
It is a REALLY damn nice laptop, but still too much for me considering it is pure chrome OS
[1] the "crappy screen resolution" is superior for some types of work , a more square display like workstations used to have before economies of scale put entertainment oriented displays everywhere. they did it for reading basically.
[2] whilst it doesn't superficially resemble a macbook air, thats the first "Ultrabook" , and surface is essentially an ultrabook-cross-tablet. Apples' idea was just that you have keyboard/screen hardware+OS seperaete from tablet screen+OS; stack them to carry :)
well, this chrome book is for rich people who wants to waste money on another chrome os laptop for cheaper
Take this laptop to Kenya-Tanzania-Ethiopia and no one will want it because there is no WiFi in most of the places. It's a piece of crap. And very expensive.
i think its a waste to buy this notebook even my lenovo G410 is better (except the screen and backlit keynoard) and cheaper as well
you call chromebook, I call macbook mock up
+Dave0551 Everybody else says Chromebook.
okay this setup is just awesome *.*
with that price i buy a mac book better.
With that price i buy a PC, roughly 3 times more powerful than a Mac.
***** Yeah they do. But no matter what OS, you will never get any viruses if you use common sense.
***** You make absolutely no sense.
But if you honestly prefer Mac over other OS's, why not build a hackintosh? You get a Mac OS and high performance with low price. There is literally no reason to even buy a Mac. Only idiots or spoiled kids buys them.
I have a mac PC and a chromebook and over this system I would buy a mac. The mac is closest to a chromebook, so if you want a lower quality macbook air you would get a chromebook. Now the macbook pro is more comparable to a PC. A PC is much more powerful than a macbook, but it is all preference. Macbooks are way better for school and work.
***** I'm not judging your decisions. I'm simply saying that unnecessarily wasting large amounts of money is pure stupidity. Or you're just spoiled and don't know the value of money.
This laptop was meant for developers not the average user just to clarify. So if you think it is a waste of money, Your partly right, Unless your a developer, then this is a great investment.
1300 bucks for a NOT EVEN computer ? That's way too expensive
the laptop looks amazing but i am not spending 1,300$ just for a laptop
This laptop is now $200 at my Walmart
You can get a decent chromebook for like $179 now in almost 2023.
Don't waste your money to buy this shit. Mac is much better and it's the same price.
"Goodies". Only Google would use "goodies" in a list of specs
+Kamron Reo Google is life.
Vam google is bae (eW)
shows that Chromebooks are trash
I honestly hope Google takes over the technological world. I'd love to see Google make more in house hardware like phones and more computers. This build quality looks amazing, and I'd buy this in a heartbeat if I had the $
Brandon same though even if this comment is 4 years old :/
$1299+ for chromebook pixel? Why? Buy a comparable priced PC or Mac laptop, install Chrome browser and have all the same stuff PLUS everything that comes with the other OS.
I think it's so high priced because of the screen ( although even the screen shouldn't make it cost that much )
This laptop was meant for developers not the average user just to clarify. So if you think it is a waste of money, Your partly right, Unless your a developer, then this is a great investment.
Well, as a developer I happen to disagree with the worth of this, or the cost of this, as a developers tool.
Let me explain myself. Inside this computer there is a mode you can activate and this mode is a developer mode, Like in the PS4 and Xbox one there is a developer mode. All this computer is, is a Computer Developers Dream. It is not made for anyone else and Google themselves said that in some post around Twitter i think it was. So unless you are a Coding or general Computer engineer, This computer isn't for you.
Ooooh, developer mode, must be serious then. Cause I had to go to college and then work in the industry for a few years before I really considered myself a developer. I'm glad it has a mode to help me with that.
I think it's a full copy of the MacBooks. aluminium body the MacBook first made it google just copied apple
So Apple invented aluminium? ._.
The only thing that I find funny about this chromebook is the pixel density. Twice a normal laptop. The reason it's funny is the laptop is built for the web. The screen ratio is built more for a web page than for a media machine. Movies will have letterboxing etc. So it is good for typography, not so good when you have those 72 pixel per inch photos that load a webpage faster.
Guys... The Internet offers a lot oft solutions to put win 8 in this thing. And with its Hardware and High-Res Display its a beast.
So think about this Notebook with a full operating system :0 *-*
32GB
that would be p e r f e c t
so beautiful
that said, google didnt make this for people t obuy, they just made it to make it. pretty sure they dont expect this to sell next to a $200 chromebook by samsung
I feel that you are 100% correct. They made it, just to make it. Kind of like why not? They have the money and power to do so.
Besides agreeing with you, it is no way an uglier design. It's a beautiful piece of hardware.
Really? $1300 at minimum for the ChromeBook Pixel? ALL IT IS IS A WEB BROWSER! THAT IS HOW MUCH MY MACBOOK PRO WITH RETINA DISPLAY COSTS!
Stuart Hayden, are you seriously going to suggest that one company making a higher quality/resolution screened laptop is "copying"? Really? Would you prefer they just went back to a CRT monitor so that it wouldn't be "copying Apple"?
I think its great that Google decided to make there own laptop, although this still needs a lot of work. Can't wait for them to get much better.
Google itself calls it a laptop :-)
The Chromebook Pixel is a laptop that brings together the best in hardware, software, and design to inspire future innovation.:D
lame 32gb hard drive allright didnt know it was the year 2002 my old dell had more memory
Wow no shit you dumbfuck i know that but for the price of a mac it should come with at least a 250gb solid state hd
Agreed but we've had solid state hard drives on the market for a while and all they can muster is a 32gb thats lame and you call me out trying to pull some troll shit
Their packaging is as elegant as Apple now, if not better.
This was were the Google Pixel name came from. If it had the Nexus brand on it and was manufactured by another company like Asus, they will still make Nexuses.
I just cant understand who this laptop would be for. You could buy PC with better specs and just as good build quality. In fact you could buy a much better Mac at this price.
I get that this is meant as an experiment for developers and show the "potential" for chromebooks. However, if the price is strongly associated with the high pixel count, why would you make the screen 3:2 to maximize ONLINE BROWSING rather than a more widescreen format for WATCHING VIDEOS/MOVIES?!?!
The main cost factor gets sacrificed!
Otherwise looks beautiful, but a failed idea because it doesn't have a unified concept or purpose.
I think this makes sense especially if your familiar with virtualization. Its obviously not perfect but I've dropped windows since 8 and can't stand mac, I've been living on my Nexus 5&7 for a while, So I think I may order one of these. Its between this and the new Acer Chromebook 13 CB5-311-T1UU (13.3-inch Full HD, NVIDIA Tegra K1, 4GB). I'm a sucker for aesthetics and the acer doesn't have a touch screen, or this kick ass resolution. Dunno what to do. My end of the year tech budget is quickly evaporating, I was waiting to see if google launched a new chromebook, but then I realized this thing still has the best specs for a chrome book..
[Q] I also wanted to know if the chrome book will bend all the way back, and if you can disable the keyboard. So that I can use it like a tablet... i guess...if i don't preorder a nexus 9 i can probably justify this a little better....haha.
Wish the screen would flip around so you could use it as a tablet.
I've agonized over the purchase of the Pixel for months. I see both sides of the story. I get it. I respect both the "Overpriced Browser" and "Way of the Future" sides of the issue. After a month in the books with it, I couldn't be happier. It serves MY needs. Why should I be limited to a shiny plastic or Barbie colored $200 Chromebook?
They just made this because they could make it, and to show other manufactures like Samsung, HP, Acer, ... that they believe in their own product. (chrome OS)
If they didn't the chromebooks we have today wouldn't even exist.
We have a Chromebook for school.
Sorry Google it but it's really too expensive
Out of interest if the MacBook Pro retina's screen can enable the user not to see any pixels what is the point in going higher, especially if its only higher by a few 100 pixels? Furthermore, if its only a web machine, why do you need an intel i5 and hd4000 graphics, I can see a need for it.
One day chrome os will mature into something more. At the moment however it seems too limited. Despite its intended purpose. For people that only do web based activities, I don't know what would be better than some thing that specializes in Web browsing like a chromebook. But i want options in case i happen to want to do more things. I love Google for Android. Chrome os is another story.
Honestly don't know why this exists...
Would think the market they are targeting would benefit more by just purchasing a tablet.
We will eventually have the processing and storage located elsewhere but right now you are basically paying google to be a beta tester.
Most people don't understand the concept of the chromebook...let go of physical media! in the near future there will be an electronic revolution and our internet connections will no longer be the bottleneck slowing down your life. Secondly, why not let the server do all the work?
This is what we all need!
I disagree with the last statement. I looked at the Samsung Chromebook when I was in the market and I felt the Samsung looked like a toy compared with the HP Chromebook 14. I am an older man so I am not into gaming, just TH-cam and the internet which the Chromebook is great for that.
Hey dude i bought a new laptop!
Cool what can you do now?
...Browse the web
Ok...what games can it play?
farmville...and crap online games..
Sorry, i'm a little bit confused, it that 32 GB the RAM or the flash storage? kinda confused sorry if it's a stupid question but if that was the flash storage isn't that wayyyyy too small?
I'm not spitting on every single product, but even the packaging is copied from apple
True that
Have you opened a Macbook. The packaging is similar but not copied
+JGus _
How dare they put it in a white box that has their logo on it! Those thieves!!
I see the extra close to $900 more is for a better picture and touch screen. As far as sound goes, Altec Lansing speakers are built into the HP Chromebook. Mine has all the same apps and set-up as the pixel.
This is a real copy of macbook, the netbook, the box, the manuals :)) And the price also. But you have to be really insane to pay the retina MBP price for a broswer laptop :))
I have the HP Pavillion 14 Chromebook which gives me a 14 inch widescreen which cost me about as one quarter as much and gives me everything that I need. I would not see the reason to pay 4 times the price for this unit.
I will never pay 1300 for a computer that can do nothing only if u conected to wifi
Yeah its a useless computer
true, dont get scroogled by google
Google computers are no use and useless. Never buy a Computer that is made by Google
I still can't see the point of buying a Pixel. Chromebook is ok at lower price point, but $1300 for a "retina" web browser? wow.
no editing with MC Office and no music edit only music .
This is only a web browser and used for music other than that it can not do anything else so it is better to buy a macbook pro or a gaming pc.
I like Google and all but who would pay this price to surf the net?
Jeffrey Gammons proably for the display and premium build
At the time it was for the hardware but now they go for around 300
$1,400 is a LOT to ask for a chromebook. Just get a Mac at that point, or better yet a Windows PC and save your money.
Google designed Chrome OS to use as little resources as possible to buy as cheaply as possible.
And then make a Core i5 touchscreen laptop that defies everything they said.
if you need a nice computer this one would be nice
nope
it is a complete ripoff of a macbook pro
Macs dont have touchscreen laptops ,but Windows already has them. Windows laptops have many afforable laptop brand options than MacBooks.
expensive, with $ 800 you can get a good laptop that can do this and more, and you still have another $ 500-600 for other things.
Are they taking the piss with Apple with that warranty booklet? Because I'm getting some pretty strong pisstaking vibes with the fruit refuse.
Cloud storage is not for everyone.. if google makes an stand alone (not dependent on internet to operate) I would buy this unit. Other then that I wouldn't
I wanna buy one for $300 and put windows 10 on it. A $400 windows 10 notebook that looks like that? Yes please.
Does anyone know how much insurance costs on this?
Also, this is kind of irrelevant but what is drop box?
Why would you pay 1300 dollars for a chrome book? This product should have been a full laptop.
My school distributes samsung chrome books so we can use them for schoolwork and the OS isn't all that great.
Great video Michael.. You did a great job showing us this product.. However, the product is the pure definition of excess without purpose...
My perfect laptop would be this, with a conventional hard drive, and Ubuntu/windows.
Does it have a graphics card? If it does I will by this instead of the surface 3 that comes out may 5.
Seems kinda expensive for a laptop, which can only acess the internet imo.
A copy from macbook pro retina 13", same display, same port layout, same trackpad, same keyboard, same pointer.
google needs to stop playing and put windows on the damn thing.. you should be able to dual boot between windows and google o.s Google o.s will never replace windows or mac o.s .. why even insinuate it??
apparently vmware is coming to chrome os, so you can use windows on chrome os now
***** , how many external monitors it can connect to? Adapter required? Thanks!
thanks I did not see you touch the screen great to know been thinking about getting one to replace my android again thanks.
This laptop is bullshit. Bad operating system, low storage capacity. The point of a laptop is to carry it around on the go, and I can't access my cloud saved storage unless I have access to the internet, and not all laptops have that 24/7. And with the lack of an actual operating system, you lose too much functionality. Good if all you do is browse the internet at home or in the office, bad for anything else.
I wouldn't say it's just a browser, I'd say it's a tablet with a keyboard... And a humongous price tag.
Both versions are still cheaper than the Mac book pro
If I had that I'd put Windows on it because that's SICK laptop
Please tell me you're just trolling??
Full operating system... More storage..... for starters...
I think the Chromebooks in general are targeted to people with a primary desktop computer and want something else small, light, and has a keyboard that they can take around.
I wouldn't buy this one the price is too ridiculous Lenovo sells a similar laptop with a touchscreen for $700 and they make some very good computers imo
I would buy the Samsung series 3 Chromebook if I as going to buy one. They are $250 and easier to use than a tablet for school
[1]well there is no way that i ll pay 1500$ to put linux on so i can enjoy it... I can do a 400$ pc with linux on it to run in the same rate like this,, so the 1100-1000$ gap its still huge..
[2] i love full screen , so with 3:2 ration , i m not so sure if i van enjoy it as i really wish
[3] if you want touchscreen you can still buy a tablet pc, or even ipad but i can still can ges sth as good as this in a 600 tablet.....
so we are seeing huge $ gaps.. it is destined to fail
I personally need an OS but most people as we know do not. they use the internet and that's all! so its a great idea. If you go on about this being overpriced (which i agree with) you just need to buy the $200 one! :)
yeah, in what country?
I don't know if you find money under the trees in the US but in my country (Italy) you can hardly find a job, let alone one with such a high retribution.
I think the average salary here is under 1300€ per month, wich is about 1700$ (425 a week), making it impossible to waste money on such a pricy, not very useful product.
ok lets do it, pay 1500$ so we cannot watch a HD video peopele . really well played !!! And imagine that i was thinking that apple had some overpriced crap,,, Well ocompared to this a mac book pro is ages far more advanced, even a 200$ tablet can do more than this!!!
I don't know why people are saying it's ugly, It looks pretty sweet. The only problem is any kind of media is now in a 16:9 aspect ratio and having a 3:2 aspect ratio makes watching movies or youtube videos it look bad, which sucks considering this is pretty much the only thing Chrome OS can do.
It has 100 GB of free google drive space. One terabyte is 1,000 GB.
Really a 32GB hard drive????? Buy a windows laptop or Mac instead of buying one of these is my option. I find the touchscreen useless in my opinion. Great review mike!
great review as always, but ffs. it reminds me of a less useful macbook air lol.
Who would pay this much for a laptop that does less than a low-price tablet. At least a tablet does stuff offline. I don't get the point of these things
The packaging is so much like a MacBook Pro