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Google's new Chromebook - pretty as a Pixel

Summary: The Chromebook just got pumped up with an aluminum case, 2560 x 1700 resolution display that competes with the famous Retina Display, and a touchscreen.

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Google takes on the high-end of the laptop market with its new pumped up Pixel Chromebook. The new toy features an aluminum case, 12.85-inch 2560 X 1700 resolution display that compares with Apple's Retina Display, and a touchscreen.

What's inside? It's packed with an Intel i5 1.8GHz processor, 4GB of memory. 32GB of storage, Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n) dual-band, Bluetooth 3.0, a five-hour battery and it's 0.63-inches thick.

The Pixel will come with three years of 1 terabyte of storage on the Google Drive cloud storage along with 12 free sessions of GoGo Inflight Internet service.

The Pixel is available right now from the Google Play Store in the U.S. and U.K. It will be carried by Best Buy in the U.S. and Curry's PC World in the U.K.

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  • what does the touchscreen do?

    more than app bash?

    wacom pen?
    everss02
    Reply 1 Vote

    • Following the Apple Philosophy

      Take shit and make it look good. But it's still shit.
      Patrickgood1
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  • I am sure this is a nice machine, but...

    ...usually the most appealing thing about a Chromebook is the low price, so I do not see a big market for this.
    toph36
    Reply 3 Votes

    • Install a real OS on it...

      Put Windows 8 or even Ubuntu and you may be on to something. Upgrade the skimpy ssd.
      gomigomijunk
      Reply 2 Votes

      • Windows? Are you nuts?

        Windows jumped the shark with Vista and while the stability is coming back I'd rather use DOS than the Aero shell. I spent 25 years making great money coding for Windows and now I do iOS and Mac. The Vista --> 8 series are complete junk.

        I can only wonder why Google is coming out with a laptop. The only reason I have a MacBook is as a dev box and I gave my Vaio to the maid. I do think ChromeOS is a good idea, but not at this price.
        Chris Fox
        Reply Vote

  • Good for nothing....

    Useless device.
    Owlll1net
    Reply 5 Votes

    • Good for nothing...

      Useless paid Microsoft shill.
      Naryan
      Reply Vote

  • Whats the point of a good process?

    I mean why would I buy a $1200 chromebook when it cant do anything that the $200 cant do either?!??!

    Am I missing something?
    firesoul
    Reply 2 Votes

    • Why buy a $1400 ultrabook

      When you can get one that is able to do the same for $300?
      AleMartin
      Reply 3 Votes

    • There is nothing wrong with the price when you have choices

      You can get wrist watches for under 50$ and there are Rolexes or even more expensive watches. You don't have to buy a Rolex when you only want to know the time.
      The low end prices of chromebooks have gone down recently while the netbook class of Windows PC's has been killed and Apple devices are always high priced.
      Although I wouldn't buy one for myself, for the chromeos cloud ecosystem the Pixel is an enrichment.
      DSC001
      Reply Vote

  • Pixel

    Nice looking machine, but what can you run on it besides the web browser? Can I still run Office and Excel? (I think the answer to that is "no").

    Expensive paperweight.
    Max Peck
    Reply 1 Vote

    • in general I admit

      that google is a messy company... they had a clean company in the beginning... then they start to want more... so the search now is vicious and for the knowledgeable people you know what i mean... i left gmail a long time ago with all the crazy and not consistent ideas in everything from calendar, contacts, mail in the interface and behavior (imap example)... they are shooting in the dark and this product is one more thing about the same...
      dkaparunakis@...
      Reply 1 Vote

  • i bought MBP for it's perfectly engineered hardware and OSX(also win7 )

    but no reason for this short battery life, insufficient storage hardware. even the high resolution display, what is it for?
    LeoRenCn
    Reply 1 Vote

  • I'd buy one if...

    I had the money. But the rent is higher priority this year!
    zaine_ridling
    Reply 1 Vote

    • Why No Money? Maybe You Waste it When You Have it?

      Perfect example of a waste. $1300 for a Toy.
      Patrickgood1
      Reply Vote

  • I'm missing something here!

    I've seen ZDnet writers knocking MS product for being to dear for what they can do.
    Here we see a very expensive "Dumb Terminal" and they seem to think it's OK. As for the looks, not bad but I've seen better from both Apple (which I don't buy) and from Windows Notebooks, ultra books and hybrids.
    Seems to be at very least an expensive experiment!
    martin_js
    Reply 1 Vote

    • The Author Never Said it Was OK

      The Author had nothing good or bad to say.
      His mother probably taught him if you have nothing good to say don't say anything at all. There is certainly nothing good to say about a Google product.
      Patrickgood1
      Reply Vote

    • Correction, The Author Called it a Toy.

      Fair assessment.
      Patrickgood1
      Reply Vote

  • Google's new Chromebook - pretty as a Pixel

    "The new toy"

    You just described it perfectly. I don't see it being anything other than a toy for some Google employees to play with. They must be getting bored with the current set of toys scattered throughout the Google campus.
    Loverock-Davidson
    Reply 1 Vote

    • Surprise surprise

      thought i'd find you here, wouldn't miss the opportunity for another personal, desperate little smear campaign, would you?
      Naryan
      Reply Vote
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