Originally Posted by
lensman
Scott,
You had me halfway convinced to get one of these for myself until I read this. You have your day to day laptop and I have my day to day laptop.
1. What keeps this from being your day to day laptop?
The same thing that makes a lot of people not even consider Chrome - there are always one or two apps that are not available for Chrome. For me, basic video editing is the main one, along with better photo management. That said, I do need to look into the editing options on the Pixel, as they have now included a photo editing suite, we'll see if it works. Then there are hardware dependent apps like for my Livescribe pen.
2. What situations will you use the Pixel instead of your day-to-day laptop?
When I know I'm not going to be doing any media creation or editing.
3. How is 1TB of Google Drive valuable to you? Isn't it much more than you need?
I've started adding more and more of my files to Google Drive. I started with the 5GB and filled it up quickly, then moved on to a 100GB plan, and now I'm adding even more. I love the ease of access, and IMHO it beats out things like Dropbox. Next step is to configure the sync software I use to sync my NAS to offload some of the most important stuff to Google Drive. I also use it for work to store important files and have Google Office Bridge installed to send all my Microsoft Office files to Google Drive. I'm sure it'll take a long time to fill 1TB, but at least I have the space.