Chromebook Pixel
 

Can someone explain the Chromebook Pixel to me? $1299-1499 for HD laptop that only runs Chrome OS? Huh? :confused::confused::confused:

http://9to5mac.com/2013/02/21/google...n-the-display/

They are trying to appeal to the anti-Apple hipsters who also spend their days at Starbucks.

Totally buying one. ChromeOS keeps getting better and better. I suspect we'll see some major upgrades at Google IO - and it wouldn't surprise me if we are introduced to native apps, or even Android apps.

With LTE built in, I'm totally buying into the next generation of Chromebook. Already love my Samsung.

Oh, and the only time I ever go to a Starbucks is at the airport to get a water ;)

Hopefully you'll be seen using it with your Vertu phone? ;)

I've got a Samsung Chromebook at home, but it was $300. and even then I wondered if I should have been buying a cheapo AMD based Windows 7 notebook instead.

I still don't get it.

The high price probably has a lot to do with the touchscreen, no? I don't get the appeal of that either. Once it gets all fingerprinted up all of those beautiful pixels won't be nearly as sharp and clear.

Needing a constant internet connection doesn't make any sense to me either. Makes it not as useful for international travel as a regular old laptop. I have an Asus Ultrabook with Win7 that is almost perfect for travel. It came in at about $900.

I don't understand that allure of Chromebooks. Why are they better than a standard laptop?

Thin client computing. No viruses. Patching is fast/easy. Always connected cloud/Web based apps.

No need for big processor/disk/ram so that makes them cheap.

The Pixel doesn't add up. It goes against everything they've been promoting. Unless= of course ScottC is right and they are adding local android app compatibility. Where's the market? I can't see Photographers lining up for the Pixel. A couple of dozen raw image uploads and Verizon will own your soul.

The same (or a few more) $ can get you a Retina Macbook Pro, and you get a bigger hard disk, mac applications, and you can run Chrome. :)

I agree. The Pixel's price point makes zero sense.

I would like to know what kind of high-end week were provided to Google engineers
who designed the Chromebook Pixel. Is it available legally outside of Google's campus?

As one of the original testers who received complimentary Google Chromebook CR-48
laptops, I love the concept. I still use the CR-48 as of today.

But $1300 for a Chromebook? I might as well get a MacBookAir.
(considering that I am a certified Apple-hater, this is a very strong statement)

That 3:2 display has got to have some ThinkPad people cheering...

Will the Chromebook Pixel run Adobe Lightroom and CS6?
My Macbook Air can.

I read about this yesterday and was surprised by the price.

As a new Google Docs/Drive (amazed I never used it previously) user I can see the potential use for Chromebook. But at $1,200.00 - the Chromebook Pixal seems a bit excessive.

$250.00 - great - but $1,200.00 - Wow!

4:3 used to be pretty standard (and I'll admit I lament the day my Thinkpad came with a 16:9). But 3:2? Not sure why that would fly.

As for the chromebook - I am still puzzled. Even when the originals were the same price as a Transformer tablet with keyboard - it always seemed like Android would be the more capable host OS.

3:2 is the aspect ratio of 35mm film.... combined with a super high screen resolution,
perhaps Google wants the Pixel to be used as a professional photoshop tool?

I'm still waiting for more general availability of the Samsung 3G Chromebook.

My guess about the Pixel?
1. It ups the ante for Chromebooks, encouraging Samsung and Asus to take their Chromebooks further up the food chain. It also helps them by establishing that Chromebooks aren't only for those who can't afford a real computer.
2. They needed an engineering platform for a high-performance Chromebook and figured out it might be cheaper to bring it through retail than to build hundreds or thousands engineering prototypes for their engineers. Does anyone know if the SDK runs on a Chromebook?
3. Maybe there's hidden value in finding out who buys these things and selling Adwords to affluent Chromophiles?

I have to admit that 90% of my use of my MacBook Air is browsing in Chrome or using Chrome apps like Google docs.