Google is on a roll this week and there marketing team keeps pumping out press releases. The Chromebook Pixel is a super-charged version of the standard Chromebook which runs Chrome OS. The biggest difference between the two is probably the price – the original goes for $249 and the Pixel goes for $1299. That 500% increase gets your the usual upgrades likes a faster processor, more memory, more hard drive space and a bigger screen, but it also gets you a touch-enabled screen and a screen with more pixels (and this is why it’s called the Pixel) than the Mac Retina displays. So my personal feelings are that I completely support a touch screen on a laptop, the Pixel looks amazing and Chrome OS is a fast and simple OS. But for the same price as a Macbook Air, it’s hard to say that this is a better alternative. The original Chromebook for $249 is a great combination of hardware, simplicity and a fast OS at a very attractive price. But hopefully this isn’t the last Chromebook we’ll see from Google, so I’m hoping we’ll see something as nice but at a lower price point in the future. Let’s see how it sells…
