{"id":739166,"date":"2013-02-23T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T22:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=613493"},"modified":"2013-02-23T17:56:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T22:56:33","slug":"video-look-at-googles-impressive-chromebook-pixel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/739166","title":{"rendered":"Video look at Google\u2019s impressive Chromebook Pixel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps I’ve been a Google Chromebook user for too long now because I’m nearly sold on the new Chromebook Pixel<\/a>. I know it sounds crazy — who would pay $1,299 for a laptop that you can’t install software on — but anyone using a Chrome OS device today would be blown away by this machine. Simply put: It runs rings around all of the prior Chromebooks and is exceptionally better in every way.<\/p>

Here’s a quick tour of the hardware including that 4.3 million pixel display. We have a 15-inch MacBook Pro Retina Display in the house and to my eyes, the screen of the Chromebook Pixel looks even better although that’s hard to translate in a video. The internal speakers are\u00a0outstanding\u00a0as well as I tried to demonstrate on camera. Unfortunately, my video camera is “smart” enough to level out the sound, so you’ll have to take my word for it.<\/p>

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Outside of the occasional podcast and video production, I have little doubt the Pixel could fulfill all of my mobile computing needs. And it would be a joy to use one of them as well thanks to the Intel Core i5 chip and 4 GB of memory;\u00a0bench-marking\u00a0Chrome shows a four- to five-fold performance boost over the Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook I bought last year<\/a>. <\/p>

It’s even slightly faster than Chrome on my similarly spec’d MacBook Air. And unlike most other Chromebooks, no corners were cut: The Pixel’s design and build quality is top notch from the backlit keyboard to piano hinge that doubles as a heat sink.<\/p>
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