Google Chromebook Pixel

What's Chromebook

A Chromebook is a personal computer running Google Chrome OS as its operating system. The devices are designed to be used while connected to the Internet and support applications that reside on the Web, rather than traditional PC applications like Microsoft Office and Photoshop that reside on the machine itself.

The first Chromebooks for sale, by Acer Inc. and Samsung, were announced at the Google I/O conference in May 2011 and began shipping on June 15, 2011. Lenovo, Hewlett Packard and Google entered the market in early 2013.

Google has officially unveiled the Chromebook Pixel, a high-resolution laptop running Chrome OS. The device builds upon the ever-increasing focus on cloud-computing, offering 1TB of online storage for every user, right out of the box. But Google is clearly betting on demand for a higher-end laptop with the Pixel, in comparison to the considerably cheaper, previous Chromebooks.

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Featuring a touch-sensitive screen at 239ppi, the Chromebook Pixel certainly doesn't look like a slouch in the laptop space. Google refers to the display as the "highest pixel density of any laptop screen on the market today (239 pixels per inch) ." The Pixel is wrapped in anodized aluminum alloy, features a 720p webcam, and runs on an Intel Core i5 processor.

Google announced two models: a WiFi-only Pixel for $1,299, and an LTE-enabled version for $1,449. You can place an order for a Chromebook Pixel through Google Play starting today, or visit a Best Buy retail location.

Other aspects of the Pixel include:

Speed: Speed has been a core tenet of Chrome and Chromebooks since the beginning. Pixel is powered by an Intel® Core^TM i5 Processor and a solid state Flash memory architecture

Connectivity: The Pixel has an industry-leading WiFi range thanks to carefully positioned antennas and dual-band support. Long-term evolution (LTE) is engineered directly into the machine, delivering fast connectivity across Verizon's network, the largest, fastest 4G LTE network in the U.S. (LTE model optional). 

Storage: Since this Chromebook is for people who live in the cloud, one terabyte of Google Drive cloud storage* is included with the Pixel. This enables one to save, access and share photos, videos, documents, and all of your stuff from all of your devices, from anywhere.

Source : IGN

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