New Chromebook Pixel Challenges 13-inch MacBook Pro
It’s not aiming at Apple’s tiny new 12-inch MacBook, but Google’s new second-generation Chromebook Pixel boasts specs and prices that compete directly with the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. The new Chrome OS-based laptop is slightly smaller and lighter than the MacBook Pro yet features a 12.85-inch, 2560-by-1700 Retina-level touchscreen and can also drive an external 4K display. In terms of connectivity, it has two USB-C ports for charging and peripherals, two standard USB ports, and an SD card reader, along with dual-band 802.11ac wireless and Bluetooth 4.0 (no LTE option this time, alas). Its battery lasts up to 12 hours, and it has a 720p video camera. There are two models, one with a 2.2 GHz Intel Core i5, 8 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of flash storage for $999, and another with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB of RAM, and 64 GB of storage for $1,299.
Come on - really? You're doing a spec comparison rather than a functional comparison? Which serious person in the market for a rMBP 13 would consider the Chromebook Pixel as an alternative?
We wrote about Chromebooks in general a while back - this is just adding to that coverage.
http://tidbits.com/article/14540
"Which serious person in the market for a rMBP 13 would consider the Chromebook Pixel as an alternative?"
Exactly.
Way too expensive for a laptop with miniscule storage that only runs web apps and—UGH!—Android apps.