SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Today Google announced the Chromebook Pixel, a touchscreen laptop running Chrome OS. The laptop is meant to be a high-end device "for power users"—as Google made sure to note over and over throughout its presentation.
The Pixel is built by Google, but the company declined to mention the names of the various ODMs it worked with. It comes in a Wi-Fi version for $1,299 or a Verizon LTE-equipped version starting at $1,449 (the latter is US-only). The high price elicited some surprise from reporters, but Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of Chromebook and Apps, said the company's mission is to build "a Chromebook for everyone," including people who are on their laptops all day—especially photographers.
“Never see another pixel in your life”
The Chromebook Pixel comes with an impressive pedigree of specs—a distinct departure from the $249 Samsung Chromebook announced in October 2012. "We want the computer to disappear for users" Pichai said. “We call it Pixel because we don’t want users to see pixels... you’ll never see another pixel in your life."
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