Google Pixelbook review Finally. The next generation of mobile, done Google style. Meet the Pixelbook, or as Google calls it, the laptop reimagined. Its the latest Chromebook from Google and its a lot different than anything weve seen from them before. Its thin and light and futuristic in design, filled with powerful, over the top specs, works great as a laptop or a tablet, and has Google Assistant on board. You can even buy a dedicated Pixelbook Pen, and paired together with the Pixelbook you can do some pretty cool stuff. InformationWeek. com News, analysis and research for business technology professionals, plus peertopeer knowledge sharing. Engage with our community. BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian multinational company specializing in enterprise software and the Internet of things. Originally known as Research In Motion RIM. About this review. Microsoft supplied a loaner Surface Pro for this review. The unit tested features a Core i77660U processor, with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Reports of screen burn on the Pixel 2 XL display may be a bigger issue than POLED banding or color mismanagement. Internet Download Manager 6 0 100 Tested Crackberry' title='Internet Download Manager 6 0 100 Tested Crackberry' />After you use it for a while you come to a simple understanding the Pixelbook is a mobile device. Its the natural evolution of the netbook when people with grand ideas are the ones designing it. Thats the broad interpretation of the Pixelbook, but its far too simplified. Its amazing hardware matched with Googles vision of computing and built simply to show what can be done. So its not really too far away from Googles efforts with the previous two Chromebook Pixels. These arent built to sell by the millions. Theyre built because theyre cool. See at Best Buy. About this review. Ive been using the Pixelbook for about a week. A week isnt long enough to find everything you love or everything you hate, but it does give me enough time to form an opinion and share it. Thats what this review is some thoughts on the Pixelbook from someone who uses a Chromebook most of the time, and is all in with the Chrome OS experience. In video form Google Pixelbook Video review. Theres nothing like a good video to give you a feel for a product. The Pixelbook is no exception. Watch as Jen Karner. This is a comparison of mobile operating systems. Only the latest versions are shown in the table below, even though older versions may still be marketed. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admitted abandoning consumers is a mistake hes repeatedly made, a mistake that may very well cost Microsoft in the future. HP needs 68 weeks to ship additional TouchPads, according to a leaked email sent to customers. HP is prepping one last run for its defunct tablet. Verizon vs. ATT Read a comparison of ATT wireless services and Verizon wireless services. Essentially, Im the type of person Google made the Pixelbook for. In video form. Google Pixelbook Video review. Theres nothing like a good video to give you a feel for a product. The Pixelbook is no exception. Watch as Jen Karner, Russell Holly and Jerry Hildenbrand become fans of this great device. Bold and risky. Google Pixelbook Design. The first thing youll notice about the Pixelbook is how different it looks. Side by side with a Microsoft Surface Book youll see they are actually pretty similar, but the white glass section of the back and the very squared edges draw your eyes. They almost look out of place, as its rare to see a thin aluminum laptop be anything but aluminum. Its polarizing youll either love it because its different, or youll think its just different and strange. Like Googles Pixel phones, theres a wide band of glass that covers the top fourth behind the screen. In this case, its white glass and stands out. Its a design choice, but its also functional. Like the Pixel phone, glass is used to cover radio antennas to boost reception. The Wi Fi and Bluetooth antennas sit behind the glass rather than behind a section of plastic on the edge or bottom like we see in other aluminum laptops. When you open the Pixelbook, youre also faced with a large white band across the front fourth of the keyboard deck. The trackpad sits in the center and its surrounded by a strip of white silicone like material. Its soft but not thick, and a little sticky or tacky. Functionally, it provides three benefits its a great wrist or palm rest, it keeps the screen away from the keyboard or any aluminum parts and acts as a sort of non skid surface when you have the Pixelbook in its tent or tablet mode. So far, its stayed clean and white, but I have some reservation about the materials choice. Eventually, white silicone or whatever silicone like material is being used here is going to show some dirt. A cursory test using a sprinkle of ash from the fireplace wiped away with a damp cloth, but I wasnt trying to grind it in. Hopefully, Google did its homework here and the material will prove to be stain resistant and easy to keep clean. Built for user input. Centered in its cushiony nest is the trackpad. Trackpads on Chromebooks have a mixed history weve seen plenty of sub par ones. The Pixelbook carries the trend of great trackpads the Pixel line of Chromebooks is know to have used, thankfully. The trackpad is spacious and glass covered white, of course, and Im finding it great to use. Its smooth but has just a hint of friction, much like a Mac. Book after youve used it a while and the ultra slickness has been tamed by a bit of finger oil and dirt. The keyboard itself outperformed my initial reaction, which is good. My first impression, as someone who uses a stiff mechanical keyboard on the desktop, was not great. Surprisingly, it didnt take very long to train my hands to use it and the typing experience is a lot better than I expected. Its certainly not my favorite way to put some words on the screen, but theres nothing I can single out as bad. 1C Its 08 10 Professional Questions here. Youll probably need some adjustment time with the Pixelbook keyboard, but Im betting you wont have any lasting complaints. Its also fully backlit, which is great and expected at this price. The future of the convertible. The hinges seem sturdy and completely functional without standing out and spoiling the smooth rectangular look. Theyre 3. 60 degree solid hinges and you can fold the Pixelbook over completely to use it in tablet mode. The Pixelbook is also designed to be used in tent mode, where both sides are folded over and it stands like a tent, and in Entertainment mode where the keyboard is folded behind the screen so its out of the way for watching movies. The hinges are smooth and fairly stiff. You wont have any problems flipping the screen over in any configuration, but its not going to flip on its own from gravity. The hinges also house a set of disappointingly average speakers. They sound muffled and muddy, even at full volume. The placement in the hinge certainly contributes to this, and while using the Pixelbook in laptop mode, its not something youll want to use to listen to your music all day. It seems like the speakers were designed to be at their best while the Pixelbook is in Entertainment mode and the keyboard is folded behind the display. I understand this move and its smart to have speakers that work best while watching a movie, but I still was wanting more. Just laptop things. To round out the external features and design are a handful of ports and controls along the edges. On the right side youll find a USB C port and a charge indicator LED, and on the left, youll see another USB C port with indicator light as well as a 3. USB C ports and no SD card mean youre probably going to need some adapters. Both USB C ports confirm the Power Delivery standard. You can use either to charge the Pixelbook, use the Pixelbook to charge your phone, connect a USB C headset, or connect any device that uses USB C to communicate or transfer data. To compliment them a 4. USB C Power Delivery standard comes in the box. One thing missing is any type of SD card slot, so youll need an adapter of some sort to transfer photos from your camera or copy any files from an SD card to the Pixelbook. Likewise, any peripherals you have that use the long standing USB A connection will need an adapter. Above the display, while in laptop mode, youll find a 7. FPS camera. Its perfect for things like Hangouts or other video chatting applications and captures movement nicely with little to no blur. Youll probably not want to use the Pixelbook as a camera for taking stills even if you find an app that makes this easy to do, but for its intended purpose, its great. Rounding it all out are four microphones that are designed with video conferencing in mind. Their placement and noise cancellation deliver exactly what was advertised, even in noisy environments. The gorgeous display. The Pixelbooks 1.