Pixelbook vs. MacBook vs. Surface Laptop: how do the $1,000 laptops stack up?
Google’s Pixelbook is the revived image of a high-end Chromebook, a top-shelf version of a Google laptop running ChromeOS that’s meant to stand shoulder to shoulder with devices like Apple’s MacBook or Microsoft’s Surface Laptop.
The Pixelbook starts at $999, which isn’t exactly cheap by Chromebook standards, especially when considering that that price doesn’t include the $99 Pixelbook Pen stylus. But if you can work with Chrome OS — something that gets easier and easier with each passing day as Google’s operating system gets more and more capable — it might just be worth the price.
It’s too early to say whether or not the Pixelbook will reach mass market success. But for now, we’ve compared it against the closest competition across the…
