Google ’s Chromebook Pixel is aspirational in closely every direction . It ’s designed within an in of its life , a physical specimen worthy of Rodin . Its lines are sharp , its presentation is crisp . And nearly every recap has had the same takeaway : It ’s amazing . Do n’t corrupt it .
It ’s enough to give you whip , or at least a decent migraine . But however absurd and contradictory a thought it seems , it ’s actually spot on . The Chromebook Pixel is gorgeous , expensive , and worthless as anything other than the physical embodiment of an ineluctable truth : hardware is n’t just secondary now , it ’s an rethink . At comfortably .
The Pixel’sproblem , of course , is that it die hard Chrome OS , a swarm - base political program that support , outside of Google ’s offering , none of the applications you necessitate . That , and it ’s effectively useless unless you ’re plug in to the internet . In that sense , spending $ 1300 on a Pixel is like hiring a mannikin from an escort service : it might look decent , but it ’s not usable in any of the ways you ’d expect .
https://gizmodo.com/google-chromebook-pixel-review-awesome-just-not-1300-5986747
The Pixel is far from the first product to hurt this affliction . The BlackBerry Z10 waswidely admiredfor its ironware , but you ’d be crazy to actually buy the affair . If the Lumia 920 were an Android sound , Nokia might actually sell some of them . Being totally wonderful and mostly useless has somehow become an satisfactory state of being .
https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-z10-review-not-good-enough-5984411
Software has always force adoption ; that ’s nothing Modern . But computer hardware used to at least ride shotgun . There ’s a reasonJony I ve is ascendentand Scott Forstall is appear for a task . Not too long ago , how something looked count nearly as much as — and sometimes more than — what that matter did .
https://gizmodo.com/apple-ios-chief-leaves-jon-ive-takes-control-5955985
Now , though ? Sony expend two hours announcing its late consolewithout ever actually showingthe console . That ’s partly because it ’s not done yet , and partly — inSony ’s own words — because a console is “ just a box . ” Which is true ! But boxes used to matter .
https://gizmodo.com/sony-just-had-a-two-hour-ps4-event-with-no-ps4-5985790
What the PS4 and Z10 and Lumia 920 and ( particularly , resoundingly ) a $ 1300 Chromebook all yell are that we do n’t buy appliance anymore . We buy ecosystems , keys that unlock garden whose wall are gamey and ferociously guarded . A presentation ’s pixel tally is worthless if it does n’t show us what we want . Touchscreens have made buttons disused ; apps take precedence over soma . A three - class - sometime iPhone round next year ’s BlackBerry .
That ’s not new , but it ’s truer than ever before . And it leaves foundation in the hands of a few entrenched platform , most of whom are already sic in their ways . Hardware breakthroughs are alter if they come from the wrong company , back the faulty horse . Our laptops and phones and tablets become more and more commoditized until we ’re all stare at the same screen , push the same keys .
The Chromebook Pixel is awing . Do n’t buy it . But by all means , bid that you could .
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