Six years later it's still fast, still secure, updates guaranteed through 2028.
Acer continues to make a few in this class with 16gb RAM and 256gb to 512gb SSD. When this eventually dies I'll get whatever similar they're selling then.
It's ridiculously cheap, even cheaper per month or year of usage. That's nice but it's not about cost for me. I'd pay 200% of the equivalent Windows or Mac or Framework machine just for the reliability, security, convenience, speed and peace of mind.
It runs Android apps too, right?
https://www.amazon.com/Chromebook-2560x1600-i5-1240P-LPDDR4X...
Decent CPU, 16gb RAM, 256gb SSD, quality screen with a thin bezel.
I like the extra memory because I sometimes run multiple Linux containers at the same time.
If you only want a dumb terminal for web and SSH you could easily get by with half that without sacrificing performance.
i did look at this when i was trying to decide on an alternative before i just bought another barley used pixelbook with only 50 battery cycles.
it's half the price so if it works for you, great! but it's no pixelbook replacement imo
I have one of those at work and it's a nice device, but I don't think it's worth the money.
Besides, I'm a sucker for fanless laptops. I used to have pixelbooks for personal use (first the 2018 and then the Go). A while ago I bought an M2 air and run asahi Linux on it. That HW plus ChromeOS would be nice...
it's an i7 chromebook with 16GB RAM and 500GB ssd. that's still unheard of to this day...
runs linux apps natively
runs android apps natively
runs windows apps through linux/wine/steam layer
it's lightweight (2 lbs), very thin and fanless
has a high DPI touchscreen
3:2 aspect ratio
the battery lasts 10+ hours
it can be folded over into tablet mode and supports a wacom stylus
it's a chromebook so it's secure, and i don't have to fuss w/ drivers, or linux dependency hell... it just works, but lets you dive into the guts through containers if you want it.
this is a laptop from 2017, mind you... it's 2024 now, and there is still nothing else like it, 7 years later. it's kinda sad...
as usual, google pushes the boundary, and then kills the product. it was supposed to spur other manufacturers to do similar things but that hasn't happened.
there are various assortments and combinations of machines, chromebook or plain PCs that run windows/linux, but nothing actually hits all the marks: high dpi, powerful CPU, lots of memory, touchscreen, small and light, fanless, with a long-lasting battery.
there's nothing else like it.
you can find medium-DPI chromebooks with 4-8GB of RAM, and no touchscreen, and fans, with crappy batteries. you can find 16GB RAM chromebooks w/ FHD (low DPI, and no touchscreen). there are chromebooks w/ 8GB RAM, no touchscreen, high dpi, and fans... there are all sorts of combos in between, but nothing is the form factor of the pixelbook with the features it has. i don't want a plastic piece of crap that breaks.
the closest thing is a macbook air, perhaps, but apple will never make touchscreens on laptops because they want to sell people ipads and macbooks