A couple of weeks ago, I bought a
Google Pixelbook from Best Buy. I paid $899 for the laptop and $89 for the pen.
I bought an older Chromebook a few years ago, and it went straight into a drawer, never to be used again. This one is a different story.
I've used it now as my primary laptop for most of the two weeks and I love it. It's light, nice looking, has a great screen, great keyboard, and the battery life is good. For everything except using JRiver Media Center, it is a great computer. I usually don't notice that I'm not using Windows.
I'm not sure that I'll continue to use it as the primary laptop, but if I could only get JRiver running on it, I might! For now, I use Panel to control my IdPi, so for playback it works fine.
It also runs Android apps, so Gizmo works.
The package and finish of the computer are really excellent. Very well done.
I've had to adapt a little to the keyboard. There is no Fn key where I reach for it. The function keys have other purposes. There is a key similar to the Fn key, and it alters the purpose of some keys. For example, Fn-Backspace will delete right.
There is also a special Google search key and menu. I've not used that much yet.
It is so thin in part because it has almost no ports. Only two USB Type-C ports, one on each side. Either can be used for charging. I discovered that there is an adaptor available for converting USB-C to HDMI, so I've used it to watch Amazon Video on the TV.
The small package also means that it gets a little warm sitting on my legs, but not overly so.
In contrast to Windows, there aren't many settings. So far, I've found what I needed.
In summary, it's expensive, beautiful, only slightly quirky, and nice to use.