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• 10.0

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  Reviewed by andromeduck (Currently owns)

  June 30, 2013 04:19 am

  heats up to about 60 deg under load

  keyboard is a little weird if you're running it with linux -- which you probably should if you want to get anything serious done -- looks a little bit unbalanced due to enlarged left ctrl + alt keys and half sized left/right keys, lacks delete key and f11/f12 and other "legacy keys"

  keyboard action and touchpad feel are just incredible. better than apple even

  display is incredible, you can adjust scaling with ctrl + alt + -/+

  sould is pretty much unmatched... volume is only limited by physical dimensions (weak low range) and keyboard vibration... yes keyboard vibration...

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• 8.0

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  Reviewed by yl_ksa (Currently owns)

  June 20, 2013 08:11 pm

  The best laptop I've ever had my hands on in terms of hardware, it is really sexy. The keyboard and trackpad are great. Screen resolution is crazy but I guess every company is implementing similar screens. Touch screen is a nice addition, it doesn't work perfectly but it works well enough to have convinced me that I want it in any future laptop I buy. Battery life is a disappointment especially that it is a Chrome OS device but I guess the high resolution screen requires a lot. The fan noise is annoying at some times but not very noticeable.

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• 9.0

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  Reviewed by jathak (Currently owns)

  May 24, 2013 05:09 pm

  I received the LTE model as an I/O attendee. I previously used my Windows laptop (powerful but not particularly high end) as my primary computer and the Samsung Chromebook at school and as a web browser for when I was doing something else on my main laptop.

  While I think that there are very few people who should buy one, the Pixel is an amazing device to own. It has now become my primary device as I have GIMP and Eclipse installed with Ubuntu. My Windows laptop has become my secondary computer and I haven't touched my Samsung Chromebook in days.

  I thought that I would continue to use the Samsung Chromebook at school because of its battery life, but I've found that the Pixel will last through the day (I generally use it in 3-5 of my 7 daily classes) if I keep the brightness down (It's still easily readable).

  I was already accustomed to Chrome OS after using the ARMbook for several months, but the Pixel really highlights just how powerful of an OS it is. For the areas in which it lacks, I can switch to Ubuntu almost instantly and run the Android dev tools as well as Windows software through WINE.

  I agree with almost everything in the Verge review, including that there are few people who should by this. However, it's a great demonstration of what's to come for Chrome and for laptops, and I'm excited to see what happens.

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