I have been using my Pixelbook Go now for almost a month. Before then I was very skeptical of what a Chromebook could do, and why would anyone want to buy one. Over time my curiosity kept growing and eventually, I broke down and bought one. Since then, I have not looked back and I absolutely love it. If I were to compare the price of this device against a PC at the same price, that PC would not be as fast, as lite or even as portable as the PixelBook Go is. Most of the work I do for work is done through a web browser. When I need to use office apps, the ones through the web are more than usable. Using Zoom on a Chromebook when compared to using Zoom on the iPad, I can still browse other apps on a Chromebook without freezing my video feed through my Zoom meeting, which si not the case on an iPad. When comparing a Chromebook to that of an iPad, the Chromebook comes with a trackpad and keyboard which are both great to use. When I was using an iPad as my primary work device, I found myself trying to make the iPad into a laptop; I went as far as buying the Brydge keyboard and the typing experience on the Brydge case is nothing when compared to the typing experience of the Pixelbook Go. Who I would recommend the device for, is someone who does a lot of typing. Someone who uses the browser more than any other app on the laptop, someone just looking for a change.
True, I was hoping for a LTE version. But, I have an att nighthawk LTE hotspot best combo so far. This pixelbook is so freaking light I couldn't care less about having to carry the hotspot.
I've had a surface 4 since it came out but it bit the dust this week. I got it in college so I used alot of the features but now I only use it for docs, study (I'm a pastor and high school teacher). But I also have a pixel 3 so I was looking into the pixelbook go or a chromebook. What would you recommend? I was only look at the 650 pixelbook go but would you recommend that over a chromebook?
@@RAMS4L1FE I have one for some time now. I am currently trying to find out how to get it configured as it was when I bought it because I can't see the type or find a large enough magnifying glass. This is the biggest flaw I have with this overpriced piece of junk which should not happen at this price.
I think the price is perfect for what you're getting, a premium experience of a chromebook and chrome OS made by Google themselves. Sure you can get another chromebook with similar specs for cheaper but it won't be the same fashionable and well built machine with google's signature stamp on it that matches perfectly with your new pixel phone. You're paying for the premium experience and the name brand.
What premium experience, The hardware the same the software the same its all just them trying to copy apple.They cant justify it so they just play dirty.
Changed my entire echosystem from Apple to Google. Absolutely love the Go, Google Nest Wifi, Lenovo Chromebook, Multiple Chromecast ultras, Stadia, etc. Keep it coming!
Ethan James Definitely not paid off by Google. Would love the extra money though... Stadia is awesome. No updates, no waiting, power PC hardware. No console.. etc.. No more consoles for me...
Here's what I need in my next Chromebook: Basic Specs: i5, 16G RAM, 128G or higher int storage, 12-14" scrn1080p or better Fingerprint scanner Ports: type-c & USB-A I will not spend more than $600 for a chrome book that doesn't have all that stuff. But I would pay up to $900 for one that meets all these requirements. In the mean time I would pay up to $550 for basic Pixelbook Go.
This is the first Chromebook I’m seriously loving! I’m not sure I can justify $649 for a somewhat limited platform, but it’s a damn tempting package. I like the concept, I like the package, now I can only hope the price decreases a tiny bit to make it justifiable for my needs.
It is ugly & looks like plastic - even if it's made of magnesium alloys. The lack of sharp curves & a K2000 visor (knock to see battery life) sucks! The bottom ridges are plain ugly. Why not buy a Teclast laptop from China & slap a Linux distro on it?
I just got my first pixelphone (3a XL) and I'm in love!! I want to join the Google Ecosystem!! ahahah Also, you forgot to mention that this laptop is touchscreen!!!
@@jt7952 I'm now using a regular Chromebook. It's still not common to use them here but the sellings are going up so I hope that Google will have a Pixelbook on sale here someday...
If you try Chrime OS for a week you'll love it. For MOST people it does all they need with better battery, less hassle, and faster startup. If this gets solid Linux support and thunderbolt 3 support I'm in.
@@badriance8407 and.. so.. quickbook not working, ms office - not working, all adobe - not working. Autocad family - definitely no. Any online games - no. What working - that BROWSER. Good deal, chrome browser for $650
@@badriance8407 plus no privacy. Then you typing and do save document at Google documents, haw you can be sure, what just YOU reading your document? If you do any online operation - the same.. all information about your preferences collecting.
For people such as myself looking for a cheaper alternative to a MacBook this is probably your best bet. However, at that price, if you'd really rather have a MacBook, and you have $700 now to spend on a Pixelbook, you're probably better off just sacrificing and saving up that extra $300 to get the new MacBook Air.
I just got mine; it is a great notebook. It is replacing my ASUS C302, which is a such a perfect Chromie. Except the trackpad... I would have made the Go a little smaller, for perfect portability. The real problem with this notebook is the price. We are paying $200 more for the Google name. I have the i5; perhaps the M3 would have been better. But $650 is still too much. All good and thanks for the review.
I have the m3 version. For day to day tasks, web, video, stadia and geforce now, I may as well be using my i9900k, 2080 super desktop. It's that smooth. I love it.
Just purchased the 4k version, like most people I feel that it is way overpriced for everything that you get and I would've gotten a cheaper model if it wasn't for 24 months @ 0% financing and the free shipping was a bonus too. I have a smart tv but it's an older model so cannot really update it anymore and I have a chromecast that I use to stream with. I have been using my phone which is the Pixel 4 XL but the experience has been lackluster at best, constant lagging or not even connecting to the stream which I have attributed to the apps themselves and not the phone, chromecast, or my internet speed. I've had this for 2 days now and the little bit I've tested it everything seems to be working fine which is odd because a lot of the apps are also on my phone, Sling is the only app that didn't work but does work in the Chrome browser and casting it that way. I've used chromebooks before and this is definitely lightspeed in comparison. I've found USB C hubs for around $20 w/ USB 3.0 ports and ethernet port so I am looking into getting one of those to help expand the usefulness of this Pixelbook. I'd definitely recommend it but only if you can get one on sale or something. I am mostly into Thinkpad's their build quality is top notch and built like tanks but this was the first one that I've ever purchased brand new. I mostly buy Thinkpad's that were once $2k new that are a few yrs old for a couple hundred dollars and still have some life left in them.
I am a huge fan of the Pixelbook Go. It has a great design, it is well put together and I am a ChromeOS daily user. Keyboard and trackpad look great. That is a pain point for many Chromebooks.
Microsoft windows is a (trap). And no no there are such like acer Chromebook cb3-431 which are all aluminium not this cheap magnesium stuff google pushing,Google Even stated it so that they can save cost and dupe the end user, using clever sales lines.With a metal build it should feel cold to the touch, equaling to a premium device.
Starting at £629 in the UK up to £1329. £629 for Chrome OS, 64GB Storage and an Intel Core m3 is crazy-expensive. If you really want Chrome OS over Windows, there are plenty of others with similar spec to this and half the price.
What a beautiful manly voice...OMG...your voice is too distracting...I could hardly pay attention about the Chromebook...and honey you do not need to write any love letters...when your voice is enough to swoon any woman...💕
For the price of around 700USD, you already can buy a very good confiugraiton like i5+8G+256Gssd with win10 laptop from ASUS or Acer. This Chromebook looks like another new toy to me.
i really love my base model ....had an old chrome book that I liked a lot but lacked backlit keyboard no touchscreen and up firing speakers ....this thing is great when you just wanna get in bed and crank it up for a little bit of surfing maybe a clip or two on google or a film and it so lightweight ...people say its overpriced and I would agree but its a great chromebook for me and the batterylife is long-lasting and a great trackpad .....if it was a bit cheaper which I think it will be after it is out for while it will be a good to go to machine ......i had a gaming laptop before had to have it plugged in and have to have a mouse talk about a nightmare trying to use it wanna try and crash out
Windows is still cheaper - for specs chromebooks are overpriced $300 for an atom cpu just because chrome os is lightweight? makes no sense. Aaaand chromebooks are NOT for creatives. Chromebooks are great if you're into chrome apps BUT it shouldn't be your main machine.
I love my 2017 Pixelbook(it's still my on the go daily driver btw), 512gb's of storage, 16gb's of RAM, convertable, expandable storage, what's not to love. Going from the 2017 Pixelbook to the Pixelbook Go just feels like an over all downgrade. If the pixelbook came in at around the 350$ mark then maybe but at this thing's price tag on release, it was an absurd purchase, just like the 2017 one(I bought mine used but in damn near pristine condition) My next upgrade will probably be a Lenovo Thinkpad T480s with Chrome OS installed.
I agree. Mainly it’s the steep price. That’s the main attraction of chrome books - economically priced. I have a Lenovo c330 and I use it for work. It was $259.
It is too expensive. If it falls to $400 I'd consider it. Right now I have the Thinkpad Chromebook, HD touchscreen. I love it. The keyboard is quite and lives up to it's Thinkpad reputation for good keyboards. Too bad Lenovo does not make them anymore.
So... what's the use of that reputation? And are you going to get one? because if you're in the market for a laptop and aren't going to get the one you're thinking about then bitching is useless! Unfortunately, things don't cost what you or I want them to! If you're going to get one of those ones at $400, then great!
Unfortunately, in 2023 my camera stopped working. I actually spoke to Google support and the guy had me do some stupid things and ultimately wanted me to factory reset. No way. In 2024 I again contacted Google and saw forums with many others who had the same problem: camera wouldn't work. Since our warranties has expired, Google would do nothing. It seems clear that the hardware is faulty but Google is too busy trying to wrestle its Artificial Intelligence to the ground.
I took delivery of mine a week ago but it wasn't so easy because I couldn't find a seller that would ship to my residence in South America. I love it even more than the Samsung Ativ Book 9 it replaces. I've always wanted a keyboard like this and finally got one.
CHROME BOOK PRODUCTS ARE A TOTAL POS, do not bother with buying one of these cheap garbage devices, spend the extra few dollars, and upgrade to a Windows Product. Save yourself from the heartbreak and frustration of having thrown your hard-earned money away !!
So I have a mackbook pro 2017 and while it’s a great device I’m not impressed with the keyboard or the battery life. Now I’ve always though about getting a chrome book but was reluctant as I like to use Microsoft apps and I don’t just mean the ones that you can access online. So while I’m tempted by chrome books in general it all depends on if you can download Microsoft apps that work in the device.
For that price, you can get a pretty good Win laptop with great specs. Many great deals almost on monthly bases. At this price, it’s a toss up, doesn’t give the PBG any real advantages.
Bad pricing, a pointless ChromeOS, that does allow offer full functionality applications for productivity, but still need overprived, extremly power hungry intel processors, instead of ARM architecture. What is the purpose of such a thing? Browsing all day? One can do that with any else system as well, regardless if Android, Linux or some sort of other Windows driven OS. Pretty much pointless concept. --- Perhaps Google starts to develop more productivity applications for Android on tablets and laptops? That would at least make sense. This development is going the completly wrong direction ... just creating expensive stuff no one needs in any real world scenario, regarless if at work or at home. What a pity!
I love Chromebooks. I have become use to the convertible form factor. Although, 90% of the time, it's in laptop mode. I think if the GO came in at $500. for the mid spec It would be a huge winner. I'd like to see it in person.
I don't use Apple products but does the MacBook have Microsoft software? 😭 Can't chromebooks somehow figure a way to bring full Microsoft software because the apps aren't that easy to work with and same with the online version... It's just missing the great features.
One thing that potential buyers of the Pixelbook Go need to know is that in 2026 the device will reach its operating system expiry date. At the time I write this comment Google will stop sending updates to the Go in mid 2026 and then what does the buyer do? Install Windows? Install Linux? or throw the Pixelbook Go away?
I don’t understand why anyone would by a chromebook over a normal windows 10 laptop other than price. At $650 you can buy a dell thin and light laptop with good specs! Chrome os is severely limited compared to windows. The pricing makes no sense because it’s competing with similarly or better spec laptops that offer more for the money.
the apps on the pixlebook absolutely suck. its ridiculous. you would expect to have the full experience i mean the pixlebook is amazing. if the apps actually worked and translated well on it, it would be 10/10
So Google wants to charge you $649 for the base model pixel book go. No thanks I'd rather buy an macbook air from best buy that is going on sale for a decent amount on black friday. Just saying...
@@LuanNguyen-np5ii Typing on my Chromebook is a seriously enjoyable experience! Which is good because typing is the whole reason to even own a laptop instead of a tablet
I think you have Google Mission statement all wrong about Chrome OS they didn't just create it to have lightweight computers for the masses. They created them to accelerate Cloud computing into the forefront, which they knew back then Cloud Computing would be the future. But to get a foothold into the laptop market they started with the lower end price point and builds to get their foot in the door. Google's offering have always been as example of where they want chrome OS to end up having a lower end , mid range and high end devices And I think they have been very successful in doing what they started out. There is solid market for the mid range Chromebook, they offer better build quality and screens and performance than comparable Window's laptops at this price point. And after this Pandemic Cloud computing will be taken much more serious in the future. You continue naysayers keep on eating crow year after year. Maybe some point you'll have an open mind on what exactly cloud computing is and what Chromebooks bring to the table.
I mean very cool and shit. But seriously, you can get a very well spec'ed Windows laptop with full computer capabilities for a price like this. If you want to offer something less functional, you shouldn't price it in the range of more functional devices.
cant google not copy apple in everything?? I mean atleast have a wallpaper without Yosemite in it!! I am disappointed in google. They could have gone in any direction but they chose to suck up to apple. Their phones, OS, laptops etc. What a shame.
quick question for you, what display resolution setting do you use? default, 100% or the 1080p setting? Do you lose quality if you leave it at default?
Chromebooks are not exactly meant to be powerful because you can't make use of all that power, to that you also have a hefty price which doesn't make much sense. Most people choose a Chromebook because it's cheap and it works far better than equally equipped low end windows laptops with celerons
For $650 you can find a good windows laptop with 250gb ssd. And dedicated graphic. But not in that easy going form and lovely design. If it needed just don't give us touch screen. We fine without it
Google has stopped updating ChromOS for my model of Chromebook. If it thought that it would force me to buy a newer Chromebook, then it thought wrongly. Nor has it provided a way for me to replace its outdated ChromeOS with, say, Linux. Google really ought to give away Chromebooks or pay us to use them, since it locks out all but its own apps. (Just a gripe. Otherwise, it still works well enough as engineered.)
You could buy $30 plastic lawn chairs to sit on in your living room. My point is, obviously you can buy a device that connects to the internet, but your next decisions are how nice you want that to device to perform. Screen, keyboard, battery, weight, etc, will all be worse on that $300 computer.
I already have a device I bought in 2014 for $300 that'll browse the internet and send emails... that doesn't mean I want to! Hell! Until Windows 10 became a turd, I actually didn't have much in the way of problems with my Transformer Book T100 TA, except the tiny keyboard that always comes with such a tiny device...
ITS NO LONGER A CHROMEBOOK, its a CROSTINI Book -- video editing, for example, using GPU Linux on Chromebook Just Got Much Better, sept 2019 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_eiEfteNYak.html
Are you trying to put a micro SD card into the thing? Because most new laptops lack any sort of expandable anything! But a micro SD card slot would have been ok, if it were implemented correctly
@@indiawest2025 That's one! And I definitely said "most" not "all." Repairability and upgradability haven't exactly been high priority for a while now, even in laptops
i like the pixelbook go. but i need a review on the core m3 model and everybody is doing reviews on the i5. also how not pink is the not pink? because if it's too pink i'll buy a black one.
pixelbook!!! unless this new one can makeup for the 2 in 1 but I use my chromebook the most as a desktop connected to another monitor, external keyboard, external hard drive, mouse and if the GO can match the pixelbook in connecting to 3 monitors ext. hard drive, devices, ethernet and audio that all run through the usb c. I do use as a portable laptop when helping someone.
You mean the same HP X360 that Linus couldn't recommend against literally any other laptop? Ok! Do you! HP's stopped being spontaneously combustible YEARS ago and have come out with some really cool hardware designs!
I have the HP X360 with i3, 8GB, 64 SSD and I love it. And that is comparing it to my failing 2015 Pixel2 Chromebook. The HP has been running perfectly since I got it in January. I'm very please with the HP. Got it for 450.00 at Best Buy. Very good deal.
@@RegisBodnar No. That is the Windows version. Carmen is talking about the 14 inch Chromebook. I have it and it is great. Been a Chromebook user since 2013 and haven't looked back since. :)
For a student, do you think this or the original Pixelbook or the Pixelbook Go would be better? Do you (or the lovely people in the comments) have any recommendations on good laptops or 2 in 1's for students? Thank you!
the form factor and style of the OG Pixelbook (3:2 screen, meh speakers) is better and can be found pretty cheap. The Go has a bigger screen with 16:9 less quality screen with WOW speakers but costs approximately double. I like them both. Depends what you like
Not after you've used the chrome operating system for awhile. It's so fast and you don't get those annoying pop ups telling you to buy a new virus protection software. You don't need that.
How on earth is this cheap hardware? Incredibly well built, incredibly light, excellent keyboard and trackpad, fantastic speakers. above average display. Where does the cheap come in?
@@ScottGibbs cheap as in hardware as in emmc storage for one thing, They only have about 3000 ware cycles before its completely dead. replacing the motherboard equals ewast.
With so many people willing to drop 330 bucks to try a Chromebook, and finding it does everything we need, we are all now thinking 650 is not a lot for a premium Chromebook. I have used an Acer Chromebook 11 for years, unlike Android and Apple, as they get old, it still runs all my streaming content (My old iPad and Android do not run Disney Plus). Now I am updating to a Chromebook Duet... so I am considering a high-quality Chromebook for home.
😂🤣 The reason Google’s also shamelessly ripped off overpriced PixelBook Go is a more mature solution from last years Google Pixelbook that tanked, is because its just the black 2006 MacBook with an added washboard bottom for Google’s Chrome OS dummies. 🤦♂️😂
Too powerful to expensive for a none media editing and gaming machine I have an Acer CB3-111 a really old model (2014) and it has a lower specs than my daily phone and it still preforms great, Chromebooks are made for browsing, RU-vid watching, document editing/ reading and light gaming, and believe me when I tell you this Acer does it all and it coast me for a used one 80 $ , my only complain is the washed out screen, I'm thinking of upgrading it a newer model for the same price and more storage options and higher ram mine is a 2 GB of ram and a 16 GB of storage and don't ask about the processor because it's jut too week to mention at the end don't pay a 645 $ for a machine you can get for less than 120 $ brand new and specs that is wasted on browsing
Pocketnow - i believe you have misunderstood what the i5 & i7 pixelbook GO are built for >> there are now 2 groups of Chromebooks - education & the developer machines ( PREMIUM / CROSTINI ) "normal" / education 2..4GB ram 16..32..64GB SSD $150...$300 PREMIUM / CROSTINI DEVELOPER 4..8..16GB ram 64..128..256 GB SSD $400...... the sky is the limit
Google isn't trying to sell a lot of Pixelbooks. Unlike Amazon, Google wants other companies to adopt their OS. Just like the original Nexus phones did for Android, they want to show manufacturers how to do a good Chromebook, without competing with them too much.
I just don't get chromebook....they like to use core i5/i7 and put the price high but the majority of them still use small ans slow eMMC stroage....WTF is that? I had tried the cloudready version on my regular notebook, I'd rather have a big and fast NVMe SSD than a fancy CPU.
