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the pixelbook go is super portable it's physically beautiful it feels great to

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use and it starts at just 50 more than last year's pixel slate

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649 us dollars that might seem steep

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for what is still a chromebook but

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google might not be completely out of their minds did you know that in 2018

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chromebooks had 60 percent market share

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in u.s k-12 classrooms i didn't

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that was someone falling off their chair because they were so shocked so maybe

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chrome os deserves a bit more respect maybe the pixel book go isn't a totally

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unnecessary product what's this

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the top end model costs fourteen hundred dollars

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Corsair's hydrox series of custom cooling components includes water blocks

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reservoirs fittings adapters tubing and more check it out at the link in the

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video description there is a lot to like here the aesthetics and the industrial

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design of this machine are on point the playful rounded edges and even

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the pixel book branding above the keyboard are reminiscent of the 2006

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macbook but much slimmer and sexier and

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the shell is made of what google calls finely painted magnesium which not only

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makes the pixel book go crazy light but it also gives it a wonderful matte

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finish that makes it look kind of like plastic but but but not in a cheap way

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at all if that makes sense the ribs on the bottom give the pixel book an extra

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bit of visual flair and also make it easier to grip making it just the kind

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of design that makes you want to pick it up and and go

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and maybe never come back despite its tiny slim body google was

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able to pack a 47 watt hour battery inside which they say will last up to 12

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hours of mixed use and in our testing got pretty darn close more like 11 plus

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hours of mixed use but that's still more than enough for a

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workday and with this kind of build quality i would expect it to stand up

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handily to the rigors of daily business use for a device this thin and light the

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pixelbook go feels shockingly sturdy and

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rigid and the hinge barely wobbles at all even if you are a lap typer so let's

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think what else is good uh titan c security chip fast charging oh the

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keyboard it's quite similar to the original pixel

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books it's led illuminated it's extremely thin while retaining a

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distinct tactile bump and google advertised their switches as hush keys

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and they're indeed extremely quiet to type on but unlike the horrendous

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keyboard folio from the pixel slate they're not mushy at all

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now there's still a launcher button in place of the caps log and there's still

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no delete key but depending on your preference this may or may not bother

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you riley in particular said he found alt backspace super easy to get used to

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so overall we both ended up liking the keyboard but not without a couple of

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small gripes the track pad is also great

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it's large it's made of glass it's very responsive and has a nice satisfying

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soft touch feel i dare say it's almost as good as a mac track pad and you know

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what even the webcam is good you can just make out the intricate design on

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that motherboard water bottle that you could get at lttstore.com

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okay so is that enough can we talk about the bad stuff now

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all right so the 13-inch 1080p display has touch

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it's bright enough for outdoor use but it's got these massive top and bottom

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bezels that might contribute to the 2006

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macbook vibe if you're into that but definitely look out of place on a modern

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device and i don't think i'm the only one who's gonna be a little underwhelmed

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by both the specs and the i o you get just a headphone

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jack and two usb type-c ports no Thunderbolt 3 and even the thousand

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dollar model is equipped with only a core i5 and 128 gigs of local storage

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in fairness premium thin and light notebooks like dell's xps series are

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priced fairly similar but the xps in particular is a lot

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faster and it you know runs Windows now i know i know

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comparing chromebooks to Windows books isn't super fair

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an 8th gen y series ain't the sharpest crayon in the shed sure but chrome os is

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built to run on low spec machines right

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well yes but what is fair to ask is

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what exactly is it running because the thing is even though chrome

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os has indeed come a long way it's got a

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proper file manager it's got support for Android apps and it's even got some

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limited Linux functionality now baked right in

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Windows and macOS still wipe the floor

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with it when it comes to support for professional app suites like microsoft

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office adobe creative cloud or well just about any app that doesn't run

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in a browser i mean even chrome the browser has some shortcomings on a

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chromebook for example you can't sign into and then

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switch between your personal and your work google accounts without logging out

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entirely and then logging back in this might not be applicable to you but it is

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a disadvantage for people with personal and work accounts that want to like flip

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between them on their lunch break for example now there are workarounds for filling in

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some of chrome os's missing functionality the problem is just that

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they kind of suck need to use word well

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you could just switch to google docs and break the formatting of your documents

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or you could use word online and deal with the limited functionality of the

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browser-based app want to use photoshop well there are a great number of

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simplified versions of the app that you can try

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want to play games well that's no problem as long as you like mobile games

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and not cool ones like call of duty mobile because setting those up with a

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mouse and keyboard is a real hassle so

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the question here and its answer is similar to the one we asked in our ipad

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pro review can this thing work as your main computer and the answer is

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yes

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but should it work as your main computer

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no and the main reason why still comes down

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to price if this thing was running Windows i'd probably be daily driving it

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right now like it feels so good

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but chrome os is just demonstrably worse as an operating

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system than Windows or macOS so because of that buying a chromebook

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only makes sense if it's considerably cheaper than a comparable Windows laptop

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or a macbook i mean that is assuming that the most important

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thing to you in a laptop is functionality in addition to aesthetics

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because the pixelbook go is definitely strong in

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that latter category it's kind of like a fat useless dog or

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cat you know like it's cute but it's a mockery of its wild predator ancestors

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you know like yes you are aren't you just so cute go fetch

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so even though the pixelbook go represents the cheapest flagship chromebook that

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google has ever made i mean even the pixel slate started at 800 bucks once

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you factored in a keyboard attachment it's still just

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too expensive to be a serious option

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or is it okay crazy crazy pitch here guys i think

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google keeps making these things knowing that nobody is buying them because they

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are playing the ultimate 4d chess long

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game here all right the pixel book lineup is for customers

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that don't exist yet

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but they will in the future once all those kids who have spent their

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formative years using cheap plastic chrome os notebooks grow up

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enter the business world and then want something familiar but that doesn't

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trash their cred when they whip it out in the boardroom

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right there that's it

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for now though i just can't recommend this thing i mean

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i do want to thank google for sending it to us to review them every once in a

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while we get accused of being google fanboys and girls

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and then you know fortunately along comes something like a pixel book giving

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us a great opportunity to prove that no we do not in fact like everything that

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google does yet

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speaking of yet hifiman and mass drop really are the perfect combination and

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their mass drop x hifiman he 4xx planar

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magnetic headphones are a great example of how they both listen to the community

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they're an open back headphone design with a smooth and engaging sound not to

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mention bass that slams they've got a soft touch matte finish that's matte

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enough to resist fingerprints even and they include a one year manufacturer

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warranty best part they're on sale now for 130 bucks instead of 180

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so check it out today join the drop at the link in the video description

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man it's just so beautiful isn't it

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it's so dumb yes you are

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if you guys are looking for something else to watch right now check out our recent video where we built our very own

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whatever you're here why not watch that

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