Chromebooks with fans are substantially faster than the Pixelbook. Pixelbook was a fanless low power CPU design, and the Intel low power CPUs just aren't quite

Chromebooks with fans are substantially faster than the Pixelbook. Pixelbook was a fanless low power CPU design, and the Intel low power CPUs just aren't quite up to powering video calls and a bunch of heavy browser apps. Chromebooks with an Intel chip that have a cooling system with a fan can use much more powerful chips and seem to be fine. Typing this from an HP c1030 which I've never seen slow down.