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My main issues with my first gen Chromebook Pixel that I received at Google I/O in 2013: 1) Poor battery life (~4 hours) 2) Lots of heat 3) Instability of Li
by chambo622 12y ago
My main issues with my first gen Chromebook Pixel that I received at Google I/O in 2013:
1) Poor battery life (~4 hours)
2) Lots of heat
3) Instability of Linux environment (with Crouton) made it a poor dev machine.
They seem to have fixed 1) and 2), I'm still nervous about making this a primary machine due to 3). I would have situations where the system would force shut down when closing the lid instead of sleeping/resuming properly. That, and two years ago, no Linux desktop environment supported high DPI screens properly. Maybe this has changed.
Other than that, this looks like an amazing machine. Love that 16GB of RAM is an option - XPS 13, which I'm also eyeing, only goes up to 8GB. 64GB max SSD is a bit of a problem though.
- dman 12y agoHave they released data about heat for the new machine?
- chambo622 12y agoInitial review from TC claims that heat is no longer an issue.
- pimlottc 12y agoI think you mean 2011, that was when gave out the first Chromebooks. It was not a bad little device but the CPU was woefully underpowered.
- chambo622 12y agoNope, definitely 2013.
- pimlottc 12y agoAh, I misread your post, I thought you just said "Chromebook". My bad.
- bluedino 12y agoChromebook Pixel, not Chromebook.
- Andrex 12y agoThe Chromebooks given at I/O 2011 were the original Samsung Series 5 models, the first "consumer" Chromebooks after the Cr-48. The Chromebook Pixel was given out at I/O 2013, I know because that's how I got mine. :)