Google Chromebook Pixel review: beautiful, powerful – but still just Chrome

With an all-aluminium body, powerful processor and 12-hour-plus battery life the Pixel is the best Chromebook going, but at a price

The Chromebook Pixel is Google's vision of what a computer should be like - with a high-resolution screen, excellent battery life and solid aluminium body, with apps and data stored in the cloud.

But the Pixel is a contradiction - at 799 it's an expensive machine that uses an operating system designed for cheap computers.

Pros: fast, aluminium body, fantastic high resolution screen, 12+ hours battery, USB C, zero maintenance required

Cons: Chrome OS still limited for some things, three to four times the price of other Chromebooks, very little local storage