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Follow UsBANGALORE, INDIA: Finally, Google's Chromebook Pixel went on sale. With the Pixel, Google has set out to rethink all elements of a computer in order to design the best laptop possible, especially for power users who have fully embraced the cloud.
"In much the same way, the goal of the Pixel is to make the pixels disappear, giving people the best web experience," said a Google blog.
Priced at $1299 for Wi-Fi only version and $1449 for built-in LTE version. The LTE version will go on sale in April, and Verizon Wireless is selling special wireless plans for Pixel owners, according to a report in Wall Street Journal.
Google claims this Chromebook has the highest pixel density (239 pixels per inch) of any laptop screen on the market today.
Other aspects of the Pixel include:
Speed: Speed has been a core tenet of Chrome and Chromebooks since the beginning. Pixel is powered by an Intel® CoreTM i5 Processor and a solid state Flash memory architecture
Connectivity: The Pixel has an industry-leading WiFi range thanks to carefully positioned antennas and dual-band support. Long-term evolution (LTE) is engineered directly into the machine, delivering fast connectivity across Verizon's network, the largest, fastest 4G LTE network in the U.S. (LTE model optional). It also comes with 12 free GoGo® Inflight Internet passes for those times you need to connect while in the air.
Storage: Since this Chromebook is for people who live in the cloud, one terabyte of Google Drive cloud storage* is included with the Pixel. This enables one to save, access and share photos, videos, documents, and all of your stuff from all of your devices, from anywhere.
What's Chromebook
A Chromebook is a personal computer running Google Chrome OS as its operating system. The devices are designed to be used while connected to the Internet and support applications that reside on the Web, rather than traditional PC applications like Microsoft Office and Photoshop that reside on the machine itself.
The first Chromebooks for sale, by Acer Inc. and Samsung, were announced at the Google I/O conference in May 2011 and began shipping on June 15, 2011. Lenovo, Hewlett Packard and Google entered the market in early 2013.