The rumor that the tablet would be from Android to Chrome was true!
The new Chrome OS tablet "Pixel Slate" has finally appeared today.For those who love bareborn (bones and skin) devices that only use what they use, they will surely be the best dish.
The tablet part seems to be an incarnation of the iPad, but if it is a successor to the expensive but satisfying pixelbook last year, the tension will rise even if it is.
PixelBook is too thin for a notebook and is too thick for a tablet 10.It was 16mm, but the 2in1 "Pixel Slate" of the notebook and tablet is only 7mm thick.12.Although the screen size of the 3 inches is the same, the resolution is 2400 x 1600 to 3000 x 2000 pixels, and the pixel density is 235 ppi to 293 ppi.The battery will take 12 hours.The camera is one on one side.
With a touch, you can draw with a $ 100 attached pen "PixelBook Pen".As with Samsung's "Chromebook Pro", Chrome OS terminals had an image of the touch sensitivity as Surface and iPad, but Pixel Slate felt like using it.This is because Google said, "It's because the algorithms that look ahead of the pen are greatly improved," said Google.As expected, software company ...Well, I can't say if it's true just for one hour, so I'll check it out later.
The keyboard case "Pixel Slate Keyboard" is $ 200, still higher than Microsoft $ 130 and Apple $ 160!But Google emphasized that it was a round key instead of a square key.An old type typewriter loyal user, Fugafu's SA -style key cap looper, will surely be convinced.In both cases, the middle is round and the fingers naturally gather in the middle.Google is trying to do the same with this $ 200 keyboard cover.It's a depression that you won't notice unless you are told.
As you can see, the cover becomes a stand.The angle can be fine -tuned with the case magnet.It is difficult to use when you hear the magnet in 2in1, but the pixel slate could be easily adjusted with two fingers.Although it is not as luxurious as the all -black Microsoft Surface Pro and the skin body HP Specter Folio, the tablet may be the highest as 2in1, the leading role.
There are various models depending on the budget from pine to plum.The storage is from 32GB below to 256GB at the top, and RAM from 4GB to 16GB.Processors can be selected from Intel Celeron or 8th generation Y series i3, i5, and i7.
Chrome OS terminals have a lighter load than Windows and MacOS, so there are many Chrome notes that Celeron is sufficient.If you hear the $ 600 Pixel Slate (RAM 4GB, 32GB SSD) as Celeron, you don't have to worry, but it's just expensive.Because the same specifications Samsung Chromebook Pro V2 is $ 100 cheaper, and the pen and keyboard are all -in -one.If you combine them all, the difference is $ 300, and you can buy another tablet!
It is $ 1600 for the pine model i7 + 256GB SSD + 16GB RAM, and it looks like another Chrome OS line limit.Who buys!!!!It would be, but when I met the Pixel Slate development team the other day, I was hoping that it would be nice if the developer could buy it.
That's because the latest Chrome OS also supports Chrome OS, Android, and Linux applications, not only students and bloggers, but also programmers and system administrators who seek a development environment where Linux operates in a native.It looks like that.
The Chrome OS cannot be used full of Photoshop and not even Microsoft Word, but gimp and libreOffice can be used (although not comparable), and Android and Linux apps can be developed and executed on the same terminal.I do it.so what?I don't mean, people who fluttered here will pay $ 1600 with their ears.Google said that the development of Android could be developed here.In other words, Android developers will not be forced to have an inconvenient environment of developing with MacOS, Linux, and Windows as before and testing with virtual machines or other terminals!
The Chrome OS also started running a Linux app in August.After that, there was a major update that could finally be used by switching two desktop environments.
One is an existing desktop environment, and it can be used as a normal laptop by attaching a 200 dollar keyboard case.The other is a design like an Android app, which starts with Pixel Slate in tablet mode, and opens all Android, Chrome, and Linux apps with one tap.It opens even if you do it with a $ 100 pen of the example.
Microsoft is trying to separate the desktop and tablet UI, but Google has 10 years of Android's data and apps compared to Microsoft, which developed a tablet UI, so that part is that part.You can see the difference and hide.
However, Pixel Slate is not cheap at all.The tablet with a keyboard costs $ 800 (about 90,000 yen).The iPad Pro with a keyboard 10.5 inch model is $ 810 (87,600 yen in Japan), 12.The 9 -inch is $ 970 (100,4600 yen in Japan), and the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 is the cheapest, so it costs $ 1,030 with a keyboard case (about 116,000 yen).It may be cheaper than that, but whether the Chrome OS is more stable as iOS and Windows depends on how improved it has improved.Google Pixel Slate reservation acceptance will start today.Released this year in US, UK and Canada.Release in Japan is undecided.
