Google Pixelbook Go 13.3" Chromebook - Intel Core i7, 256GB SSD + 16GB RAM - Just Black

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The notebook feels stronger than the Lenovo Yoga 900 series down to its corners and even the hinges. Before I joined the tech-journalism ranks, I wrote on topics as diverse as Borneo's rain forests, Middle Eastern airlines, and Big Data's role in presidential elections. One huge benefit of Chromebooks is that they normally all come with squeaky-clean installs of Chrome OS, and naturally the Google Pixelbook Go is the cleanest of them all.

Pro tip: holding the “Alt” key and then pressing the screen brightness controls toggles the level of keyboard backlight brightness.The processor should be able to easily handle business tasks, especially if you get the Intel i5 or Intel i7. Unsurprisingly, the Pixelbook is thinner, smaller, and lighter than the four-year old Pixel and nearly identical to the Surface Pro 5 tablet in thickness, length, and weight.

In fact, Google's laptop looked like it had just been taken out of the box for the first time, even after our brutal side-drop test from 4. On the upside, the glass trackpad is a pleasure to use as it tracks smoothly and precisely, both in single- and-multi-touch gestures. From the brushed aluminum frame with flush edges to the rubberized palm rest and underside, every design element has achieved style and substance in equal measure. Another advantage regarding the Pixelbook Pen is that it’s opened up Google Keep to support pen input, even from the lock screen, making note-taking that much easier.

However, they’re both noticeably less powerful as well, only fitted with the same 6th-generation Intel Core m3 processor.