I don't think anything can be said to fail unless you know what the definition of success is. If success is everyone and his dog having one then Pixelbook failed by a country mile.

However I believe that the Pixelbook is not really aimed at being a mass market seller, it is more of a reference platform for Google's own work as well as a useful machine for their own development in their own special way. The original Chromebook Pixel was cast in this mould and the Pixelbook fills the same shoes.

So if success is Google having a machine they can use to develop ChromeOS and their many other products then I think the project is a success.

Personally I am waiting for them to come out with an 8th generation i7 version with suitable ability to run a linux container for a LAMP stack and IDE. Money is no object for the right tool for the job so price doesn't really matter if Pixelbook is the only computer really desired.

I wrote this on that previous 'failure' the original Chromebook Pixel. This may be five years old but there is no computer with better speakers, screen, keyboard, touchpad and aesthetic appeal. I believe the Pixelbook to be better but not entirely so, the speakers and keyboard 'can't' be better.

Sorry, this was my mistake - I meant the Chromebook Pixel not Crostini (Pixelbook).