Every Reason Not to Buy the Google Chromebook Pixel
gizmodo.com
gizmodo.com
No it is not. As pointed out, the non-LTE Pixel is $1300 which is $200 less than the $1500 MacBook Pro. If you want to compare similar machines, then at least amke an effort to make them somewhate comparable, duh!
The only valid criticism IMHO is the 32GB internal storage. Google should have priced the Pixel $1200, same as the Mac Book Air 13". Compared to the Air, the Pixel would be seen as reducing the internal storage from 128GB to 32GB, and increasing the screen to a high-resolution high-DPI one. That's a tradeoff that people can understand. Also, the $1200 base price would have allowed an end-user to upgrade (assuming it is upgradable) the RAM and SSD to 8GB and 128GB, leaving the total upgraded cost of the Pixel still a bit shy of the $1500 MacBook Pro 13" Retina, while having slightly lower specs (slower CPU, no ThunderBolt ports, lower-capacity battery).
Especially how the author makes such a huge deal about how a 1.5:1 screen is "almost square". (Of course, a 1.6:1 typical flatpanel isn't, of course).
Not to mention that's it Gawker blog-spam crap.