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Or you can get an Apple notebook and install Linux. Apple makes really solid gear. This is a clear imitation.

How much does Apple charge for something with similar weight/size and the same screen resolution?

Comparing similar models at exactly the same price, similar weight and form factor (top of the line Pixel vs. base Macbook Pro 13), information taken from Apple Store and Ars review of the Pixel:

The Pixel has:

Better processor (i7 2.6Ghz vs i5 2.7Ghz)

Slightly better resolution (2560×1700 vs 2560x1600)

Double the RAM (16GB vs 8GB)

The Macbook has:

Double the SSD storage (128 GB vs 64 GB)

Better integrated GPU (Iris Pro 6100 vs HD5500)

So I would say there is no clear-cut winner.

Regardless what people thinks, the base specs for the Pros are quite fair for the price.

EDIT: I was forgetting that the Pixel has a touchscreen display, somehting that Apple doesn't offer at all, at the moment.

Also you wouldn't need to use crouton for Linux on a MacBook.mOS X would offer a better applications and offline support.

MacBook had much faster Processor, Chromebook Pixel use UltraLow Voltage CPU which tends to have much lower TDP and much less sustained clock. In this case 2.2GHz for Chromebook vs 2.7Ghz for MacBook.

I´m comparing the top end Pixel model (the same price as the base macbook), which mounts an i7 at 2.6Ghz, with more cache than the 2.7Ghz i5 of the base Macbook pro.

Cpuboss gives the edge to the i7, but if you have some source with benchmarks comparing the two CPUs (or similar ones) I would be really interested in seeing them, in particular how TDP affects performance.

In my opinion the recently refreshed 13´Macbook Pro is one of the most interesting machines on the market, for the price.

Sometimes, you want to spend your money supporting a company that supports the development of Linux.

Dell and Google have a better record on this front, and the XPS 13 and the new pixel are "solid gear".

Apple's Linux support is spotty, at best. It is certainly possible to find more suitable hardware.

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