[nirvana]

Forget specs, lets talk about software: The MacBook air is a real computer. You can compile your code on it. IT has an operating system. You can play games.

The pixel is just a web browser.

The correct thing to make the comparison to is the iPad, but even the iPad is more functional, since it can run apps that aren't browsers.

From a usability viewpoint, the pixel is kinda laughable... it's so arbitrarily limited, it isn't even really usable unless you're on a network.

[myko]

> From a usability viewpoint, the pixel is kinda laughable... it's so arbitrarily limited, it isn't even really usable unless you're on a network.

Stated by someone who obviously hasn't used Chrome OS.

Also, it's trivial for a developer or semi-technical user to install Crouton and setup a build environment or whatever else.