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today we're bringing you a comparison
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video of two devices a lot of you all
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have been asking about it is the
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original pixel book versus the new pixel
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book go and while these share a similar
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name they don't share very much in
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common and so there are very different
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Chromebooks and very different
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Chromebook experiences and we want to
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talk about why it is I think that one of
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them ends up being a better Chromebook
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than the other
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to get started today it's been a little
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bit since we've done one of these
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comparison videos so I want to remind
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you kind of how we go about doing this
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and it's similar to the way that we deal
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with our reviews we talk about the basic
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five things we always talk about and
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that's build quality screen input
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methods like keyboard trackpad we talk
1:03
about ports and internals and then we
1:04
talk about just overall usability and
1:06
value so we'll kind of make each one of
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them a winner in each of those
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categories and at the end one of them
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will have one more than the other and
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it'll be pretty clear which ones our
1:16
overall winner let's start with our
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build quality and this is going to be
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kind of a push if we're just talking
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about build quality the regular pixel
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books built out of aluminum the pixel
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book go is a magnesium alloy but
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honestly all that aside they both feel
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premium well put together and everything
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is just as it should be all the lines
1:34
meet up and they both look great on the
1:37
table they both feel solid in the hand
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there's not a bunch of creaking the
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hinges work really well the pixel bogo
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does have that one finger lift which is
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really nice and the pixel book gets
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along pretty close to that but it's a
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convertible so it's kind of forgivable
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that it doesn't have that feature but in
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general both of these Chromebooks are
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built solidly they're built very well
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and there's a meticulous attention to
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detail that shows in both Chromebooks so
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when it comes to build quality it's kind
2:03
of a push here however with build we
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also have to talk about the overall
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functionality especially when we're
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talking about these two Chromebooks
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because the pixel bogo is just a
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clamshell and it doesn't open up pass
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like I don't know 160 degrees or
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something like that and if you're just
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using it as a Chromebook that's fine
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that's not that big of a deal but the
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pixel book actually flips all the way
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around it can be used as a tablet and
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we're gonna talk about screens in a
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minute but the three by two aspect ratio
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on the pixel book gives it a much more
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tablet II feel in general it's it's more
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squarish by design and so when you're
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using it as a tablet it feels very
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natural the seams come to come together
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and it's got these square edges on the
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side that feel good when it's in tablet
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mode as well so if you're really talking
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about over
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all functionality from the build
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perspective the win here has to go to
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the pixel book just because you can get
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your clamshell stuff out of it but you
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can also get convertible tent modes and
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all that other stuff from the way this
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thing is built let's move on to screens
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and honestly it's pretty clear on paper
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at least which one has a better screen
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it's the pixel book the pixel book has a
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higher density at quad HD plus so it's
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2400 by 1600 versus the standard 1080p
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in the pixel book go it's also that 3 by
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2 aspect ratio that a lot of people
3:16
really like however its 12.3 inches so
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it's a little bit smaller in its
3:20
diagonal measure and honestly after
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using the pixel book go for some time
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I'm not that offended by sixteen by nine
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screens anymore I've really thought
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thirty three by two was the way to go
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but honestly it's it's very usable what
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I'd like to see is somewhere in between
3:34
sixteen by ten kind of like what a Mac
3:36
Book uses but both of these screens do
3:38
very well it's just on paper between the
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brightness being 400 nits on the pixel
3:43
book versus the 300 Mets on the pixel
3:44
book go the 3 by 2 aspect ratio and the
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higher density of the pixels the screen
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just wins on the pixel book one way the
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screen doesn't win and it's not really
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the fault of the screen exactly but the
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screen area maybe use what we'll call it
3:58
the pixel book go actually wins on that
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because the bezels aren't nearly as
4:02
large having not used the pixel book for
4:05
a little while going back to kind of
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prep for this particular versus video
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the bezels on the pixel book are just
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really big they're really big and it
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feels like they're big for no good
4:15
reason they could have probably gotten a
4:16
13-inch display in this same chassis and
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not really had to change too much but
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again that doesn't take away from the
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screen quality or the experience and
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using the screen it's just it needs to
4:28
be mentioned it's got big bezels I'm not
4:29
taking the win away from the pixel book
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because of that but yeah the bezels are
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huge next up let's move down to the
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keyboard and trackpad and we're gonna
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flip it here on this one the clear
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winner 100% is the pixel book go you can
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read any review you want to talk to
4:43
anyone who's used the pixel book go as
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good as the keyboard and trackpad are on
4:47
the pixel book and that's to say they
4:49
are excellent they're actually somehow
4:51
better on the pixel book go the keys
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have the same kind of travel and
4:55
clicking this to them but they're
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quieter and they
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just feel better after spending again I
5:00
spent a good week back on the pixel book
5:02
again just to make sure that some of the
5:04
things I thought about the pixel book go
5:05
were true and it it is true the the
5:08
keyboard is just better on the pixel
5:11
book go and the same thing goes for the
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trackpad it's larger in area it's just
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as smooth as the pixel book but it's
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larger so it makes it easier to just get
5:19
around and do all your gestures and all
5:21
that kind of stuff the click mechanism
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is much quieter and much more subtle
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than the kind of clunky click mechanism
5:26
that's on the pixel book so in general
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between keyboard and trackpad both wins
5:31
have to go to the pixel book go as we
5:33
move on to the internal bits of both of
5:35
these devices the comparison gets a
5:37
little more foggy here so in general
5:40
we're talking about the base model of
5:42
both of these devices but that's kind of
5:44
not fair we're not really comparing
5:46
apples to apples here because the base
5:47
model of the pixel book go comes in at
5:49
such a lower price in the base model of
5:51
the pixel book so if we start talking
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about the next step up on the pixel book
5:57
go that gets it on the same kind of
5:58
level playing field with the pixel book
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we're talking similar core i5s eight
6:02
gigs of ram 128 gigs of storage and when
6:05
we put those two models next to each
6:06
other clearly the 8th gen model is
6:09
faster it's going to be zippier and
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since it's only pushing a 1080p screen
6:13
it feels much faster but the big benefit
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here is you can step down to the base
6:18
model and even though on paper it has a
6:20
lesser processor and a little bit less
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storage it actually feels just a zippe
6:25
as the main pixel book and you get to
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save $350 on the way however internals
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come down to more than just the
6:32
processor Ram and how much storage you
6:34
have there's also things to consider
6:36
like port selection and speakers and
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when it comes to port selection these
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devices are literally identical there's
6:42
nothing really different going on
6:43
between the two and that's kind of a
6:44
push we don't really have to even talk
6:46
about that it's just a single USB type-c
6:48
on both sides for connectivity and
6:49
charging however when we move into the
6:52
speaker Department the speakers on the
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pixel book go demolish the original
6:57
pixel book and I knew the pixel book had
7:00
bad speakers no one ever thought the
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speakers were great on it I just didn't
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think they were that bad but after being
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spoiled by being able to listen to audio
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on the pixel book goes insanely good
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speakers
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it's not even close like it's so far
7:12
separated it feels like it should get
7:14
two points for this we're not going to
7:15
do that because we can't go against our
7:17
system but it's that much better it's
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that pronounced of a difference and so
7:21
when we start talking about all the
7:23
stuff with internals and processor DRAM
7:25
and all those kind of things being kind
7:27
of similar between the two and not that
7:28
different like this this category is
7:31
going to kind of come down to just the
7:32
speaker's honestly when we're talking
7:33
about differences and they're that
7:35
different that the win in this category
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has to go to the pixel book go finally
7:38
we come up on user experience and this
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is a tougher category than some of the
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ones that have come prior to this
7:45
because both of these Chromebooks are so
7:47
good they're both so enjoyable to use
7:50
they both feel premium they're both fast
7:52
they both do everything you want a great
7:55
Chromebook to do but they're different
7:57
they are very different devices and
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though they share a similar name they
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are just different ways of going about
8:03
building a Chromebook so with the pixel
8:05
book you get a flippable design you get
8:08
the option of adding a pin into it you
8:10
get the more tablet like experience
8:12
whenever you flip it around and you get
8:14
maybe not the best clamshell experience
8:17
but a good claim shell experience you
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get solid aluminum you get a very
8:21
specific design aesthetic from it but
8:24
then on the pixel book go side the same
8:25
is true you get what I feel like and I
8:28
said in the review for this device it's
8:29
like the best distilled Chromebook
8:32
experience you can get if you're talking
8:34
about picking up a device that you want
8:36
to open up and use like a laptop there's
8:38
just nothing better than this device
8:39
right now it just does everything you
8:41
want a Chromebook to do exceptionally
8:44
well and I loved using it and so it
8:47
becomes very difficult to compare the
8:48
two because the experiences are
8:50
different so what I can tell you is from
8:51
my experience which one I like using
8:54
more and that one's easy
8:57
it's the pixel book go and part of it is
8:59
because the speakers and part of its
9:01
because the just standard 1080p screen
9:03
that I don't have to worry if like Linux
9:05
apps we're gonna scale properly or what
9:07
Android apps are gonna do on it or it
9:09
having to push around more pixels than
9:10
you really need because everything on
9:12
the screen still looks nice clear and
9:14
pin sharp but it's also the speakers in
9:17
the way that I can watch video on and
9:18
just kind of be engrossed in it it's
9:20
the typing experience it's the way the
9:22
thing feels under my palms it's the look
9:24
of the device it's all of those things
9:26
mixed together that ultimately I wasn't
9:29
even sure going into the last week or so
9:30
of using the pixel lookup I thought
9:32
maybe I pick it up and and kinda just be
9:34
entranced by it all over again and again
9:37
I'm not saying it's not a great
9:38
experience and that it's not a great
9:39
Chromebook but when it comes down to it
9:41
I was ready for this video to be filmed
9:43
so I can go back to my pixel book go and
9:46
it's not because it's so much faster or
9:48
it's so much more premium or any of
9:50
those things it's just an experience
9:52
thing there's something about using the
9:53
pixel book go that sets it apart from
9:55
other Chromebooks that I've used up to
9:57
this point that make it very special and
10:00
a very awesome overall experience so the
10:02
wind and the experience column obviously
10:04
goes to the pixel book go
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if you're tallying it up we have three
10:16
points on the pixel ago and two for the
10:18
pixel book and again this is one of
10:20
those comparisons that it's not this
10:21
blow out it's not something where one is
10:24
so much better than the other and it's a
10:25
clear-cut simple choice to make they're
10:28
very similar in a lot of ways and very
10:30
different in a lot of ways but also both
10:32
very awesome Chromebooks which one's
10:34
right for you well I can't always answer
10:36
that question for every single person
10:38
that watches a video what I can tell you
10:40
is I think the pixel book go is a better
10:42
holistic Chromebook package and the best
10:45
part about it is you can get the entry
10:47
level model that I use on a daily basis
10:49
for 649 dollars and that's nope sales
10:51
that's the MSRP that's what it always is
10:54
and even right now we're seeing some
10:56
sales every once in a while on the
10:57
original pixel book but in general you
10:59
can't get into a pixel book for less
11:01
than a thousand bucks and so that's just
11:03
another thing that adds to the intrigue
11:05
of the pixel book go and another reason
11:07
why I can say if you're looking at the
11:09
two of these devices if you don't really
11:10
need pen input and you don't need a
11:12
convertible tablet kind of thing the
11:14
pixel book go is probably the one you
11:15
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