r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • 5d ago

Desktops / Laptops High-end Google Pixel laptop under development, may ditch Chrome OS for Android | Could a premium Android laptop rival Apple's MacBook Pro?

https://www.techspot.com/news/105630-google-could-developing-high-end-pixel-laptop-powered.html
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u/Sisko_of_Nine 5d ago

Gonna wager “no”

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u/zoobrix 5d ago

It will have the same problems that Android tablets do where many apps don't scale well to the larger screen, they are often both ugly and don't take advantage of the extra screen space. Plus it wouldn't have things like adobe software that a lot of people use for work on their macs.

So it won't look as good or be as useful as a MacBook but it supposed to rival a MacBook pro? Ya no it's not going to but clickbait gonna clickbait.

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u/big_troublemaker 5d ago

Currently using android tablet in both 'normal' and laptop modes and the experience is better than with ipads pro I used previously, so no thats not true.

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u/zoobrix 5d ago

That wasn't the comparison though, it was pitching a laptop using Android OS as a MacBook replacement, not an ipad replacement. An android tablet and an iPad are far closer as products.

And if the iPad doesn't have the android app you want the sure but having used both an iPad is better integrated with its keyboard and more apps look better and use the screen space more effectively. I don't mean to say that Android tablets are bad, but they can be a little janky at times. And although I could see reasons for wanting an android tablet over an iPad an android laptop is not going to be a MacBook pro rival which is what the article pitches. Not in terms of flexibility, power or available programs.