We found brighter screens in the Surface Pro 6 (408 nits), iPad Pro (484 nits), and Pixelbook (421 nits). The Pixel Slate gets pretty bright, emitting up to 337 nits, which beats the 316-nit premium laptop average and comes close to the 350-nit Galaxy Book 2. Slightly higher ratings came from the Surface Pro 6 (136 percent) and iPad Pro (128 percent), while the Galaxy Book 2's screen boasts a much higher 200 percent rating. The Pixel Slate's screen produces 120 percent of the sRGB color spectrum, which narrowly leaps over the 116 percent average and 117 percent rating from the Pixelbook. That being said, both machines beat the Surface Pro 6, which requires an $80 adapter for a Type-C port. Not only does this slate pack one more than the new iPad Pros, these actually support external storage (the iPad Pro doesn't), so the Pixel Slate can actually fit into a modern working environment, rather than just rely on cloud storage. Hey, Apple: you could learn a lesson from the dual USB Type-C ports in the Pixel Slate. This makes it heavier and thicker than the Google Pixelbook (2.5 pounds, 0.4 inches thick), and the Galaxy Book 2 and Surface Pro 6 are both about half a pound lighter when paired with their attachable keyboards.
GOOGLE PIXEL SLATE PORTABLE
The Pixel Slate feels a little less portable when attached to Google's Pixel Slate keyboard, which nearly doubles its weight to 2.9 pounds, and doubles its thickness to 0.6 inches.
The Pixel Slate's bezels look a tad chunky, especially compared to those of the new iPad Pros, but the black bars aren't big enough to make it look dated.Īt 1.6 pounds and 0.3 inches thick, the Pixel Slate (without keyboard) is slightly lighter than the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (1.7 pounds, 0.3 inches) and the Samsung Galaxy Book 2 (1.8 pounds, 0.3 inches), and heavier and thicker than the 2018 12.9-inch iPad Pro (1.4 pounds, 0.2 inches). Further, its anodized aluminum chassis feels strong and durable. The dark Midnight Blue of the Google Pixel Slate gives it a hint of elegance while allowing it to blend in seamlessly to a modern office. As such, my recommended configuration costs $1,198. For $149 extra, Google will toss in 24x7 technical support, an extra year of hardware coverage (on top of the included 1-year manufacturer warranty) and two claims of accidental damage repairs under a 2-year period. On top of all of that, you may want to consider Google's additional Preferred Care warranty. If you're looking to use this as your main machine, I would not recommend relying on the Core m3 CPU, unless your needs are minimal to moderate. While that much storage may feel like overkill on the cloud-based Chrome OS, you can't save by getting a Slate with a Core i5 processor with 64GB of storage, as that much space is only available in the Core m3 version.
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