Google and HP Launch Premium Chromebook Starting at $499
The gulf of quality between the low end Chromebook devices and the high end Google Pixel is huge. Most Chromebooks are under $350 but if you want a metal body device with a high end specs, you are going to have to shell out a thousand dollars for a Pixel. That gulf has been bridged a bit today with the announcement from Google and HP for the new HP Chromebook 13 G1. This mid-market device starts at $499 and while you can go up to $1000 for the top end, the entry level device is nicely spec’d for the price.