I feel like we as a community are being wine-racked[1].
I had long ago written off Chromebooks as completely useless for my purposes, but all of the attention being paid to the Pixel really shows off how much ChromeOS is already capable of.
Once you realize that, why not buy a $250 version that does everything the more expensive model does?
[1] In which restaurants place $100 bottles of wine on their racks, not in the real expectation that many will buy it, but to make the other wines look cheaper.
I had long ago written off Chromebooks as completely useless for my purposes, but all of the attention being paid to the Pixel really shows off how much ChromeOS is already capable of.
Once you realize that, why not buy a $250 version that does everything the more expensive model does?
[1] In which restaurants place $100 bottles of wine on their racks, not in the real expectation that many will buy it, but to make the other wines look cheaper.