Pixelbook with Pen?

I'm surprised nobody is yet discussing the leak of the upcoming Google Pixelbook, which will have:

http://www.droid-life.com/2017/09/19/google-pixelbook-chromebook-price-release-date/

Not technically Android, but this seems like the best area to post about it... especially since Chromebooks can run Android apps.

 

Newly announced. 2 USB-C ports. Runs Android apps of course. A pen built with Wacom:



$999 for an i5. Pen is $99 separate purchase.

 

It looks to be Wacom AES. If this really is AES, there is a good chance that other, more affordable(read $25-50) pens will work on this. Unless, this turns out to be proprietary AES panel, like some of those Lenovo devices.

 

Currently AES doesn’t have tilt sensitivity in other laptops (Lenovo ones), so either this is a new AES development/ iteration or a different technology.

 

A little bit more from Ars Technica (who also claims it's AES): https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...k-brings-back-the-1000-chrome-os-halo-device/

 

It uses quad a batteries so it's probably AES, unless they came up with something different that also uses AAAA batteries.

 

Awfully expensive device on which to run Android apps.

 

What kind of batteries does N-trig use? I mostly thought that the pen reminded me very much of the surface pen. But I honestly haven’t looked up the tech info on it yet. I also was wondering if it’s just runs android apps? I sort of assumed, for the price, that it somehow was a dual boot machine or something of that sort…

 

The pen reminds me a lot of the Huawei Matepen.

 

It's Chrome OS. So the main functionality of it is running Chrome and Chrome apps (and a couple system things like a file explorer, media player, etc.). However, recently Google added support for Android apps to Chrome OS. And Android N or O, I forget which, allows for freely resizable windows on Chrome OS. (Previous to that, it's a few designated phone-sized layouts).

Personally, I don't think Chrome OS makes too much sense for high-end devices like this.... but I feel like a lot of people would be covered by a desktop class web browser alongside Android apps (such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Lightroom, etc.) where it makes a lot of sense on the low-end (and to me, that's what Microsoft desperately needs 10S to succeed against otherwise they lose their foothold).