Video: Hands on review of the Google Chromebook Pixel The Chromebook Pixel touchscreen laptop will launch next week as Google bids to establish its laptops as mainstream computing devices. The £1,049 laptop will be the first computer Google has made itself, and will come with a terabyte of online storage. Google Chromebooks use an operating system called Chrome OS and encourage users to adopt the web for as much of their computing as possible, including using Google's online services such as email, as well as Google Docs and Google Music. The Pixel will be the first touchscreen Chromebook on the market, which will see it challenge Windows 8 and, Google claims, make it easier to multitask with different apps and swipe through photographs.