The 2nd iteration of Google's Chromebook Pixel comes in 2 flavors, the Chromebook Pixel 2 LS described on this page and a lower-specced model, both of which offer more computing power than any other Chromebook released so far.

Same as its predecessor it has a 12.85-inch touch screen with a web-friendly 3:2 aspect ratio and a maximum resolution of 2560x1700 pixels. The Pixel 2 LS is powered by a dual-core 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, comes with 16 GB RAM, a 64 GB solid-state drive and a 720P Webcam. One outstanding improvement is battery life which went up from about 5 to 12 hours.

Another new feature that is stressed in the official announcement is the USB Type-C port, of which the Pixel sports 2. While Google mentions its potential benefits, e. g. needing just 1 charger for all devices that support it and high-speed data throughput, I'm not too excited about it. First of all, until you can throw away your old chargers you need to replace your devices with ones that support this standard and USB security is fundamentally broken. The latter is especially alarming considering potential abuse by criminals and governments that consider every person a potential criminal.

Apart from these concerns, that are valid for other upcoming devices as well, the Chromebook Pixel 2 is certainly a power laptop, which is going to let you get some serious work done, especially if you run a full-featured Linux distribution on it.

The Pixel 2 is supposed to be available in the Google store for US $1299, but the product link in their blog post is broken and leads to 404 page at least if you try to access it from Germany, which is really awkward considering their blog is not restricted geographically.

If you know of trustworthy offer, that can be accessed outside the US, please let me know so I can update the post.