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I see what you're saying, Holymadness, but you're equating that 'good enough' to a power user's requirements or those of someone with a particular Windows or Mac application that they cannot live without.
There are plenty of people, I'm sure, who are using ultrabooks, and particularly MacBook Airs, which do appeal to bloggers and writers, for whom the set of capabilities here isn't just 'good enough', it's 'good'. They'll be able to do the things that they would normally do on their machine, but get the ease of maintenance and quick start inherent with the Chromebook.
Then, if they have the money, it is just a question of whether or not to spend the extra to get increased performance and build quality. I'm not in a position to buy an expensive Chromebook, Windows machine or a MacBook, so I can't say whether or not I would have gone for the Pixel over one of its competitors.
Probably not, but for a reason that does relate to functionality but is subtly different from 'it lacks capability'. That's a lot of money to spend on a stab in the dark. Again, I won't come down firmly on this for a couple of months until I've got a real feel for ChromeOS, but assuming that I continue to feel as happy with it as I do today then I could see myself buying a more expensive model in the future.
There are people out there with older Chromebook machines, particularly those who got the CR48s. I can imagine that more than a few of them could afford to move up to the Pixel.
Graham
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