An optional Bluetooth keyboard, docking station and mouse add further convenience and createadesktop PC experience for business users planning to settle in at a desk while traveling.
Intel is betting Silverthorne, slated for next year, will help createa new class of lightweight devices that can perform as well as adesktop machine using significantly less power.
One could argue that the slow-growth consumer desktop computer market needs more pizzazz to create excitement, but shouldn't a company be advancing the product that's driving its growth most aggressively?
Pixel certainly suffers from the former, but since it essentially runs one app -- the Chrome browser -- there hasn't been the need for developers to either createa Windows 8-style version of their apps or to try to make their traditional desktop apps more touch-friendly as Microsoft has with Office.