Google launches $1,200 touchscreen laptop to take on Apple and Microsoft

• Laptop aimed at ‘luxury’ market – and will compete with Apple’s Macbook range and Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet
• Will cost £1049 ($1299) and goes on sale next week
  
• Google says it believes touchscreen laptops will become commonplace
  
• Uses a new version of Google’s Chrome software adapted for touch

Google has launched a touchscreen laptop in a bid to take on Apple in the luxury laptop market.

The £1049 (£1299) Chromebook Pixel has a high resolution display that makes individual pixels invisible to the naked eye.

Although Apple has a similar display, Google says the addition of touch, and 1TB of free storage on an online hard drive, make its machine more attractive to ‘power’ users.

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