Pixelbook vs. MacBook vs. Surface Laptop: how do the $1,000 laptops stack up?

Google’s Pixelbook is the revived image of a high-end Chromebook, a top-shelf version of a Google laptop running ChromeOS that’s meant to stand shoulder to shoulder with devices like Apple’s MacBook or Microsoft’s Surface Laptop.
The Pixelbook starts at $999, which isn’t exactly cheap by Chromebook standards, especially when considering that that price doesn’t include the $99 Pixelbook Pen stylus. But if you can work with Chrome OS — something that gets