The Chromebook Pixel is a Chromebook manufactured by Google. It was released on Feb 28, 2013, with significantly high end specs, compared to other Chromebooks. However, it received much criticism due to its high price. It is the high class version of the Chromebook, set to compete with Apple's Macbook Pro and Microsoft's Surface Pro. Running Google's Chrome OS and optimized for Google services such as Drive, Gmail and Google+, it is "for the best of Google."