Dell XPS 12 review (2013): Sounds like Dell is making progress with their funky flip screen design, but this part of the conclusion of Sean Hollister's review caught my eye:

\"If you're not automatically attracted to Mac OS X or one of the two Windows laptop designs, you might end up picking based on price: while a 13-inch MacBook Air starts at \$1,099, an entry-level XPS 12 costs \$1,199, and you'll pay \$1,399 for an Aspire S7...\"

Does 64-bit A7 provide any actual performance boost?: Until Anandtech gets their hands on an A7, we're going to be stuck with a lot of garbage articles like this one. I think that Apple's CPU, compiler, hardware, and software teams are filled with tons of smart engineers, and driven by managers that have an eye on balancing the tradeoffs of a modern, low-power CPU, in a way that meets Apple's needs. To put it another way: these folks aren't stupid, so I have faith that going 64-bit with the A7 is the right thing for Apple to do.

Chromebook Review: Living with Chrome OS was Hell: I largely disagree with this piece. In it's current incarnation, ChromeOS, like the iPad, is meant as more of a secondary device to your PC. Just as I'm super frustrated trying to use an iPad as my only device, I'm sure the same is true for ChromeOS. But as a secondary device, it's probably great.

The reason why ChromeOS is interesting is that Google is iterating on it, trying to push it to the point where a ChromeOS machine can serve as a primary computing experience. Which, of course, is what Apple is also trying to do with the iPad. Seems to me like this is the real story, and the key thing to watch. (via Daring Fireball)