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A Guardian review calls Google's new £999 laptops 'woefully underbaked' despite excellent hardware.

The Guardian's review of Google's new Googlebook laptops calls them “woefully underbaked”. Made by Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo, they start at £999 compared with £160 Chromebooks, and must meet Google's hardware standards including backlit keyboards, haptic trackpads and at least 16GB of RAM. The Acer Googlebook 14 costs £999.99 and the Asus Googlebook 14 costs £1,199.99.

The reviewer found excellent hardware but said the software is essentially Android underneath, so most apps are mobile versions. The phone-linking feature is “partly broken or simply not up to scratch”, and the Gemini integration is “flakey”. The verdict was, “Unless you want to spend at least £1,000 to be a beta tester, your money is better spent elsewhere for now.”

Laptop hazaar pound ka, software abhi kaccha. Matlab thali sone ki, aur dal abhi pak rahi hai. Prachand Chutiya wo, jo beta-tester banne ke liye paisa deta hai.

Arey bhaiya, hamare yahan jaise shaadi mein pandal sundar hota hai par khana abhi bana hi nahi, waisa hi Googlebook ka haal hai. Hardware kaisa? Top class. OLED screen, magnesium body, fingerprint reader. Software? 'Phone ke app laptop par chalenge, par unhe pata hi nahi ki wo laptop par hain.' Bechare apps ko identity crisis hai.

Reviewer ne seedha bol diya: ‘£1,000 de ke beta tester banna hai toh banao.’ Matlab Google ne apni testing ka kharcha customer ko transfer kar diya. Yeh toh woh chhaat hai jo gol gappe waale se bhi bura: pehle paani bechta hai, phir bolta hai ‘golgappa kaisa laga?’ Bahut badhiya.

FINAL VERDICTCorporate Chutiyapa Excellence Award, Beta Division: £1,000 ka laptop, aur firmware ka sapna. Prachand Chutiya Pro Max, Googlebook Edition.