MolRas66
The Chromebooks are, unsurprisingly, built with the same security (Titan chip) as the Pixels (except in the note below). Of course, without GrapheneOS, I doubt that Chromebooks enjoy the same privacy as we do with the Pixel though, so its understandable for you to avoid them unless there's a GOS equivalent for them that I'm not aware of.

https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chromebook/meet-chromebook/

7 As of March 2024, there has been no evidence of any documented, successful virus attack on ChromeOS. Data based on ChromeOS monitoring of various national and internal databases.

8 All Chromebooks launched since January 2019 come with the Titan C or C2 security chip, except for the Lenovo 100e Chromebook 2nd Gen MediaTek and the Lenovo 300e Chromebook 2nd Gen MediaTek, which come with a different security chip.

      MolRas66 None of those settings are there at all.

      Wow! I am also surprised, and can appreciate that is frustrating.

        MolRas66 What are you using for handwritten annotations on documents?
        I came from Samsung Note and S series phones and I was very spoiled with their stylus and software.

            As a side note, a little bit unrelated, but iPads also dont have haptic feedback (at least up until the generations I have purchased. I was similarly disappointed. I think its not uncommon to have it missing on a tablet though.

              MolRas66 Might see where qubes is these days with windows in a HVM for if it's required. I'm not knowledgeable enough to assess the relative security vs security theatre of qubes but I have some faith in the developers.

              QubesOS is a mature, very secure, platform. Sadly, current support for Windows is lacking, but Windows is still perfectly functional; it's just not as well integrated (ex.: you may not be able to use USB devices in Windows qubes, and instead have to manually copy). Frankly, I stopped using Windows 3 years ago and haven't looked back except for a few things I literally cannot do elsewhere (ex.: work/school apps). And the longer I stay away from Windows the more I despise it and loathe the time I have to spend on it.

              Anyways, sorry about the rant. TL;DR Qubes is great and just about the best security you can get these days when used correctly.

                  Dumdum oh that's interesting to know! I was under the impression that they require you to be online and connected into Google's ecosystem to be functional. That was the main reason I ignored them. I see they run coreboot, that's cool. As an aside, in looking that up I fell down the rabbit hole of wanting to blow my savings on a framework laptop and putting one together on their website rather than getting on with the day, thanks a lot :-P

                    biscuit_tosser_88 I've been using xodo for drawing on PDFs. There is a tiny bit of noticeable lag, and stuff like dotting i's isn't always picked up. It has a setting for writing with a stylus and navigating the document with your finger, which appears to function as expected. It works reasonably well, but it's my first experience writing with a stylus so I have no real comparison. I don't fully trust xodo, but I'm yet to find a reasonable alternative and I'm limited by the fact that I refuse to pay for software through Google. For writing on .docx I have only tried MS word app. It seems to work OKAY but not as fluid and palm recognition is terrible. I've read a few recommendations for Saber on here, and it works BEAUTIFULLY. It's just a note taking app AFAIK though so no document editing. Xodo with PDF appears to be the best option currently. The free version can't export as office format though which is the only real limitation I have faced. I've also been playing with Excalidraw plugin for obsidian. It's nice but definitely has pen lag.

                        mmmm oh really? That surprises me. Do they have a vibrate setting at all? I just always thought it was the norm but I haven't used a fruit flavoured device since the Macintosh plus haha. In fact I'm not sure ever ever owned a tablet at all. Huh. I just assumed a tablet would have feature parity as it's essentially just a big phone.

                            MolRas66 thanks for responding. I'll look at those options.

                            I did install saber. You can create a new note, import a PDF into it, and annotate it. It just feel slightly clunky compared to what I'm used to.

                              xmachina haha no sorry rant away! I used qubes a lot in the past. I love the setup. I also dig Joanna Rutkowska I remember reading some papers she authored on x86 architecture. I just got the shits with tinkering and needed a more efficient workflow. I've paid the price in privacy/security though trying to drag myself back.

                                3 months later

                                MolRas66 This is correct: there are no settings for haptic feedback on the Pixel Tablet, as it has no vibration motor. You can cross-reference info from iFixit. A few days ago, I was casually scrolling though the settings for "Sounds" and was surprised at first - but then I wasn't, after thinking about it. (This was because I generally turn off haptic feedback, or at least disable most haptic feedback.)

                                There also isn't NFC, only because the intended use case for NFC is payments - which is realistically only done on smartphones with a cellar network connection. So, NFC wouldn't be on a Wi-Fi only tablet.

                                  Interesting. I had a 7pro for some time, and they fixed the vibration motor there. What iphones have since years, they did. Vibration that actually felt like a click, was pretty brilliant.

                                  On the 4a and 6a the vibration is odd like always so I turn it off.

                                  That they didnt include this in the Tablet...

                                  And at this price point... the Tablet is just crazy expensive in my eyes.