The launch of a new operating system presents a lot of challenges, but also the opportunity to install significant upgrades to the status quo. With its new family of notebooks, Google is trying to combine the best features of Android and Chrome OS on a line of PCs that are smarter, easier to use and more mobile-friendly than anything that's come before. However, while Lenovo has done an excellent job of providing premium hardware for the Googlebook 15, Google's latest laptop platform suffers from a number of growing pains you often get from first-gen software.

For die-hard Android fans, some of these issues might be worth overlooking for the increased synergy you'll get between your phone and laptop. But for other users, it's probably worth waiting for a more mature version of Googlebook OS before making the switch.

The design and hardware on this Googlebook is so good I'm actually a little bit annoyed that Lenovo hasn't made a Windows equivalent. It features a 15.3-inch OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, a typical brightness of 500 nits and HDR True Black 1000 certification. It's bright, it's colorful and delivers pretty much everything you could ask for on a laptop in this price range.

That said, I'd argue the rest of the Googlebook 15's design is even better. Lenovo's chassis is made from a mix of plastic and carbon fiber, with bits of magnesium-aluminum alloy used in certain areas, like its lid, for increased strength and lightness. Then Lenovo covered the entire system in a "silk-touch" finish that makes the whole laptop feel like a piece of unglazed porcelain.

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