Sothisismyveryfirsttimelookingat a laptopfromwhatthey'remakingsomeprettycompellingstuffbasedonthevideosandpicturesandreviewsandthingsthat I'veseenontheirproductsinthelaptopspace.
Evenifsomepeoplegonnasayit's copyingonthebottom, youcanseewehavetheNVIDIA G forcestickerthere.
You'renotusedtogettinganydegreeof G forcelevelgraphicsandsomethingthisthinandlightlikeThisthingiscrazySlim, asyoucanprobablytelltoType C connectorsoverhere.
Oneofthemislabeledaspower, theotherasthunderbolt.
Youget a USBtype a port, whichisfrequentlybumpedintothingsandhavethatversatilityisusefulsowell, whatistheweightofthisthing?
£2.9.
It's actually a bitlighterthan a matchbookair, sothisiswherethingsgetveryMacbookish.
Asyoucanprobablytellthekeyboard, it's lookingalmostidentical, though I'm surethere's a bitmoretravelherebecauseit's notusingthosecontroversialbutterflyKeySwitchissimilartowhatApplehasbeendoing, althoughtheymightchangeonthenextgeneration.
Appearancewise, it's veryreminiscent.
Thetrackpadishuge, whichis a goodthinghasgot a glasstouchtoit.
It's alsogotthishallwaysharethingoverhere, whichallowsyoutotap a swallow a deviceandjustinstantlysharefiles.
Also, thepowerswitchuphereis a fingerprintreaderatthesametime.
A pretty, tinylittlepowerbricktype C connectoronit.
Whodoyouhavethepasswordforit?
Well, allright, sowe'reback.
I thinkmyhatmighthavechanged.
Wetook a littletimebecausethere's actuallythisis a reviewunitofthislaptop, andthere's a passwordonit.
Itwaslike, Whatarewegoingtodoit?
Andwillhedo?
Hegottothebottomofitsothathesetitup.
We'rereadytogonow.
Okay.
Asyoucantell, glossyfinish.
Now, I shouldprobablyopenuplike a whitebackgroundsoyoucansee.
I thinkthere's a newDelllaptopwheretheyhad a crazyslimbasilandwereabletofitit.
OrthatLenovo s 9 40 from a recentvideoinwhichtheyjustkindoflikebumpedupthebasilonlyinthecenter, andthenthatlittlebumpupactedastheliftpointforthedisplay.
Can I justsaysomethingaboutthisyougotoliftandyouknowitkindof.
Itdoesworkonehanded, butthethingsslidesaround a littlebit.
Youseethat?
Isitbecausethere's rubbergrips?
Youseethatrightthere?
ThisthetypeofthingJohnny I'veusedtodoalldaylong?
Yeah, hewouldobsessoverthis.
So I'vebeenhearing a lotaboutthis, thisapplecard.
And I mean, I rememberwhenitwasannounceditwasalreadylikeitwas a hottopicbecause I wouldn't listenThistypeofprivatedrivingtechcompany, unusualtypeofproductforAppleorreallyanybodyin a spacethatwereusedtocoveringnoteveryyearinthefinancialbusinessfortheboy's prettyclearlyishistoricallyhavebeenthecase.
Soessentially, theyputout a flashytitaniumcreditcardway.
We'vesaiditbefore.
LiketheMacMacbook, speakersaretypicallybetterthanwhatwe'regonnatesthereon a PCside.
I feellikethisiskindofinbetweenisoneofthebetterPCspeakers I'veheardonthelaptop.
It's betterthan a lotofthinandlightPClaptopsthatwe'vetestedthereissomelowend.
I thinkyou'llbesatisfiedwithit, particularlywhenyoupairitwiththiswiththisscreencouldn't bebrighter.
Howmanyminutesarewedealingwith?
4 54?
15?
It's andit's weirdthat I amfeelingthatway, but I'vebeenlookingat 500.
Soforthoseofyouwhohavebeenfollowingthechannelandmylaptopjourney, I wasonMacbooksforever.
I lefttoe, try a Windows.
Laptopshavebeenlovinglifeon a numberofdifferentlaptopsdailydriving.
I was a bitupsetwiththekeyboardsonthoseunits.
I had a multipleunitsfailinthestudiohere, a highpercentagebecause, likeweactuallyhad a lotofthemworkinghereatonepoint, and I use a Macbookfor, like, a decade.
Evenbeforethat, I usedpowerbooks.
I hadAh, originalMacbookpolycarbonate.
I'vebeeninthis.
Okay, I'vebeenatthis.
Yeah, No.
So I movedon.
I liketoopenendedaspectopenendednatureofthewindowsideandtheideathat I couldreallytryout a bunchofdifferentlaptopsandselectwhenitwasrightformewithrespect, asopposedtojustacceptingwhateverApplewasgivingmeordealingwithmyterrible e keyontheMacbookair, forexample, I wasthesticky.
Yeah, wegottogetthatrepairthestick E.
ThisthingistakingaimattheMacbook.
Airisit's a tempting, I thinkthere's noquestionthisthingwantstobetheMacbookairofWindowslaptops.
I think a lotofWindowsByersreallyneedtobelookingatthisthing, tobehonest, butyoudohavetotakeoutthepartinwhichthere's like a generalapprehensionregardingthewaterwaybrandrightnow.
Yougottaputthatpieceinbecausethat's a validthingforpeople.
ThisthingwasontheMicrosoftsite.
ThenitwasnotonMicrosoftStoreandwentupandwentdown.
ThenitwasWhat's thefuture?
Where's theupdates?
Andsothatthat's a realthing.
Ifyou'regoingtoGrant, theyhavetoconsiderthere's a realthingtothinkaboutallthis.
Butifyou I wasjustyourshow, I wasjustgonnaask, Wouldyouusethis?
No, absolutelynot.
No, no, because I'm away.
Now I'm awayfromthiselegantstyling.
Yousee, I'm not a movedawayfromtheelegantthing.
Yeah, you'remorelikeutility.
I likethetoolnatureofit.
Yeah, theunitthat I'm usingrightnow, whichisthe X oneyogafromLenovo.
When I lookatitas a tool, it's a bettertoolformethanthis.
Itandthereasonisversatility.
A port.
I canflipitallthewaybackaroundif I sochoosetowrite.
I wouldprobablypickthisyearandelegantlike a niceeaseinto, youknow, Windows, which I loveusing.
Have a desktalk, butthisjustkindofgivesmethecomfortoflikeit's a sleekthingthat I couldtakeyoulike a coffeeshopyouwon't evennotice.
Yeah, youhonestly, ifyoucamefromthisifyouhad a previousGenerationMacbookairand I justlike, subbedoutforthis.
I'm likeyou'regonnatrywindowsfor a bit.
You'reevengonnanotice?
Yeah, I thinkinternallyitgivesmepeaceofmind, right?
It's justlike, Oh, yeah.
Thisissimilarto a Well, that's whattheyweregoingfor.
Andthat's definitelywhatthisissimilarto a Macbook.
Sothisismyveryfirsttimelookingat a laptopfromwhatthey'remakingsomeprettycompellingstuffbasedonthevideosandpicturesandreviewsandthingsthat I'veseenontheirproductsinthelaptopspace.
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