- Yo guys, Jonathan here
and if Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
decided to become best friends with the Chromebook,
here is what would happen.
This is the brand new Samsung Chromebook Pro,
Pro being the keyword,
and that raises the question of,
"Is this the most powerful Chromebook ever?"
Before I hop in though, huge shoutout to Samsung
for not only sending this my way early
but for also sponsoring this video.
Right out of the box, without a doubt,
this thing screams premium.
Normally, great build quality in Chromebooks
are not two things
you would throw together in the same sentence
but with this, it is a completely different story.
This is a Chromebook with a full metal design
that not only looks great but it feels great as well.
This Chromebook Pro is rocking a 12.3-inch display
with a resolution of 2400 by 1600,
that is a 3:2 aspect ratio, for anyone curious.
Honestly, one of the biggest surprises for me
is how nice this display is.
It is miles better than any Chromebook I've used prior.
You get two USB-C ports,
so you can get on that USB-C life,
and what's cool with these
is they're actually dual function,
so you can charge through either port
or connect something like an external USB-C SSD
and extend that storage.
If external SSDs aren't your thing however, do not worry
because there's also a Micro SD card slot.
You also get a 720p front-facing webcam,
which is something strangely
not the current 12-inch MacBook does not have,
and this is gonna ensure that you don't look like a potato
to grandma on those Skype calls.
Now as far as what is powering this Chromebook Pro,
inside, you get an Intel Core m3 processor
clocked at 2.2 gigahertz
and four gigabytes of RAM.
Now speaking of that m3 processor,
if you're curious, that is actually the biggest difference
between the new Chromebook Pro and Chromebook Plus,
and what that should do with that extra power
is to allow us to multitask super smoothly.
Right now I got some Google Doc action open,
and shoutout to the MKBHD Dream Desk,
and I'm gonna instantly hop back and forth between apps.
We got Adobe Draw open,
and just for reference, I did not draw that.
You're gonna see how terrible my skills are momentarily.
And beyond multitasking, as we hop over to a game,
that is actually one of the coolest things
about this Chromebook Pro.
You're not gonna just play games like you would on Facebook.
These are actually pretty intensive games,
full-on Android apps.
So here we have Asphalt 8,
and disclaimer, I am not sure what is worse,
my gaming or drawing abilities, but we'll see both shortly.
Initially, upon first impressions,
I gotta say, thing that stands out most to me with this
is it doesn't feel like I'm playing on a Chromebook,
everything was responsive.
I move the keys, the car reacts.
There's no lag, the graphics look fantastic,
and in terms of being able to multitask and game,
so far it definitely passes that test.
Now if you're wondering yourself,
"Maybe I don't wanna play with keys, what do I do then?"
That is where the two-in-one comes into play.
So instantaneously, I'm gonna go from using my keyboard
and this is actually much easier.
I kind of realize I suck big time with keys
and maybe now I have a chance to win this race.
But you can see how seamless that was.
I just popped it shut and here I am.
Now even though at its core,
this is a Chromebook through and through,
it does have a few surprises up its sleeve.
For one, if you hadn't caught it yet,
this is actually a two-in-one, and what that means,
you can instantly switch between laptop and tablet mode
and by itself, yeah, that is super cool
but it's really when you combine it
with these next two features that takes it to another level.
First off, if you look closely,
to the naked eye, that might look like a button,
but if you press it, out comes a stylus.
Immediately when popping the stylus out,
I am greeted with some stylus tools,
so I have the option to capture the region,
capture the screen, start a new note,
put in laser pointer mode or magnifying glass mode.
For some unknown reason though,
I'm feeling like I'm gonna go into Advanced mode
and maybe hop into Adobe Draw.
Again, I wish I could take credit
for that amazing Spider-Man drawing
but that is not me, so we will see what happens.
Do I know to draw anything?
That is not Mickey Mouse.
This is not Mickey Mouse, by the way.
I am stating this clearly.
It is not Mickey Mouse.
It actually kind of looks like Mickey Mouse.
Whoa, maybe not.
I think where I'm gonna run into problems is the body,
so I'm gonna end it with a classic stick figure,
and voila.
So while my artistic abilities may not be the best,
I think what's more important
is the stylus actually feels really good, it's responsive.
And if you actually can draw, unlike me,
you can do some seriously cool stuff with this.
Now as far as apps, the way this is able to run those
is you actually get access
to everything in the Google Play Store.
So with that, you can run a full-on Android app,
simple things like Slack, Skype, Instagram,
things you would normally do on your phone,
but on top of that, as you saw earlier,
you now have access to full-on Android mobile gaming
and that's something you could not do
with prior Chromebooks in the past.
So all in all, when you combine that power
with that portability and that flexibility,
all those together kind of make the perfect combination
for a fantastic multipurpose device,
whether you got into laptop mode
and you're getting work done out of the coffee shop,
or at the very least, pretending to,
or you're kicking back on the couch
playing games in tablet mode, this has you covered.
With this, you're getting everything
you've come to know and love with Chromebooks,
free updates, fantastic battery life,
but more importantly, and especially with the Pro,
more power than ever.
Aside from that, thank you guys very much for watching.
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This is Jonathan, and I will catch you guys later.