Hey, how's it going Dave 2d here
This is the third and last
CES video that I'm gonna do this year and again apologies for the non normal image quality being shot on a phone
Checked out the Asus event they didn't have any amazing laptops
I mean they had some refreshes and stuff
But nothing that was like really amped up about but they did have this really cool
Bezel remover thing so for triple monitor setups. You know you can normally see the bezels in between each monitor now
They have these plastic bars
That serve as lenses to basically hide those bezels
And it's actually very effective you didn't think that something that was just a piece of plastic could look this good
But they put them on and it actually looks like a bezel free display
There's a little bit of distortion from the plastic lens, but it actually looks quite good
And it's weird how inexpensive this thing's going to be because it's just a piece of plastic and how effective it is
They also have this external GPU that looks really slim and sleek
It's just like a very narrow box for what external GPUs often are but the thing that made this thing special was its price tag
This thing's going for 330 bucks, and it's actually one of the better-looking external GPUs out there
So I think that's gonna be cool now in regards to laptops there were two laptops that stood out at CES for me the first
Is actually an XPS 15 2 in 1 so it's not replacing their regular XPS 15
They're still gonna have those, but this is the first tuned one that they've had for the XPS 15 lineup
Here's the thing when I first heard about this thing when I first saw the press release I wasn't impressed because I'm not a big
user of 2 in 1 devices that are big like a
15-inch two and one device is gonna be big and when it's in tablet form
I thought it would be pretty uncomfortable to hold and just not a great device for me personally
So I'm gonna check this thing out with not particularly high hopes, but this thing is awesome. It's not great as a tablet
It's still not gonna be a comfortable thing to hold
But this is excellent as a laptop and really really good in like
Presentation or tent mode it has this Maglev keyboard that uses magnets to keep the keyboard really thin so this thing only has a zero
Point seven millimeter key travel, which is really really shallow, and you'd expect something with that short key travel to feel crappy
But it doesn't at all
It's not the best keyboard certainly not
But when you type on this thing it actually feels like a one two a one point two millimeter key travel
It feels really nice it also has lots of USB-c ports with four lane thunderbolt 3
support finally, which is great the micro SD slot a bit of a buzzkill. I feel like on a device like this
That's obviously geared towards creatives. It's weird to put a microSD instead of a regular SD
slot
It has pen support and because the whole XPS lineup tends to have a stiffer hinge you can just write on it without the screen
Wobbling too much now. I was only able to test it in 3d paint which isn't the most optimized program the thin strokes
We're fine. There's no latency
It's actually felt really good, but the thicker strokes with more complex textures and just bigger brushes had some lag to it
They're running the new Intel chips that have the 8th gen CPU combined with the Radeon Vega MG views. It's pretty cool
I think that those will have performance similar to a 1050 1050 Ti
I'm not sure exactly that we weren't able to benchmark it
But I'm excited to test that thing and I think one of the big advantages of this thing is
Thermals like the way that they've designed and engineered this chip should definitely help with thermal output so overall it's a pretty cool
Device, I have to test this thing more thoroughly to really give a final opinion on it
But I think it should be pretty good
They also have this Thunderbolt 3 external drive
Which is I mean it's a really really fast drive for people that need it there aren't that many options out there for a Thunderbolt
3 external SSD so it's nice to see them in the game the last booth
I've got to check out was LG, and they have a couple monitors that are pretty neat
I mean the one that stands out for me is the 4k Thunderbolt 3 capable one, so now you're able to connect two displays
daisy-chained to a single MacBook Pro
Which is pretty neat?
They also have a 5k
Widescreen panel that isn't curved and also uses Thunderbolt 3 so you can have that single cable set up
Which is nice now the star of the show?
Was this thing the new LG gram so if you follow my channel from earlier
I did one of the early reviews of the original LG grant 14 is such a
Cool idea like a super super thin laptop super lightweight laptop, but I hated it
I felt like the thermals were bad the build quality was poor. It just wasn't a good product and this was like what?
2015-2016 they've improved on a year upon year and it's gotten really good
But this iteration is freaking amazing
So I feel like they changed so much on this thing and basically
Listened to everybody who had anything to complain about the LG gram and made it what people wanted it's still the same kind of design
But they improved on the build quality again, and this time and it feels extra tanky
so this has actually been certified by the US Department of
Defense was something that and it's surprising to see a device this thin and this light
With that kind of certification it also has a 72 watt hour battery just to put this into perspective
XPS 13 Razer Blade Stealth those have batteries in the 60 watt hour range
Just like the previous LG Gramm, but this new one is 72 watt hours. I'm just quick math
It's like like 20 25 percent better. That's a significant improvement in battery life. It has Thunderbolt 3 support although
I'm not sure if it's 2 or 4 Lane
They've improved the webcam location like instead of being in the middle and the hinge looking up your nose
It's now at the top and the mark traditional spot. They have slightly better speakers
They have a better location for the fingerprint sensor
And they now have to drive bays inside so for people that want extra storage you now have that option
Visually it doesn't look that different, but in the short amount of time. I got to spend with it
I think it's gonna be a great laptop. I think it's a significant improvement from the previous generation ok last video at CES
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