mmm so this is my very first time
looking at a laptop from Huawei they're
making some pretty compelling stuff
based on the videos and pictures and
reviews and things that I've seen on
their products in the laptop space now
this stuff it came out long before the
issues the problems the Huawei band and
so forth and at that time many people
that got a chance to get their hands on
these products mate book X and of course
Pro is in front of me here this is the
latest one now they've put them at the
very top of the of the Windows laptop
list now I dunno based on looking at
photos that this thing is heavily
inspired by the MacBook can you really
tell other companies not to be inspired
not to take some of those elements and
possibly improve them you can't really
do that but you just hope that it's not
a one-to-one copy you hope that you have
some uniqueness to it
this spec that I have in front of me I
78550 you MX 150 GPU 16 gigs of ram 512
gig SSD what's funny about this laptop
and I talked about this on the loo later
show downstairs this thing popped on and
off of the Microsoft Store as the huawei
News stuff was breaking it's been a
controversial topic you just have the
text now which to me I kind of prefer
it's a really simple look you can see
the space grey anything space grey is
okay with me even if some people gonna
say it's copying on the bottom you can
see we have the NVIDIA GeForce sticker
there you're not used to getting any
degree of GeForce level graphics and
something this thin and light like this
thing is crazy slim as you can probably
tell to type-c connectors over here one
of them is labeled as power the other as
Thunderbolt you get a USB type a port
which is frequently bump into things and
have that versatility is useful so will
what is the weight of this thing 2.9
pounds so it's actually a bit lighter
than a MacBook Air so this is where
things get very MacBook ish as you can
probably tell the keyboard it's looking
almost identical though I'm sure there's
a bit more travel here because it's not
using those controversial butterfly key
switches similar to what Apple has been
doing although they might change on the
next-generation appear
wise it's very reminiscent the trackpad
is huge which is a good thing it's got a
glass touch to it
it's also got this Huawei share thing
over here which allows you to tap a
huawei device and just instantly share
files also the power switch up here is a
fingerprint reader at the same time a
pretty tiny little power brick type-c
connector on it ooh
do you have the password for it well all
right so we're back I think my hat might
have changed we took a little time
because there's actually this is a
review unit of this laptop and there's a
password on it and it was like what are
we gonna do and will he do he got to the
bottom of it so that he set it up we're
ready to go now okay as you can tell
glossy finish
now I'm sure probably open up like a
white background so you can see look how
slim that top bezel is that's really
wild
you have no front-facing camera the
camera is now down here in the keyboard
and it's identified by this little
camera icon and when you click it it
pops up like that and now it's looking
at you Jack can you see that right there
boom that's a camera the criticism it
kind of looks up your nose it's looking
up your nose and it's also just terrible
quality maybe if I take the actual photo
it will help no no so it's a terrible
quality camera I mean they fit it into a
key cap how important is this like how
big of a deal is jack right there look
at you you crazy maniac Jack where there
yeah there wait there you I'm rarely
satisfied with a video conferencing
quality experience on one of these
laptops even when they have the camera
in the right place so for me it's not a
deal breaker
I can look past it but it is worth
noting on the privacy side I think some
people might like the fact jack you
might like the fact you'll put the
camera away the quick ooh this isn't
this is this one's okay quick brown fox
these are big key caps it's very MacBook
esque but there's a little bit more
travel obviously there's no butterfly
key switch situation going on jumps over
the late now I think part of the reason
I might be so comfy here is just because
of how much time I spent on macbook
keyboard for me the real story of this
laptop is actually the display I have to
say this is obviously ahead of what
Apple's doing and on Apple's
latest stuff even though you're spending
between 1,000 and 2,000 dollars you
still can't get something with this type
of screen to body ratio that is just a
crazy slim bezel now obviously the chin
on the bottom is a bit bigger down there
as you can see your eyeline is
constantly along the top and when you
eliminate that bezel from the top it's
just it's a very pleasing thing to see
much the same way it was when you
started to see it pop up in smartphones
maybe I could get a quick a be against
your MacBook will would you really would
you mind can we just
is it a bit Oh interesting yours is
Space Gray right yes please we doing
drinking a milkshake over here what's so
dirty
what you doing to it this Space Gray is
more blueish it kind of looks more like
raw a raw metal you can actually get a
sense when they're side-by-side for how
crazy low profile the butterflies it is
yeah it's like there's really no key
trap but very substantial no it's a
heavy click this one is gonna give you a
more traditional feel if you've never
felt the butterfly key switch it's all
noise no travel exactly but like a
serious clack do it I like the fact that
they're both really solid once you press
down on this one yeah has a 91% bar you
could scream great you know I mean it
looks fat by comparison now is this how
big of a deal is this look if you use
this other laptop over here on it on the
daily you stop noticing effect then you
got this big forehead on it now again
you probably want to compare this to the
MacBook Air actually we haven't met what
am i doing this is a more one-to-one
would you look at that Hey look they
look so when you when you stick these
two together it's even more obvious
where the inspiration came like we got
we got to just be honest about it
yep no is this just a MacBook for people
who want to use windows the windows back
book I think the screen really makes a
difference like the screen to body ratio
like that's enough of you get that
format
that's the thing Willie do and it's
great where they do and you have to
believe that when Apple goes to their
next version at least some version in
the future they're gonna have to
approach a more aggressive screen to
body ratio as well now you were probably
ought to give up the front-facing camera
and put it somewhere else maybe yeah
maybe or I've noticed I think there's a
new Dell laptop where they had a crazy
slim bezel and were able to fit it or
that Lenovo s 940 from a recent video in
which they just kind of like bumped up
the bezel only in the center and then
that little bump up acted as the lift
point mmm for the display can I just say
something about this you go to lift and
it you know it kind of it does work one
handy but the thing slides around a
little bit you see that is it because
there's rubber grips you see that right
there this is the type of thing Johnny
I've used to do all day long yeah you
would obsess over this so I've been
hearing a lot about this this Apple carb
and I mean I remember when it was
announced it was already like it was a
hot topic cuz I wouldn't listen this
loud type of private private chat
company unusual type of product for
Apple or really anybody in the space
that were used to covering not remember
you in the financial business where the
voice was pretty clear or you guys have
been a case so essentially they put out
a flashy titanium credit card
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we've said it before like the Mac
MacBook speakers are typically better
than what we're gonna test here on a PC
side I feel like this is kind of
in-between is one of the better PC
speakers I've heard on a laptop it's
better than a lot of thin and light PC
laptops that we've tested there is some
low-end I think you'll be satisfied with
it particularly when you pair it with
this with this screen
could it be brighter it could be how
many nits are we dealing with
450 450 nits and it's weird that I am
feeling that way but I've been looking
at 500 nits well the directional keys
over here you don't like the layout
hey it's tight in there yeah the up/down
buttons they need to rework that I agree
the trackpad is very nice it might be
the nicest Windows traffic this track
that definitely beats my Lenovo trackpad
that I'm currently using so for those of
you that haven't been following the
channel and my my laptop journey I was
on Mac books forever I left to try out
Windows laptops I've been loving life on
a number of different laptops daily
driving I was a bit upset with the
keyboards on those units I had multiple
units failed in the studio here a high
percentage cause like we actually had a
lot of them working here at one point
and I use the MacBook for like a I don't
know a decade even before that I used
power books I had a original MacBook
polycarbonate I've been in this okay
I've been at this yeah I know so I moved
on I like the open end an aspect
open-ended nature of the window side and
the idea that I could really try out a
bunch of different laptops and select
one that was right for me with the specs
as opposed to just accepting whatever
Apple was giving me or dealing with my
terrible et on the MacBook Air for
example hmm I was the sticky E yeah we
gotta get that repaired the stick II
this thing is taking aim at the MacBook
Air it's just it's attempting I think
there's no question this thing wants to
be the MacBook Air of Windows laptops
I think they've achieved it the stuff
you're looking for is there it's a
pretty package but you've got to be if
you go this direction you got to be ok
with people saying hey that's a
that's yeah it's slightly off it's not a
Macbook no but also you have to be you
have to be okay with people saying
that's obviously inspired yeah by a Mac
bug so I think a lot of windows buyers
really need to be looking at this thing
to be honest but you do have to take out
the part in which there's like a general
apprehension regarding the Huawei brand
right now you've got to put that piece
in because that's a valid thing for
people this thing was on the Microsoft
site then it was not on Microsoft Store
and went up and went down then it was
what's the future whereas the updates
and so that that's a real thing if
you're paying two grand mm-hmm they have
to consider there's a real thing to
think about all this year by few oh is
this your show I was just gonna ask that
would you use this
no absolutely not no mm-hmm no because
I'm away now I'm away from this elegant
styling you see I'm not I moved away
from the elegant thing yeah you're more
like utility I like the tool nature of
it yeah
the unit that I'm using right now which
is the x1 yoga from Lenovo when I look
at it as a tool it's a better tool for
me than this it
mm-hm and the reason is versatility of
ports I can flip it all the way back
around if I so choose to write it I
don't do that for I got the better
keyboard that I could you know I feel
real confident on that keyboard
everything's looking nice now Dells
looking nice now Lenovo is looking nice
now HP's looking night looking nice now
is just everybody right
so then you look at those other pieces
when you make your decision and for me
if you can give me a bunch of ports and
options on the side I'm gonna take it if
I can get it how about you on the other
hand if you had to go to Windows right
now and give up your MacBook which
windows laptop would you grab I would
probably pick this your analogy it's
like a nice ease into you know windows
which I love using I have a desktop but
this just kind of gives me the comfort
of like it's a sleek thing that I can
take to like a coffee shop
you don't even notice yeah you wanna
suck if you came from this if you had a
previous generation MacBook Air and I
just like subbed it out for this I'm
like you're gonna try Windows for a bit
mm-hmm yeah even gonna notice yeah I
think internally it gives me peace of
mind right it's just like oh yeah this
is similar to the Mac hmm well that's
what they were going for and that's
definitely what this is similar to a
MacBook I'm gonna call it the Windows