1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,040 On paper, the Asus Expert BBook Ultra is everything that I could want in a 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:12,880 laptop. Great performance thanks to an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:17,920 Incredibly thin and light with the non-tandem OLED screen version coming in 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:23,119 at under a kilogram. Oh yeah, did I mention a tandem OLED screen with ASUS 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:30,400 claims up to,400 nits peak brightness? And ASUS also claims 24 hours of battery 6 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:34,000 life. Though, even in a sponsored video like this one is, we do have to point 7 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:38,079 out that in our standardized testing, we got 12 hours, which is still more than 8 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:42,719 enough to get you through the typical workday. Let's take a closer look. Oh, 9 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:50,079 right. First, at the accessories, you get one power cable. Ooh. 10 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:55,280 Ah. 90 W power brick, which ASUS claims will 11 00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:58,879 give you 50% battery in just 30 minutes. 12 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:01,920 and the expert book itself. 13 00:00:58,879 --> 00:01:05,199 I [music] cannot wait to see this. Oh, 14 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:07,760 yeah. Good point. Very, very highly 15 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:12,720 recycled and recyclable packaging. Apparently, the finish on this, which 16 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:15,040 ASUS calls super nanoeramic, 17 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:20,880 is five times the durability of the industry standard. And they say they 18 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:24,880 tested it by passing over it 100,000 19 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:27,920 times. Wow, it feels really cool. It's 20 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:30,320 almost like a soft touch plastic except 21 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:34,720 it's not plastic. Apparently, this is quite similar to the finish that OnePlus 22 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:39,840 used on the OnePlus 15, which has been quite wellreceived. It's kind of trippy. 23 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:45,680 And because it's made of an aluminum magnesium alloy, it also doesn't even 24 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:50,079 feel that metallic. It's like the most premium feeling plastic ever, if that 25 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:54,320 kind of makes sense. like it doesn't sap away so much heat from you, but it could 26 00:01:52,640 --> 00:02:00,240 help conduct heat away from the components. Man, it's light. Whoa. And 27 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:04,880 you can really feel how much of the weight is in this tandem OLED screen 28 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:09,360 when you flip it up cuz it I mean there's two OLED layers in there in 29 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:15,680 order to improve longevity as well as peak brightness. Look at that. That's 30 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:19,120 crazy. They're using Gorilla Glass Victus for the touchcreen, which we 31 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,200 already know we like for its scratch resistance and its shatter resistance, 32 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:29,120 but on top of that, they're using Gorilla Glass Matte, which is supposed 33 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:31,680 to dramatically help reduce glare. And I 34 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:36,560 mean, you guys have seen what things look like when I'm holding a screen on 35 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,959 this set. Dude, that's incredible. Look 36 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:43,040 how diffuse that is. And this is on a black screen. I don't even have it on 37 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,440 yet. Built-in fingerprint sensor, by the way. I guess while we wait for it to 38 00:02:44,239 --> 00:02:51,200 boot up, this is a good time to talk about the specs. It's available with up 39 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:53,360 to a Core Ultra X9 CPU, up to 64 gigs of 40 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:58,000 LPDDR5X memory, although you probably won't want to spring for that one in the 41 00:02:54,959 --> 00:03:00,560 current climate. Up to 2 TB of storage, 42 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:03,680 and up to Wi-Fi 7. One of the most impressive things about it, though, is 43 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:09,599 of course the thermal solution. [music] ASUS says that they can do 50 watts peak 44 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:13,200 and 45 watts sustained on this processor, which for graphics intensive 45 00:03:12,319 --> 00:03:17,280 workloads [music] could make a major difference to 46 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:20,319 performance. Oh, I guess we should look at ports, too. Over on the left, we've 47 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:27,040 got [music] Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, as well as a 10 GB 48 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:31,680 per second USB typeA and a 3 and 12 mm jack. And over on the right, we've got 49 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:37,040 another Thunderbolt 4 port as well as another USB typeA. Really goes to show 50 00:03:34,319 --> 00:03:43,440 you they never had to take these ports away from us. This thing is so thin. 51 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:45,519 Nice big trackpad. Oh. Ooh. Not sure how 52 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:50,562 I feel about this design choice. The trackpad goes all the way to the edge. 53 00:03:48,799 --> 00:03:58,400 What's cool about that is it creates [music] an easy lift spot for a one finger lift. 54 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:02,319 What's weird about it is it creates kind 55 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,640 of a Huh. Well, 56 00:04:02,319 --> 00:04:09,519 yeah, maybe it doesn't matter. I thought maybe it would matter, but yeah, I guess 57 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:13,840 it doesn't. I guess I don't touch there. Cool idea, then. Since we're looking at 58 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:17,359 the bottom, they've got fancy fans and they draw air over multiple components 59 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,160 inside to keep the whole thing cool. They wanted us to [music] mention that. 60 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:24,639 Seriously though, like I'm 61 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:30,560 I don't know how to convey how impressive this is. Like here, Glenn, 62 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:35,199 can you hit the light that is reflecting off this screen right now? [music] 63 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:42,160 >> That's the light that is pointing at this screen right now. Are 64 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:44,479 you kidding me? That's it. Like, 65 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:50,560 I'm not That's not incidental. That's the one. Like if I adjust this even with 66 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:52,080 a light right behind me, even on a black 67 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:58,479 screen, that's incredible. It runs at 2880 68 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:01,680 by800. So that's a 16x10 aspect ratio up 69 00:04:58,479 --> 00:05:03,600 to 120 hertz. And I already mentioned 70 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:08,720 before, but it bears mentioning again, up to,400 71 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:12,000 nits of peak [music] brightness. So 72 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,840 let's check out some HDR content that 73 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,840 Oh, that's fun. haptic trackpad. Oh, that's 74 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:23,440 really nice. So, they went and they put the motors right under the trackpad so 75 00:05:20,479 --> 00:05:26,240 you get a really nice satisfying feel. Would like to see a little bit more 76 00:05:24,479 --> 00:05:32,800 granularity in the touch sensitivity, but I am really liking this keyboard. 77 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:39,039 It's so funny because I actually wouldn't have noticed if the chassis 78 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:44,080 didn't feel so unique and so good, but the keys are smooth, which 79 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:48,120 just I don't know. It's fine. It just threw me for a bit of a loop. 80 00:05:49,039 --> 00:05:56,120 Surprisingly good [music] travel all things considered, right? This is a 81 00:05:52,639 --> 00:05:56,120 really thin device. 82 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:04,039 It's really clever. >> You can you can hear it, right? But can 83 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,039 you see it flexing? 84 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:11,759 >> It's pretty good. >> Wow. Anyway, it's got a lot more going 85 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:16,639 for it than just that. The Intel Core Ultra Series 3 is probably the most 86 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:20,800 important product that Intel has launched in the last few years at least. 87 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:24,160 It's competitive in terms of performance and battery life. And maybe more 88 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:30,800 importantly, it has what looks like Intel's best integrated GPU ever by far. 89 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:37,120 It's still based on Battle Mage, but it's a new generation with up to 12 XC3 90 00:06:33,919 --> 00:06:38,720 cores. And uh we're about to try it out. 91 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:43,919 Let's fire up some Cyberpunk, shall we? And like look, sponsored video, have 92 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:49,440 your doubts, whatever. I don't blame you. But you can see it. This is a 93 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:54,000 normal screen at this angle. All right. This thing with just, you know, enough 94 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:58,319 performance to use for productivity on the road and even some light gaming on 95 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:02,080 the road, but also Thunderbolt 4, you could like throw a GPU on it when you're 96 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:09,120 at home. Like, have I even mentioned how many CPU cores it has? I think we've got 97 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:11,280 the Core Ultra X7 skew, right? Yeah. So, 98 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:16,160 we've got 16 cores, but you can get this with up to a Core Ultra X9, which is 99 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:19,759 also 16 cores, the one that this will ship in. That actually makes sense 100 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:23,440 because this is still a thin and light design, even if they did put a bunch of 101 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:27,120 work into the cooling system. And [music] actually, it's got a number of 102 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:30,880 different modes that it can operate in. There's whisper, balanced, and 103 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:37,360 performance mode. And truthfully, I don't know which one we're in right now. There we go. Standard mode, whisper 104 00:07:34,319 --> 00:07:41,000 mode, performance mode. This is 105 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,000 performance mode. 106 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:49,360 Not bad, actually. And if you had told 107 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:53,680 me back when Cyberpunk came out [music] that I would be playing it looking like 108 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:58,400 this on onboard graphics on a thin and light, I'd have told you that you're 109 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:03,280 high. Like, is there a little bit of stutter? Yeah. Are we using a bit of 110 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:07,280 frame gen? Uh-huh. But if you'd told me I'd be able to do it at all, I'd have 111 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:11,280 been like, "No." If I had to guess, I'd say I'm probably getting about 24 112 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:15,680 cinematic frames per second right now. You know what? I'm still giving myself 113 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:20,720 credit here, cuz my 1% lows are anywhere from like 25 to 30. Let's have a look at 114 00:08:17,919 --> 00:08:27,520 our settings, though. Ray tracing. Yeah. Okay. We could do that. Or hear me out. 115 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:30,400 Let's just not. Oh yeah, buddy. Quite a 116 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:34,560 bit smoother. And that's with frame gen. And we're running at native res, which 117 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:41,760 we do not have to do. So, hear me out. Let's drop the res down a Oh, dude. Oh, 118 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:46,160 we didn't even have HDR on before. 119 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:47,839 Dude, this looks sick, dude. Just lose a 120 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:52,800 little bit of resolution. Play around with the settings a little bit. This 121 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:55,120 OLED screen is crazy. Oh, yeah. I guess 122 00:08:52,800 --> 00:09:00,279 we could listen to the speakers. Oh, and I'm dead. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. 123 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:00,279 Sorry. 124 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:06,680 Not bad. Six drivers, I think they said. 125 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:15,680 >> Not funny. >> Huh. Damn, that's pretty big sound out 126 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:21,120 of a pretty small laptop. I'd like to see how it does in a slightly lighter 127 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:23,839 game in like, you know, standard mode. Let's play some Counter-Strike 2. While 128 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:29,200 we're waiting, Asus wanted us to highlight some of the security features of this laptop, including that it meets 129 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:32,800 US NIST guidelines for resilient system firmware and recovery from BIOS level 130 00:09:30,959 --> 00:09:37,360 attacks. Also, it has that fingerprint sensor and a whole bunch of other stuff. 131 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:43,519 Self- encrypting drive, storage support. Cool. It's way quieter than the standard 132 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:45,279 profile. How about whisper mode? Yeah. 133 00:09:43,519 --> 00:09:50,640 So, we'll do like heavy Google Maps, you know? Hey, there's the studio. Cool 134 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:54,720 studio, bro. Yeah, whisper mode's very quiet, even when you're like doing a 135 00:09:52,399 --> 00:10:01,839 little bit of stuff. Super quiet in whisper mode. Oh, this is 136 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:03,760 cool. Got a little cover for the webcam. 137 00:10:01,839 --> 00:10:06,880 I like that it has a nice clear indicator. I have another laptop that 138 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:11,680 just has kind of like a matte black one, so sometimes it's hard to tell. Okay, 139 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:20,959 now we're getting into like pretty playable territory, like 60 50 FPS. 140 00:10:17,519 --> 00:10:23,200 Okay. Yeah. Now I'm getting like 65 80 141 00:10:20,959 --> 00:10:27,320 FPS. >> Oh, apparently we're going this way. 142 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:33,800 The directional sound is like actually kind of trippy off this thing. 143 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:41,480 What's the point of crosshairs and the bullet doesn't go where you point it? 144 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:48,399 Hate this game so much. All right, let's try the webcam. Apparently, Panther Lake 145 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:53,440 has a much better ISP than the previous generation, so that should help make 146 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:58,079 better cameras. All right, and that's the webcam and hopefully the microphone 147 00:10:55,680 --> 00:11:04,079 as well. Not the best I've ever seen. Certainly 148 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:06,880 far from the worst. Here it is with a 149 00:11:04,079 --> 00:11:11,920 pretty difficult backlight. And here it is with a production crew. 150 00:11:10,079 --> 00:11:15,600 What's up, y'all? We don't have pricing yet, but this isn't coming out for at 151 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:20,320 least a couple more months, so there is still time to do that. And wow, is it 152 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:23,600 ever in a good place right now, considering that it's not even ready for 153 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:27,760 release yet. We even talked about like fingerprint resistance. [music] 154 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:31,399 I don't think I could put a fingerprint on this thing if I tried. 155 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:38,320 Who has super greasy, gross hands? Put a fingerprint on it. I dare you. 156 00:11:36,927 --> 00:11:41,760 [snorts] And this is ShortCircuit. Subscribe. 157 00:11:40,203 --> 00:11:45,519 [music] Thanks again to ASUS for sponsoring this video and to you for 158 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,519 watching.