WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.040 On paper, the Asus Expert BBook Ultra is everything that I could want in a 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:12.880 laptop. Great performance thanks to an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:17.920 Incredibly thin and light with the non-tandem OLED screen version coming in 00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:23.119 at under a kilogram. Oh yeah, did I mention a tandem OLED screen with ASUS 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:30.400 claims up to,400 nits peak brightness? And ASUS also claims 24 hours of battery 00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:34.000 life. Though, even in a sponsored video like this one is, we do have to point 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:38.079 out that in our standardized testing, we got 12 hours, which is still more than 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:42.719 enough to get you through the typical workday. Let's take a closer look. Oh, 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:50.079 right. First, at the accessories, you get one power cable. Ooh. 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:55.280 Ah. 90 W power brick, which ASUS claims will 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:58.879 give you 50% battery in just 30 minutes. 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:01.920 and the expert book itself. 00:00:58.879 --> 00:01:05.199 I [music] cannot wait to see this. Oh, 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:07.760 yeah. Good point. Very, very highly 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:12.720 recycled and recyclable packaging. Apparently, the finish on this, which 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:15.040 ASUS calls super nanoeramic, 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:20.880 is five times the durability of the industry standard. And they say they 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:24.880 tested it by passing over it 100,000 00:01:20.880 --> 00:01:27.920 times. Wow, it feels really cool. It's 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:30.320 almost like a soft touch plastic except 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:34.720 it's not plastic. Apparently, this is quite similar to the finish that OnePlus 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:39.840 used on the OnePlus 15, which has been quite wellreceived. It's kind of trippy. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:45.680 And because it's made of an aluminum magnesium alloy, it also doesn't even 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:50.079 feel that metallic. It's like the most premium feeling plastic ever, if that 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 00:01:52.640 --> 00:02:00.240 help conduct heat away from the components. Man, it's light. Whoa. And 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:04.880 you can really feel how much of the weight is in this tandem OLED screen 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 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:15.680 order to improve longevity as well as peak brightness. Look at that. That's 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:19.120 crazy. They're using Gorilla Glass Victus for the touchcreen, which we 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:23.200 already know we like for its scratch resistance and its shatter resistance, 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:29.120 but on top of that, they're using Gorilla Glass Matte, which is supposed 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:31.680 to dramatically help reduce glare. And I 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:36.560 mean, you guys have seen what things look like when I'm holding a screen on 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:38.959 this set. Dude, that's incredible. Look 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 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:45.440 yet. Built-in fingerprint sensor, by the way. I guess while we wait for it to 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 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:53.360 to a Core Ultra X9 CPU, up to 64 gigs of 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:58.000 LPDDR5X memory, although you probably won't want to spring for that one in the 00:02:54.959 --> 00:03:00.560 current climate. Up to 2 TB of storage, 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:03.680 and up to Wi-Fi 7. One of the most impressive things about it, though, is 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:09.599 of course the thermal solution. [music] ASUS says that they can do 50 watts peak 00:03:06.959 --> 00:03:13.200 and 45 watts sustained on this processor, which for graphics intensive 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:17.280 workloads [music] could make a major difference to 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.319 performance. Oh, I guess we should look at ports, too. Over on the left, we've 00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:27.040 got [music] Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, as well as a 10 GB 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 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:37.040 another Thunderbolt 4 port as well as another USB typeA. Really goes to show 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:43.440 you they never had to take these ports away from us. This thing is so thin. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:45.519 Nice big trackpad. Oh. Ooh. Not sure how 00:03:43.440 --> 00:03:50.562 I feel about this design choice. The trackpad goes all the way to the edge. 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. 00:03:55.040 --> 00:04:02.319 What's weird about it is it creates kind 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:04.640 of a Huh. Well, 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:09.519 yeah, maybe it doesn't matter. I thought maybe it would matter, but yeah, I guess 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 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:17.359 the bottom, they've got fancy fans and they draw air over multiple components 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:22.160 inside to keep the whole thing cool. They wanted us to [music] mention that. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:24.639 Seriously though, like I'm 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:30.560 I don't know how to convey how impressive this is. Like here, Glenn, 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:35.199 can you hit the light that is reflecting off this screen right now? [music] 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:42.160 >> That's the light that is pointing at this screen right now. Are 00:04:38.400 --> 00:04:44.479 you kidding me? That's it. Like, 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 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:52.080 a light right behind me, even on a black 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:58.479 screen, that's incredible. It runs at 2880 00:04:54.720 --> 00:05:01.680 by800. So that's a 16x10 aspect ratio up 00:04:58.479 --> 00:05:03.600 to 120 hertz. And I already mentioned 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:08.720 before, but it bears mentioning again, up to,400 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:12.000 nits of peak [music] brightness. So 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:13.840 let's check out some HDR content that 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:17.840 Oh, that's fun. haptic trackpad. Oh, that's 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:23.440 really nice. So, they went and they put the motors right under the trackpad so 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:26.240 you get a really nice satisfying feel. Would like to see a little bit more 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:32.800 granularity in the touch sensitivity, but I am really liking this keyboard. 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:39.039 It's so funny because I actually wouldn't have noticed if the chassis 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:44.080 didn't feel so unique and so good, but the keys are smooth, which 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. 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:56.120 Surprisingly good [music] travel all things considered, right? This is a 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:56.120 really thin device. 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:04.039 It's really clever. >> You can you can hear it, right? But can 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:04.039 you see it flexing? 00:06:04.080 --> 00:06:11.759 >> It's pretty good. >> Wow. Anyway, it's got a lot more going 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:16.639 for it than just that. The Intel Core Ultra Series 3 is probably the most 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:20.800 important product that Intel has launched in the last few years at least. 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:24.160 It's competitive in terms of performance and battery life. And maybe more 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:30.800 importantly, it has what looks like Intel's best integrated GPU ever by far. 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 00:06:33.919 --> 00:06:38.720 cores. And uh we're about to try it out. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:43.919 Let's fire up some Cyberpunk, shall we? And like look, sponsored video, have 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:49.440 your doubts, whatever. I don't blame you. But you can see it. This is a 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:54.000 normal screen at this angle. All right. This thing with just, you know, enough 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:58.319 performance to use for productivity on the road and even some light gaming on 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 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 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:11.280 the Core Ultra X7 skew, right? Yeah. So, 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 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:19.759 also 16 cores, the one that this will ship in. That actually makes sense 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 00:07:21.520 --> 00:07:27.120 work into the cooling system. And [music] actually, it's got a number of 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:30.880 different modes that it can operate in. There's whisper, balanced, and 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 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:41.000 mode, performance mode. This is 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:41.000 performance mode. 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:49.360 Not bad, actually. And if you had told 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:53.680 me back when Cyberpunk came out [music] that I would be playing it looking like 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 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:03.280 high. Like, is there a little bit of stutter? Yeah. Are we using a bit of 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 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 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:15.680 cinematic frames per second right now. You know what? I'm still giving myself 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 00:08:17.919 --> 00:08:27.520 our settings, though. Ray tracing. Yeah. Okay. We could do that. Or hear me out. 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:30.400 Let's just not. Oh yeah, buddy. Quite a 00:08:27.520 --> 00:08:34.560 bit smoother. And that's with frame gen. And we're running at native res, which 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, 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:46.160 we didn't even have HDR on before. 00:08:41.760 --> 00:08:47.839 Dude, this looks sick, dude. Just lose a 00:08:46.160 --> 00:08:52.800 little bit of resolution. Play around with the settings a little bit. This 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:55.120 OLED screen is crazy. Oh, yeah. I guess 00:08:52.800 --> 00:09:00.279 we could listen to the speakers. Oh, and I'm dead. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:00.279 Sorry. 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:06.680 Not bad. Six drivers, I think they said. 00:09:07.839 --> 00:09:15.680 >> Not funny. >> Huh. Damn, that's pretty big sound out 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 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:23.839 game in like, you know, standard mode. Let's play some Counter-Strike 2. While 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 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:32.800 US NIST guidelines for resilient system firmware and recovery from BIOS level 00:09:30.959 --> 00:09:37.360 attacks. Also, it has that fingerprint sensor and a whole bunch of other stuff. 00:09:35.040 --> 00:09:43.519 Self- encrypting drive, storage support. Cool. It's way quieter than the standard 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:45.279 profile. How about whisper mode? Yeah. 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:50.640 So, we'll do like heavy Google Maps, you know? Hey, there's the studio. Cool 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:54.720 studio, bro. Yeah, whisper mode's very quiet, even when you're like doing a 00:09:52.399 --> 00:10:01.839 little bit of stuff. Super quiet in whisper mode. Oh, this is 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:03.760 cool. Got a little cover for the webcam. 00:10:01.839 --> 00:10:06.880 I like that it has a nice clear indicator. I have another laptop that 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, 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:20.959 now we're getting into like pretty playable territory, like 60 50 FPS. 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:23.200 Okay. Yeah. Now I'm getting like 65 80 00:10:20.959 --> 00:10:27.320 FPS. >> Oh, apparently we're going this way. 00:10:27.920 --> 00:10:33.800 The directional sound is like actually kind of trippy off this thing. 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:41.480 What's the point of crosshairs and the bullet doesn't go where you point it? 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:48.399 Hate this game so much. All right, let's try the webcam. Apparently, Panther Lake 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:53.440 has a much better ISP than the previous generation, so that should help make 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:58.079 better cameras. All right, and that's the webcam and hopefully the microphone 00:10:55.680 --> 00:11:04.079 as well. Not the best I've ever seen. Certainly 00:11:01.040 --> 00:11:06.880 far from the worst. Here it is with a 00:11:04.079 --> 00:11:11.920 pretty difficult backlight. And here it is with a production crew. 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 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 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:23.600 ever in a good place right now, considering that it's not even ready for 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:27.760 release yet. We even talked about like fingerprint resistance. [music] 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:31.399 I don't think I could put a fingerprint on this thing if I tried. 00:11:31.760 --> 00:11:38.320 Who has super greasy, gross hands? Put a fingerprint on it. I dare you. 00:11:36.927 --> 00:11:41.760 [snorts] And this is ShortCircuit. Subscribe. 00:11:40.203 --> 00:11:45.519 [music] Thanks again to ASUS for sponsoring this video and to you for 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.519 watching.