WEBVTT 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:14.400 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the ASUS Vivo book this particular one 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:20.760 is the s400c which is I don't know something 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:22.880 basically it's a VI book so the idea is 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:29.119 that it's kind of like a lower cost version of a very slim and light 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:32.079 notebook that is also from ASUS the Zen 00:00:29.119 --> 00:00:35.920 book and and uh yeah yeah just comes in at kind of a kind of a lower lower price 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:40.879 point I mean this one's around 600 bucks comes with eco-friendly packaging which 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:43.320 I do like to see remember guys foam 00:00:40.879 --> 00:00:48.399 there's pretty much no way to break it down so yeah it's it's a very very bad 00:00:46.199 --> 00:00:54.280 thing so it's not as thin as a Zenbook but it's still in a very sort of slim 00:00:51.559 --> 00:00:58.480 beautiful form factor with brushed metal on the top that looks absolutely 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:02.239 gorgeous actually that that's fantastic it's considering the again the sort of 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:07.040 the value price point of this model so we're going to put that down for now and 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:09.400 we'll talk specs it's not an Ultra Book 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:14.880 because it doesn't sort of fall inside Intel's um you know oh it is an 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:18.360 Ultrabook my bad okay it is an Ultrabook which means it does fall within Intel 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:22.920 specification meaning it has the anti- theft technology it has all the 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:27.479 appropriate chipsets so it has to have an Intel Wireless chipset it has to meet 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:31.439 a certain specification in terms of weight and thickness per size I think 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:36.079 the reason that I thought it wasn't an Ultrabook was cuz it's a little thicker 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:41.600 than most Ultrabooks but that is because the Ultrabook specification does allow 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:47.079 notebooks that are larger so that is the diagonal uh the diagonal length across 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:51.079 the screen to be thicker because they just have to be larger machines and you 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:55.560 don't want to compromise the rigidity and the build quality of the machine 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:59.479 just to get sort of you know a little bit of extra a little well okay you 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:05.439 wouldn't call it extra thinness it's more like less thickness so we're going to go 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:10.440 ahead and fire it up oo touchcreen too this is actually sort of an outstanding 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:11.599 notebook uh it comes with Aus 360 00:02:10.440 --> 00:02:14.879 coverage so I just want you guys to check this out 2year international 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:20.319 warranty that means even if you take it somewhere else you're not going to get any hassle if something goes wrong zero 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:24.239 bright dot guarantee on the LCD so ASUS will replace it for you they cover 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:28.760 two-way free standard shipping for warranty repairs and 24/7 technical 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:33.319 support it looks like this particular one doesn't include The Accidental 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:37.120 damage that they used to include you know what we should double check this 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.800 and find out for you though it does not include accidental 00:02:39.519 --> 00:02:45.480 damage like some of the higher end models do but I okay it's a lower end 00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:50.080 model so I guess it is what it is at least you have the international warranty which I think is one of the 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:53.040 biggest things and free two-way shipping actually is pretty good too because the 00:02:51.440 --> 00:02:56.519 industry standard is that the manufacturer will pay to ship it back to 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:59.680 you but you pay to ship it to them in the first place so I haven't actually 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:04.840 gone through specs so let's just have a quick quick look here so it runs a core 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:07.159 i 53317 u although this particular the 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:12.519 S400 shell is available in a variety of different CPU configs this particular 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:15.400 one has a 500 gig SATA drive with a 24 00:03:12.519 --> 00:03:20.680 gig M SSD so I think they mean M SATA SSD that's being used as a cache which 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:26.400 does actually make the device feel dramatically snappier in my experience 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.879 um it's a 14inch screen it is a touchscreen screen which I think is 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:33.519 pretty much a must on any notebook these days it comes with 6 gigs of RAM for 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:38.480 this particular model although some of the different ones do not doesn't have 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:42.680 fingerprint doesn't have uh TV it runs a 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:45.280 1366 X 768 resolution and it runs 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:52.000 Windows 864 bit I wish we'd been able to get rid of the whole 64-bit 32-bit thing 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:53.959 earlier on but uh I didn't get my way 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:57.239 with all of that so there you go they've gone with a different shape for their 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:02.439 power brick for this generation here so we've got the same sort of cable running 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:06.959 to a power brick running to another cable setup that we've seen before just 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:10.439 like this but they've just changed the shape a little bit I mean this might 00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:14.000 make it a little bit easier to okay this doesn't come off for anything easier to 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:17.440 like coil up or easier to tuck away in something but I don't see it making that 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:23.520 much of a difference I no longer have an iPhone 4 so I'll be doing my HTC 8X size 00:04:21.520 --> 00:04:27.960 comparison uh for those of you who don't know how big an 8X is it's very similar 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:31.840 in size to a Galaxy S3 so that should give you a better idea of how big the 00:04:29.520 --> 00:04:36.880 power power brick actually is now let's have a look at the notebook itself it 00:04:33.919 --> 00:04:40.320 actually reminds me a lot of um like in terms of just the overall the overall 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:44.479 finish of it the overall look of the keyboard especially of something like uh 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:48.919 like a Macbook where it has a very very solid feel it's not a unibody design by 00:04:46.479 --> 00:04:54.080 any stretch of the imagination but look at this you actually really can't see a 00:04:51.280 --> 00:04:57.479 lot of flex to the keyboard itself so you can see from the pressure on my 00:04:55.639 --> 00:05:02.479 fingers how much pressure I'm actually putting on the unit but there's really 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:06.280 not a lot of flex to it so typing should be very comfortable on the chicklet 00:05:04.280 --> 00:05:10.520 keyboard that's included just because the thing that really bothers me with a 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:13.680 lot of laptop keyboards is how mushy they can get when you're trying to type 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:17.960 on them for long periods whereas this one doesn't have any wow it doesn't have 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:21.440 any mush to it at all that's very comfortable build quality is 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:25.160 surprisingly good again considering considering the price point normally 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:30.319 when you get into those sort of6 700 notebooks um you end up with something 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:33.000 that has a lot of uh like a lot of but 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:36.720 here so I'll do my usual twist test where I'm seeing how much you can 00:05:34.440 --> 00:05:41.639 actually bend it which is one of the shest ways to know if a notebook is uh 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:47.440 is well built or not so on this side we find USB 3 HDMI out VGA out which I 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:53.120 still like to see included gigabit Ethernet using one of those little flap 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:55.840 Ethernet Jacks power in on the back you 00:05:53.120 --> 00:06:01.160 find not a whole lot on the other side you find a Kensington lock two USB 2.0 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:05.240 ports a headphone microphone Jack wouldn't have minded seeing discret 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:08.919 Jacks for that uh an SD card reader and then on the front you've got not a whole 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:12.880 lot of much of anything on the bottom you just find a Windows 8 sticker as 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:17.199 well as some ventilation holes the CPU is clocked only at of around H I think 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:22.240 it's under one gahz when you're idling anyway so I don't wouldn't worry too 00:06:19.400 --> 00:06:27.319 much about uh that fan being very loud at all this one's come with no charge 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:31.080 unfortunately so I can't power it up right now but I can give you guys a 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:36.360 better look at the back so uh it doesn't include a microfiber cloth unfortunately 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:38.440 but I think I have one around here 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:42.000 somewhere yeah we'll just go with that so I just want you guys to see sort of 00:06:39.919 --> 00:06:47.199 what the back of it looks like did you get any good footage of that 00:06:44.280 --> 00:06:51.599 diesel I'm sort of getting a I'm getting a quizzical look so there just that's 00:06:49.960 --> 00:06:56.479 what the back looks like again it looks very very premium considering the price 00:06:54.080 --> 00:07:02.080 points so the shiny ASUS logo the brush finish it's not quite black like it's 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:04.319 almost like a very deep Brown so it it 00:07:02.080 --> 00:07:08.160 looks black at first glance but then once you look at it from sort of a 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:13.280 different angle it has sort of like a very very dark wood finish sort of look 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:16.960 to it I actually really really like it yeah diesel says classy thank you that's 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:20.199 probably the word I was looking for actually um it should be noted right 00:07:18.919 --> 00:07:24.639 thickness I never showed you guys the overall thickness so here we're going to 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:28.479 do the phone thickness comparison as well just to show you that while it is a 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:32.199 little bit thicker than a smaller Ultrabook because it's it's a 14-in 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:36.759 model you do get to get away with a little bit more thickness and still keep 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:39.680 that Ultrabook title however it should 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:44.199 be noted that the touchcreen itself adds a lot of weight and a lot of bulk to the 00:07:42.400 --> 00:07:48.000 screen typically because it's an entire extra layer in there that you have to 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:52.039 add in order to get the touchscreen functionality so staying within that 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:56.400 spec and adding a touch screen at this price point is very impressive it has 00:07:54.240 --> 00:08:01.159 Sonic Master audio so that should mean that in theory The Notebook has better 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:05.400 audio than other comparable notebooks that don't have any kind of sort of 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:10.000 attention paid to the audio so it's got stereo speakers here and here and 00:08:08.159 --> 00:08:15.080 according to sort of what I've seen anecdotally people have been saying that 00:08:12.159 --> 00:08:18.680 yes it does indeed sound better than sort of most notebooks that are this 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:22.319 thin so it's good to know I think that pretty much wraps it up thank you for 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:26.280 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