WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.780 Our CES 2019 coverage is brought to you by dbrand their grip case and prism screen protector give you 00:00:06.180 --> 00:00:09.420 360 degree protection for your phone check them out at the link in the video description 00:00:10.020 --> 00:00:13.020 So we're here at Acer where they're showing off some gaming notebooks 00:00:13.020 --> 00:00:19.920 They're showing off the new Swift 7 which is the same thinness as the old one, but significantly smaller 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:26.560 So it's still got a y-class processor. It's still super thin 10-hour battery life dual-core hyper-threaded 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:30.500 It's still a little flimsier than I'd like and it's still very expensive at what was it? 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:38.620 $1,700 or something along those lines and then to go with the thinnest lightest notebook they've ever made 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:41.580 They've got this 00:00:41.580 --> 00:00:44.800 This is the aptly named Thronis 00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:47.460 Arguably the biggest heaviest 00:00:48.260 --> 00:00:54.580 Desktop ever made so this entire thing is actually one package 00:00:54.900 --> 00:00:56.900 There is a single skew 00:00:57.140 --> 00:01:05.260 It costs $10,000, but whoa hold on that actually isn't as crazy expensive as you might initially think and in fact 00:01:05.260 --> 00:01:09.680 The first thing that both I and Colton said when we walked in is like oh, that's it 00:01:10.390 --> 00:01:16.850 Because there's a lot of stuff here. So first of all you get yourself a predator Orion desktop 00:01:16.850 --> 00:01:21.890 So this is their 9000 desktop. It comes with it's a pretty good spec 00:01:21.890 --> 00:01:27.110 But not an over-the-top spec that's included in the $10,000 unit. So you got your 8700 K 00:01:27.170 --> 00:01:33.830 I believe it's 32 gigs of rams that sound about right. You got your 512 gig SSD 2 terabyte hard drive. What's that? 00:01:34.450 --> 00:01:36.890 64 gigs around who's keeping track at this point 00:01:37.570 --> 00:01:46.070 RTX 2080 Ti so very capable little gaming machine. All right, you get a full set of Acer predator gaming peripherals 00:01:46.390 --> 00:01:48.270 keyboard mouse 00:01:48.270 --> 00:01:55.010 You got your headset. You got this special shaped mouse pad that goes with this, you know ARM that closes in on you 00:01:55.010 --> 00:01:57.010 You get three Acer predator gaming 00:01:57.170 --> 00:01:59.490 Monitors, so these are 27 inch 00:02:00.390 --> 00:02:07.830 144 Hertz 2560 by 1440 monitors. They're running in NVIDIA surround whatever NVIDIA is calling that these days and you get 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:11.080 this 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:14.940 So Acer is only selling this 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:22.310 With what they're calling white glove service, which is to say that when you buy a thrown us 00:02:22.910 --> 00:02:24.910 Someone will come to your house 00:02:25.170 --> 00:02:30.350 Spends probably upwards of two hours assembling it for you wherever it is 00:02:30.450 --> 00:02:35.150 But it has a lot of cons and cons and cons and cons and cons about how it is that you choose to plunk it down 00:02:35.150 --> 00:02:42.750 And by the way, you won't be moving it after because it weighs well over 500 pounds and you will be treated to not just 00:02:43.090 --> 00:02:46.790 The most deluxe gaming chair that I have ever been in 00:02:47.390 --> 00:02:53.530 It will be a motorized one. So the first thing you need to do is get your RGB adjusted to whatever is comfortable for you 00:02:53.550 --> 00:02:55.610 I'm partial to orange I'm gonna go ahead and do that 00:02:55.610 --> 00:02:59.130 Then you grab this remote right here, which controls not 00:02:59.130 --> 00:03:01.090 of subwoofers built into the seat 00:03:01.090 --> 00:03:04.090 that will just detect any low frequency sound 00:03:04.090 --> 00:03:06.130 in your game or movie or whatever else it is 00:03:06.130 --> 00:03:09.650 and vibrate along your back and along your butt crack. 00:03:09.650 --> 00:03:12.570 But you also get to adjust, check this out. 00:03:12.570 --> 00:03:14.630 Oh no, that is all this one does, nevermind. 00:03:14.630 --> 00:03:17.370 So it's got a separate remote that's built in right here 00:03:17.370 --> 00:03:22.250 that you can use to do this. 00:03:22.250 --> 00:03:26.500 The, oh the headset, ah, open. 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:30.380 Hold on. 00:03:30.380 --> 00:03:31.860 Ah, to do this. 00:03:31.860 --> 00:03:34.100 So it closes the keyboard mouse tray. 00:03:34.100 --> 00:03:34.960 I gotta give it a little help. 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:36.040 This is pre-production still. 00:03:36.040 --> 00:03:37.900 It's not shipping till Q2 sometime, 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:39.240 something along those lines. 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.860 Closes the ARM and then there's actually a couple 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:44.200 of other things here that I can adjust as well. 00:03:44.200 --> 00:03:46.040 So I'm gonna go ahead and throw my headset on 00:03:46.040 --> 00:03:49.220 and I'm gonna raise the pedals. 00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:52.820 So this lifts up my feet and this buddy is supposed 00:03:52.820 --> 00:03:54.500 to pop up here, I think. 00:03:54.500 --> 00:03:55.900 Come on there, buddy. 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:57.900 Eh, pre-production, like I said. 00:03:57.900 --> 00:04:06.270 So, eh, come on, pedal rise. 00:04:06.270 --> 00:04:07.690 Do you mind showing me how you got this 00:04:07.690 --> 00:04:09.390 to come up before? 00:04:09.390 --> 00:04:10.850 Oh, oh, okay, wrong button. 00:04:10.850 --> 00:04:14.390 Then finally, this is the last trick. 00:04:14.390 --> 00:04:17.150 What they're calling zero G. 00:04:17.150 --> 00:04:22.150 So it lifts up your legs and tilts the whole thing back. 00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:26.400 Now you don't have to go all the way back 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:30.600 and in fact, I would say there is at least a small risk 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.360 of your keyboard kinda accidentally falling on you 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:34.800 if you don't secure it back here or something. 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:36.720 Figure out some way to cable manage that. 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:37.560 And in fact, 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.950 part of it is not, I wouldn't say infinitely adjustable, 00:04:40.950 --> 00:04:43.110 but very adjustable so you can raise the arms a little bit 00:04:43.110 --> 00:04:44.570 if your eye line's a little bit higher. 00:04:44.570 --> 00:04:45.650 So this is it. 00:04:45.650 --> 00:04:47.950 You are immersed in your gaming cockpit. 00:04:47.950 --> 00:04:49.370 You've got your cup holders. 00:04:49.370 --> 00:04:51.150 You've got your USB hub over here 00:04:51.150 --> 00:04:53.550 so you plug in a thumb drive or whatever else it is you want. 00:04:53.550 --> 00:04:55.870 You've got a controller pouch down here 00:04:55.870 --> 00:04:58.970 that you can keep your, I don't know, your, come on, 00:04:58.970 --> 00:05:02.170 your Xbox game controller or whatever else in. 00:05:02.170 --> 00:05:06.330 I mean, what more could you ask for? 00:05:06.330 --> 00:05:07.130 This type of thing is sure to impress the ladies. 00:05:07.130 --> 00:05:08.130 I mean, what more could you ask for? 00:05:08.130 --> 00:05:10.420 This type of thing is sure to impress the ladies. 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:14.400 And like I said, all of this for just $10,000, 00:05:14.400 --> 00:05:18.560 including coming to assemble it for you. 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:25.320 Now, if you guys are anything like me, 00:05:25.580 --> 00:05:30.700 you're probably asking yourself at this point, why? 00:05:30.700 --> 00:05:33.000 Why is Acer building this? 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:36.620 This is so far outside of their typical product lineup. 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:38.160 And the best answer that I could get, 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:40.740 because unlike what I would have expected 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:42.040 with a product like this, 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:45.620 where I would have seen a brand trying to make, 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:47.720 you know, $5,000 a unit, 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:52.020 because this is gonna be obviously a low volume item. 00:05:52.020 --> 00:05:54.720 They seem to be taking a very similar approach 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:55.880 to the margin of this product, 00:05:55.880 --> 00:05:57.940 based on what I know about how much it costs 00:05:57.940 --> 00:05:59.260 to do this kind of thing, 00:05:59.260 --> 00:06:03.200 as they would even on like a typical gaming notebook. 00:06:03.200 --> 00:06:05.180 So the best answer that I can get out of them 00:06:05.180 --> 00:06:07.380 is that this is a statement piece. 00:06:07.380 --> 00:06:09.680 This is the kind of thing that they want to be a draw 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.020 in retail stores or in, you know, in, you know, in, you know, 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.800 entertainment centers or wherever else 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.300 where people are gonna be exposed to the Predator brand 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:18.720 and think, you know what, Predator? 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:21.740 Yeah, gaming, like hardcore gaming. 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:25.680 And if that's the goal, then as far as I'm concerned, 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:27.860 mission accomplished, Acer. 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:30.240 Mission accomplished. 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.870 That's not really a recommendation to buy one, 00:06:33.870 --> 00:06:38.210 but it's definitely attention grabbing. 00:06:38.210 --> 00:06:40.550 Speaking of attention grabbing, 00:06:40.550 --> 00:06:41.890 can I just grab your attention for a minute 00:06:41.890 --> 00:06:43.950 and tell you about our sponsor, dbrand? 00:06:43.950 --> 00:06:44.990 dbrand's Grip, 00:06:45.010 --> 00:06:46.570 this case is super grippy. 00:06:46.570 --> 00:06:48.470 It's got their extra clickable buttons 00:06:48.470 --> 00:06:50.770 and like anything dbrand, it's customizable. 00:06:50.770 --> 00:06:52.470 So you can change out this marble back 00:06:52.470 --> 00:06:54.590 that I've got on mine with dragon skin 00:06:54.590 --> 00:06:55.590 or any color you want. 00:06:55.590 --> 00:06:58.630 They're all true textured, authentic 3M vinyl, 00:06:58.630 --> 00:07:00.390 and they are cut with the precision 00:07:00.390 --> 00:07:01.370 that you'd expect from dbrand. 00:07:01.370 --> 00:07:03.770 Actually that goes for their grip cases as well, 00:07:03.770 --> 00:07:05.570 including their cutouts for fingerprint sensors, 00:07:05.570 --> 00:07:06.990 cameras, et cetera. 00:07:06.990 --> 00:07:09.230 And then on the front of the phone, 00:07:09.230 --> 00:07:11.530 they've got their new prism screen protectors. 00:07:11.530 --> 00:07:13.710 These things are absolutely nuts. 00:07:13.710 --> 00:07:14.810 The demo you guys are looking at right now, 00:07:14.810 --> 00:07:16.410 is absolutely real. 00:07:16.410 --> 00:07:18.130 So they've got this cool applicator 00:07:18.130 --> 00:07:20.050 that you use to put their screen protector on. 00:07:20.050 --> 00:07:21.850 So you get a perfect fit every time. 00:07:21.850 --> 00:07:23.170 And then once it's on, 00:07:23.170 --> 00:07:25.870 it kind of, it feels like glass on the front, 00:07:25.870 --> 00:07:27.770 but it's not because you can take it 00:07:27.770 --> 00:07:29.850 and smack a nail into a piece of wood 00:07:29.850 --> 00:07:30.950 with the front of your phone, 00:07:30.950 --> 00:07:35.130 peel the thing off and the screen is still pristine. 00:07:35.130 --> 00:07:37.430 I haven't seen impact protection like this 00:07:37.430 --> 00:07:40.050 from a third party product ever before. 00:07:40.050 --> 00:07:41.770 And you guys can check out both the grip 00:07:41.770 --> 00:07:44.810 and the prism to protect your phone 360 degrees. 00:07:44.810 --> 00:07:46.670 At the link in the video description. 00:07:46.670 --> 00:07:47.570 So thanks for watching guys. 00:07:47.570 --> 00:07:50.670 Don't miss any of our CES coverage here at CES 2019 00:07:50.670 --> 00:07:53.670 by making sure that you are subscribed to Linus Tech Tips. 00:07:53.670 --> 00:07:56.510 And I'm just gonna kind of tune out for a little bit here. 00:07:56.510 --> 00:07:59.950 I got some gaming to do and we'll see you guys later. 00:07:59.950 --> 00:08:03.450 Let's close this, close this cabin in here. 00:08:03.450 --> 00:08:09.220 Not gonna, not gonna break the headphones this time. 00:08:09.220 --> 00:08:25.520 Zero G opening. 00:08:25.520 --> 00:08:30.980 Yeah. 00:08:30.980 --> 00:08:35.400 Did I mention the adjustable ARM rests? 00:08:35.400 --> 00:08:39.700 Oh, pay attention to the road here. 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:40.640 Ah, I crashed.