1
00:00:00,430 --> 00:00:04,430
- So this is about Max moving around. - [Man] Can you undo that top button?

2
00:00:05,550 --> 00:00:09,160
- Undo like this one? No, we're not doing that. - That's...

3
00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,959
All right, that's fine- - Undo the top button, yes.

4
00:00:12,959 --> 00:00:17,130
- That's way better. - Looking for better audio. This right here is the Sony...

5
00:00:17,130 --> 00:00:20,660
This right here is the not Sony VAIO SX12.

6
00:00:20,660 --> 00:00:24,610
So you're probably thinking where has VAIO been for the past,

7
00:00:24,610 --> 00:00:28,260
I don't know, since I think it was 2014 when they stopped existing, kind of.

8
00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:31,950
Well, they've been slowly, you know, making their own laptops.

9
00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:36,320
Apparently when they broke up, they wanted to get away from like general consumer stuff

10
00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,610
and into more like bleeding edge high-end stuff.

11
00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:43,810
So here we have it, the VAIO SX12,

12
00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:47,570
what is apparently the thinnest laptop in the world

13
00:00:47,570 --> 00:00:51,330
that has a six core processor. I'm not totally sure why that's

14
00:00:51,330 --> 00:00:54,720
a necessary thing to know but, you know, let's see how it goes.

15
00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,933
So the box I would say it looks really great. Very, I don't know.

16
00:00:57,933 --> 00:01:01,170
It's black. It says VAIO on it. There we go.

17
00:01:01,170 --> 00:01:05,820
And it's in a little bag. I actually quite like this box,

18
00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:08,910
but let's see how the laptop... Oh, cool.

19
00:01:08,910 --> 00:01:12,280
So it's just, you know, a nice matte black little laptop.

20
00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,460
There isn't a whole lot about the outside besides... Holy crap.

21
00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:18,830
Those are a lot of ports. So I was looking at originally,

22
00:01:18,830 --> 00:01:22,360
I thought like, did they just copy the design from 2014?

23
00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,150
And like, that's why it has so many ports, like freaking VGA right here.

24
00:01:26,150 --> 00:01:30,760
But it turns out no. Even like when they stopped producing VAIO laptops,

25
00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,773
they didn't have anywhere near this many ports. Like it was just, I think there was a HDMI

26
00:01:33,773 --> 00:01:39,093
and two USBs here. Whereas now we have VGA, Ethernet, HDMI.

27
00:01:40,050 --> 00:01:45,260
That has a Thunderbolt sign. Yes. So we have Thunderbolt and then USB-A

28
00:01:45,260 --> 00:01:48,270
and SD card full-size. On the other side we have,

29
00:01:48,270 --> 00:01:54,460
wow, another two USB Type-As, a headphone port and that's about it, power in.

30
00:01:54,460 --> 00:01:58,670
So we have a power cord, kind of an old school style one

31
00:01:58,670 --> 00:02:03,950
where they have, you know, the barrel connector. It doesn't appear to have USB-C type charging.

32
00:02:03,950 --> 00:02:07,300
Thank you for purchasing our new VAIO PC. Well I didn't purchase it.

33
00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:11,350
But, you know? The VAIO PC now in your hands has successfully completed

34
00:02:11,350 --> 00:02:15,410
the Azumino Finish. All essential elements focusing on inspira...

35
00:02:16,918 --> 00:02:20,650
What else we got here? Startup guide. We can probably figure that ourself. All right, well, I guess we just get

36
00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:24,113
right into the laptop here. Hopefully it has power.

37
00:02:25,610 --> 00:02:29,340
And here we go. Over the keyboard they have what feels like a microfiber cloth.

38
00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:32,650
It's actually quite nice. So it does have the cool kind of hinge

39
00:02:32,650 --> 00:02:38,090
you see it on some ASUS laptops these days or I think that old VAIO ones did as well,

40
00:02:38,090 --> 00:02:41,310
where it's flat on the table,

41
00:02:41,310 --> 00:02:46,250
but then as you lift it up, it creates a small gap between the table

42
00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:50,320
and you know, the bottom of the laptop. This will be good for two things. So for one,

43
00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,910
it'll be much nicer for your hands where, you know, you'd have the slight inclination

44
00:02:54,910 --> 00:02:59,010
while you're typing, which should make typing for long periods of time a little bit easier.

45
00:02:59,010 --> 00:03:02,050
And also, you know, it has a six core processor in it.

46
00:03:02,050 --> 00:03:06,310
So it's gonna need lots of air getting in there and just shoot it out and, you know, heat everything up

47
00:03:06,310 --> 00:03:10,297
besides hopefully the processor itself. Looks like that we also have Windows Hello right up there.

48
00:03:10,297 --> 00:03:13,810
And I think there's a fingerprint. Yeah, there's a fingerprint reader right here.

49
00:03:13,810 --> 00:03:18,430
So, getting into it should be pretty simple. Oh, oof!

50
00:03:18,430 --> 00:03:23,830
This trackpad, look at that. This right here has to be the smallest trackpad

51
00:03:23,830 --> 00:03:27,350
I've seen in nearly a decade I would say.

52
00:03:27,350 --> 00:03:34,060
This is frigging tiny. This laptop is nearly $1,900

53
00:03:34,060 --> 00:03:39,750
and, yep, it is really light. But I don't know, it's quite plasticky

54
00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:45,660
kind of around here for what you would expect from something that's $1,900.

55
00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:50,860
Here We have the last gen XPS 13. So these right here are identically specced machines.

56
00:03:50,860 --> 00:03:56,640
Although the Dell comes in at $50 less and has a 4K touchscreen

57
00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,163
as opposed to, I believe it's a 1080p. Yeah.

58
00:04:00,163 --> 00:04:05,840
No touching at all here. As far as the actual screen quality goes,

59
00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,390
unsurprisingly the 4K display on the Dell

60
00:04:10,390 --> 00:04:14,110
is just sharper and generally better.

61
00:04:14,110 --> 00:04:18,430
But I don't care about that too too much like the 4Kness of it,

62
00:04:18,430 --> 00:04:22,600
because like, you know, 1080p on a 13 inch display,

63
00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,210
I need to get what? Here before I can start seeing pixels at all.

64
00:04:26,210 --> 00:04:29,960
And I'm not using this computer that close. You'd probably be looking more at using it

65
00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:34,930
like right around here somewhere. I want to say nice things about this computer

66
00:04:34,930 --> 00:04:38,100
'cause overall, like, I don't think it's all that bad

67
00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:41,300
from what I've been using besides this trackpad.

68
00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:44,530
It's abominable. Every time that I go to do something

69
00:04:44,530 --> 00:04:47,960
it's just so terrible. And you can't even be like, oh, it's fine

70
00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,710
because you know, you can use the touchscreen. But there is no touchscreen option.

71
00:04:51,710 --> 00:04:55,510
You just have to use this. Come on guys.

72
00:04:55,510 --> 00:04:59,860
So for one thing, there's no like press to click. That isn't necessarily a deal breaker,

73
00:04:59,860 --> 00:05:06,780
but you just kind of expect it these days. It has these super duper small little right click,

74
00:05:06,780 --> 00:05:10,140
left click guys that for one, they just don't feel great.

75
00:05:10,140 --> 00:05:15,120
Like the snap isn't very great. You can kind of see where I push it,

76
00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,380
there's a lot of mush before you actually get into the click.

77
00:05:18,380 --> 00:05:21,956
Anyway, back to the keyboard here.

78
00:05:21,956 --> 00:05:25,120
(keyboard clicking)

79
00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:30,300
Hmm. It feels kinda bouncy almost,

80
00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:33,660
not so much the keys but just sort of the whole chassis underneath it.

81
00:05:33,660 --> 00:05:37,230
It's pretty, not fantastic. You can really feel it

82
00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:41,730
when you're clicking down any of the keys that the whole deck is flexing,

83
00:05:41,730 --> 00:05:45,620
which even though these might be good keys, I have no clue. It doesn't really matter

84
00:05:45,620 --> 00:05:48,840
if you don't have the chassis flex. But, oh, look at that up there.

85
00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:53,340
Are you able to see? This is just me pressing the keys and the whole deck is flexing.

86
00:05:53,340 --> 00:05:57,890
So if you compare that to the XPS here, this is as hard as I can push.

87
00:05:57,890 --> 00:06:01,440
You do see some flex and it's, there's barely anything

88
00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,770
'cause you know, this thing is made of carbon fiber and magnesium. Whereas this right here,

89
00:06:05,770 --> 00:06:10,480
bit on the plasticky side for sure. 1900 bucks

90
00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,720
and you have that. We haven't gotten to the fun bit yet though.

91
00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,800
So, it does have that six core processor.

92
00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,913
Let's see how it does with a little Blender render.

93
00:06:20,808 --> 00:06:24,160
F12. I wouldn't expect it to be able to do

94
00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,720
anywhere near max turbo the whole time. Like if I had to guess

95
00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,270
we'll probably be sitting at about 2.6 gigahertz but...

96
00:06:31,270 --> 00:06:35,110
Oh, it's already at 94 degrees.

97
00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:39,410
We're down to 2.3 gigahertz. As far as the speed goes,

98
00:06:39,410 --> 00:06:42,563
ah, it's not great given how long it's been going.

99
00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,330
About this Dell here, just as a little comparison.

100
00:06:47,330 --> 00:06:50,980
Let's just, it's not the same task. We're not going to really drag race these two.

101
00:06:50,980 --> 00:06:54,510
I don't have the power brick for this one. But I just want to see how loud it gets

102
00:06:54,510 --> 00:06:58,210
in comparison. Although this is definitely a bit on the loud side,

103
00:06:58,210 --> 00:07:03,220
I'd say that, given that it's like six cores and something that's of this size,

104
00:07:03,220 --> 00:07:06,760
it's really not bad. Like we're not getting like the Razor Blade whine

105
00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,150
or anything. So far the Dell is silent,

106
00:07:10,150 --> 00:07:15,730
but I don't think that will last very long. Anyway, on the VAIO it seems to have, you know,

107
00:07:15,730 --> 00:07:18,920
leveled out somewhere around 2.2, 2.3 gigahertz,

108
00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:24,133
which isn't all that bad. But it's not incredible.

109
00:07:26,390 --> 00:07:30,100
I think the Dell might be at max speed, but I just can't really tell

110
00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:34,190
because of how much louder the VAIO is. All right, we're not gonna complete this render

111
00:07:34,190 --> 00:07:37,964
'cause it's taking half a while. It's able to hold. It's thermal is pretty good.

112
00:07:37,964 --> 00:07:42,770
Like it has leveled out around 85-87 degrees thereish

113
00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:46,780
while doing 2.2 gigahertz switches.

114
00:07:46,780 --> 00:07:54,040
I would say very acceptable for a machine of this size. As for the sound, it's definitely on the higher end.

115
00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:58,830
Although I wouldn't consider it unacceptable. Like this Dell is so much quieter.

116
00:07:58,830 --> 00:08:03,160
You can barely hear it. Even though the fan are really giving air.

117
00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,940
Going back to the overall just size of this machine though,

118
00:08:07,940 --> 00:08:10,960
I can't get over the number of ports.

119
00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,913
Like we have said, I don't know, it doesn't feel amazing.

120
00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:23,540
But it also doesn't feel bad. Like as far as flex in this direction,

121
00:08:23,540 --> 00:08:28,800
there's almost none. As far as screen wobble, almost none.

122
00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,510
Like I would consider that very good. The screen flex it's a bit on the flexy side,

123
00:08:33,510 --> 00:08:37,153
but again, totally acceptable. Like, okay, this is way stiffer.

124
00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,170
But it doesn't really matter. You're not doing this all day.

125
00:08:42,180 --> 00:08:45,230
This is... Okay, the Dell is way better

126
00:08:45,230 --> 00:08:49,683
as far as general build quality goes. But it's also a lot heavier.

127
00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:54,540
Yeah. So let's see what the actual difference is between these two.

128
00:08:54,540 --> 00:08:57,680
We've got like 850 grams.

129
00:08:57,680 --> 00:09:03,700
That is frigging light. This one right here is about 1200 or so.

130
00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:06,593
That's you know, a good what? 400 gram difference.

131
00:09:08,530 --> 00:09:12,580
You're going to notice that in your backpack. Like I can just, tossing these around

132
00:09:12,580 --> 00:09:14,423
really feel it in my hands.

133
00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:21,510
But I don't know. The VAIO might be one of the most disappointing laptops

134
00:09:21,510 --> 00:09:25,680
I've used in quite a while. It's so light. It has so many ports

135
00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:29,950
and somehow is really thin. Like is it thinner than the XPS?

136
00:09:29,950 --> 00:09:34,330
Well, of course it is. They said that... Oh no, it isn't. They said that it was the thinnest six core,

137
00:09:34,330 --> 00:09:37,500
but looking at, it's not.

138
00:09:37,500 --> 00:09:40,640
It's really not. But it's really close.

139
00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:46,590
It's within a couple millimeters. And for the price that they're commanding,

140
00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:50,540
this right here should be carbon fiber and this needs to be bigger.

141
00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:55,380
So like my recommendations are like this whole keyboard needs to come up a couple centimeters.

142
00:09:55,380 --> 00:09:59,770
That will give you more space for your palms to rest and also like the key thing is just

143
00:09:59,770 --> 00:10:03,600
more space for this trackpad 'cause it is unacceptable.

144
00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:08,320
And then maybe make the whole top carbon fiber. And that would allow you to, you know,

145
00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,350
not notice that kind of, oh, so much flex.

146
00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:16,680
What else can we see here? Oh, I wonder how the speakers are? It already sounds a little bit crushed,

147
00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:21,370
but it's not too too bad. (upbeat music)

148
00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:24,630
There's no base at all. I wouldn't really expect there to be much of bass in this,

149
00:10:24,630 --> 00:10:29,637
but you know, it's low enough that I would say it's a bit disappointing.

150
00:10:29,637 --> 00:10:32,990
"Crab Rave". Let's see what it sounds like on the XPS.

151
00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:36,423
(upbeat music) There's no comparison.

152
00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:42,210
So I don't know how to feel about this. Everything that I remember from VAIO was just very high quality

153
00:10:42,210 --> 00:10:47,420
and this given the price, I don't know it just doesn't really stick the landing.

154
00:10:47,420 --> 00:10:51,630
It has the ports, it has the size and like the feel and look,

155
00:10:51,630 --> 00:10:57,210
I have to say is pretty good. But I don't know. The build quality and this trackpad is just inexcusable.

156
00:10:57,210 --> 00:11:01,340
There's no way that you can use a trackpad like this and not have a touchscreen in 2020.

157
00:11:01,340 --> 00:11:05,520
Like, I don't know. They just need to go back to the drawing board a bit and figure that one out.

158
00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:10,233
Anyway, get subscribed, hit like or whatever, the bell.

159
00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:12,533
See ya.