1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:09,000 yeah I just folded this clean in half 2 00:00:05,540 --> 00:00:10,019 I got you this thing's designed to fold 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,700 in half the Zenbook 17 fold is the largest 4 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:19,619 foldable device that we've seen hit the market yet it's equipped with an 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:24,740 enormous vibrant OLED display that puts nearly every other laptop to shame and 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:30,060 offers unparalleled flexibility traditional clam shell of course would 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:38,399 you like a physical or touch screen keyboard kickstand naturally book well 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:41,219 that's a new one it looks like an 9 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:46,739 amazing little package but perhaps like my demonstration of strength 10 00:00:43,379 --> 00:00:48,539 there is more here than meets the eye 11 00:00:46,739 --> 00:00:52,379 it's okay though because I'd never deceive you about our sponsor War 12 00:00:50,700 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say 23 00:01:39,420 --> 00:01:46,500 that it still qualifies as a one finger lift ASUS rates the hinge for about 24 00:01:44,159 --> 00:01:50,880 thirty thousand folds and while the 12.5 inch size might not impress you in its 25 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:54,659 clamshell mode the story changes dramatically when you pop off the 26 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:59,100 removable keyboard more on that later and open it up into tablet mode with a 27 00:01:57,299 --> 00:02:05,100 reassuring funk now that's impressive the foled or 28 00:02:02,759 --> 00:02:11,220 flexible OLED panel comes courtesy of BOE and is both Pantone validated and 29 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:14,760 capable of a whopping 500 nit Peak 30 00:02:11,220 --> 00:02:16,620 brightness it runs at 2560 by 1920 which 31 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:21,060 is suitable for even up close viewing and did I even mention Dolby Vision 32 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:25,739 certification yet with the included kickstand this thing is basically a home 33 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:31,080 theater grade HDR display that you can take with you on the airplane I've never 34 00:02:28,739 --> 00:02:35,099 seen anything like it and they claim it should sound just as good thanks to a 35 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:39,840 quad speaker arrangement with Dolby Atmos support tuned by Harman Kardon 36 00:02:37,739 --> 00:02:44,879 without rear speakers you shouldn't expect any kind of meaningful surround 37 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:46,739 out of Atmos content but the audio is 38 00:02:44,879 --> 00:02:51,959 surprisingly clear throughout the entire range with a very wide Sound Stage it 39 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:55,739 gets easily loud enough for viewing with a friend and while the bass is a little 40 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:05,300 lacking compared to the latest from Dell or apple I'd give it a solid a minus 41 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:13,440 probably the best thing is we haven't talked about so far or even really 42 00:03:10,019 --> 00:03:15,239 noticed the crease every foldable is 43 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:20,040 going to have a bit of waviness near the fold but on the Zenbook 17 fold it's 44 00:03:18,540 --> 00:03:25,620 only really noticeable when the light catches it and from straight on it's 45 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:28,560 hard to notice even that if this was a 46 00:03:25,620 --> 00:03:32,879 portable monitor instead of a computer I'd be impressed as hell and throw it 47 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:36,599 straight into my backpack the super durable Tech friendly one I got from 48 00:03:34,379 --> 00:03:40,560 ltdstore.com now with limited lifetime warranty it's pretty good trust me bro 49 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:44,459 unfortunately it's not an external Monitor and that's where the sheen 50 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:48,780 starts to come off a little to start with the CPU and GPU are a little 51 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:54,840 underpowered for the price the core i7 1250u has a base speed of 52 00:03:51,959 --> 00:03:59,580 1.1 gigahertz and the efficiency cores outnumber the performance course four 53 00:03:56,940 --> 00:04:04,379 times over it's not unusable and it can boost to 4.7 gigahertz but the general 54 00:04:01,980 --> 00:04:09,599 experience in PC mode isn't as smooth as I'd like you're not going to be gaming 55 00:04:06,959 --> 00:04:13,200 on this thing and playing back 4K HDR content on YouTube nearly pegs the 56 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:17,880 integrated XE graphics the good news is it doesn't get very hot 57 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:23,820 under load nor does the fan get very loud having achieved that however I can't 58 00:04:21,359 --> 00:04:29,280 tell you since ASUS specifically forbade me from disassembling this one frankly I 59 00:04:27,180 --> 00:04:33,240 don't think I would have tried anyway it looks extremely intimidating to take 60 00:04:31,139 --> 00:04:38,820 apart but it apparently does come apart and it's possible to upgrade the SSD 61 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:42,419 this internal imagery also reveals the 75 watt hour battery in there that 62 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:46,440 contributes to 11 hours of battery life at 50 brightness 63 00:04:43,979 --> 00:04:50,400 it's not quite MacBook territory but despite the fact that I literally 64 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:54,900 sneezed while writing this line it's nothing to sneeze at 65 00:04:52,080 --> 00:05:00,720 by the way given the glossy finish of the display and the schmoo accumulating 66 00:04:57,180 --> 00:05:03,120 nature of its rubberized bezel here 67 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:07,340 I'd recommend the down the front of the shirt technique anytime you need to 68 00:05:05,340 --> 00:05:13,919 sneeze in front of your Zenbook 17-fold keeping it clean has been a real chore 69 00:05:11,699 --> 00:05:17,820 not that I think many of you will end up owning one of these I'm not even saying 70 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:22,320 that you can't afford it's thirty five hundred dollar U.S starting price it's 71 00:05:20,580 --> 00:05:27,840 just that it's time for me to start talking about the problems 72 00:05:24,479 --> 00:05:30,479 starting with the keyboard and trackpad 73 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:36,000 the included compact Bluetooth keyboard can conveniently be stashed inside of 74 00:05:32,820 --> 00:05:37,620 the fold when it's well folded and it 75 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,400 has two Bluetooth profiles so you can use it on multiple devices should that 76 00:05:39,660 --> 00:05:45,960 strike your fancy the keys themselves are pretty solid and have way more 77 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:50,699 travel than you'd expect considering the keyboard's extremely thin profile it's 78 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:56,039 also got a very slick glass track pad underneath that's big enough but it has 79 00:05:53,880 --> 00:06:02,100 one of the worst click hinges I've seen in a long time it's supposed to click 80 00:05:59,039 --> 00:06:03,600 along the bottom here but it's so flopsy 81 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:09,800 that you can actually click it at the top point if you push hard enough or 82 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,800 even from the underside 83 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:17,639 and if you're supporting the device one-handed it's so poorly supported that 84 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,180 it will sometimes fail to return to a neutral position 85 00:06:22,139 --> 00:06:27,539 and it gets worse while it's solid on a 86 00:06:25,259 --> 00:06:31,880 desk when you use it on the zenbooks folded screen 87 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:36,780 its feet sit on the slightly raised rubberized bezels making for some 88 00:06:34,380 --> 00:06:40,319 worrying deck Flex even while trying to type normally it also has the tendency 89 00:06:38,580 --> 00:06:43,919 to move around slightly too and generally feels not much better than if 90 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:49,139 you'd propped a keyboard on top of a tablet screen making matters worse it's 91 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:53,520 a dumb Bluetooth keyboard meaning that while the Zenbook can detect its 92 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:57,600 presence the keyboard itself doesn't actually come out of sleep when you open 93 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,900 the lid you need to hit a key and wait for it to connect and then wait for it 94 00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:04,380 to actually start working and if you leave it for a second or two without 95 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:08,699 touching anything the touchpad will skip when you touch it it's just it's real 96 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:13,319 pain and there's no wired option either that port on the side is for charging 97 00:07:11,220 --> 00:07:17,280 only and yes it must be charged separately too 98 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:21,840 the very worst thing about it is the input lag never mind for gaming it's so 99 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:25,500 bad that it impacts even accurately moving the cursor around the screen to 100 00:07:23,940 --> 00:07:30,660 click on icons like the tablet size keyboard Tablet 101 00:07:28,259 --> 00:07:34,440 really defines the Zenbook folds IO too there are physical buttons for volume up 102 00:07:32,940 --> 00:07:37,680 and down and a power button as well along the top right corner the headset 103 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:41,280 Jack is at the right or the top depending on the orientation and while 104 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:46,380 it lacks a dedicated charging Jack meaning you'll need to use your 105 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:50,099 Thunderbolt 4 ports to charge it does have two of those so I kind of consider 106 00:07:48,780 --> 00:07:57,419 this a non-issue and use with a Thunderbolt dock with power delivery also unlike apple Jesus had enough sense 107 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:01,380 to include a type c to a dongle in the box so at least you don't have to Shell 108 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:05,639 out for one of those should you want to use a mouse or a flash drive though that 109 00:08:04,139 --> 00:08:11,699 doesn't mean I'm giving it full marks for usability let's make our way through 110 00:08:07,919 --> 00:08:13,740 all of ASUS's recommended modes PC mode 111 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:18,240 I already touched on it is in my opinion the strongest argument for buying is 112 00:08:15,479 --> 00:08:22,199 inbook 17 fold there simply isn't anything else on the market with a 113 00:08:19,620 --> 00:08:28,139 screen this size that packs up this small unfortunately laptop mode is not 114 00:08:26,039 --> 00:08:31,319 as good following the Zen book and placing the keyboard on it automatically 115 00:08:29,699 --> 00:08:35,399 switches the screen to portrait mode and disables the bottom half imitating a 116 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:39,180 12.5 inch display in this configuration it has no 117 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:43,560 additional functionality compared to a standard Ultrabook and it's nearly twice 118 00:08:41,459 --> 00:08:47,580 as thick at the hinge the Windows hello webcam is awkwardly in portrait mode 119 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:52,019 like this too you know since the device is kinda in portrait mode 120 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:58,140 and I wouldn't have thought it possible but ASUS managed to make the Windows 11 121 00:08:54,899 --> 00:08:59,880 taskbar worse by adding a curve to it 122 00:08:58,140 --> 00:09:02,820 that makes it hard to activate with the touchscreen if you have large fingers 123 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:08,160 like I do it's usable but if you want a laptop 124 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:12,440 then just buy a laptop but Anthony you say you can easily solve this just take 125 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:17,220 off the keyboard oh yeah I could do that look at how many 126 00:09:15,779 --> 00:09:23,040 comments I can read under our YouTube videos this way and it's so fun to 127 00:09:20,339 --> 00:09:28,140 scroll but the second I want to reply to anyone the experience is pretty bad the 128 00:09:26,580 --> 00:09:32,040 included window management software and I think this is actually part of Windows 129 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:36,899 pops up to help you better utilize the bottom display but you'll find yourself 130 00:09:33,899 --> 00:09:38,519 really wanting to use fancy zones to 131 00:09:36,899 --> 00:09:42,839 split the top and bottom into separate virtual displays since dragging Windows 132 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:46,920 between them is pretty cumbersome without a trackpad using the Bluetooth 133 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:51,660 keyboard separately and what ASUS calls extend mode could make sense in some 134 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:56,820 situations but it's hardly the killer app this device desperately needs 135 00:09:54,540 --> 00:10:02,040 tablet mode on the other hand have you ever wanted a massive tablet well you're 136 00:09:59,580 --> 00:10:06,180 in luck I legitimately could see some people buying the Zenbook 17 fold for 137 00:10:04,019 --> 00:10:11,580 this reason especially someone older or with a visual impairment that makes 138 00:10:07,980 --> 00:10:14,459 large print a necessity for reading it 139 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:18,180 does have some drawbacks though the 1.4 kilogram weight means that you're gonna 140 00:10:16,620 --> 00:10:21,899 want to rest it on your lap or the seat back in front of you or feeling that 141 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:27,300 ASUS suggests holding it partially folded in what they call book mode and 142 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:32,160 this just about made my eyes roll out of their sockets but it is legitimately 143 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:37,080 easier to hold like this like any foldable though the Zen book is only 144 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:40,980 about 40 percent about the hardware the rest is software and out of the box we 145 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:46,500 got off to a bad start with McAfee Live Safe just yelling at me that I was 146 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:49,980 unprotected I chose to accept the risk 147 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:53,459 only to be bugged again and again and 148 00:10:49,980 --> 00:10:57,839 again this on a laptop that starts at 149 00:10:53,459 --> 00:11:00,899 34.99 us the same price as the M1 Max 16 150 00:10:57,839 --> 00:11:04,380 inch MacBook Pro which has a much faster 151 00:11:00,899 --> 00:11:07,260 CPU and GPU more IO a better track pad 152 00:11:04,380 --> 00:11:10,980 and double the memory now why aside from the price am I comparing it to a Macbook 153 00:11:09,180 --> 00:11:15,060 because ASUS has a service they call glidex that allows you to extend or 154 00:11:13,380 --> 00:11:20,040 mirror your screen to an external device either wired or on the same Wi-Fi 155 00:11:17,279 --> 00:11:24,420 network just like sidecar from Apple the problem 156 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:27,180 it's a subscription service 157 00:11:24,420 --> 00:11:33,300 for a feature that requires no server it's literally your PC and your phone or 158 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:39,779 tablet there is a free version but this can only be used via Wi-Fi only does 159 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:42,360 720p at 30 FPS and is AD supported you 160 00:11:39,779 --> 00:11:48,680 get a year of pro with your Zenbook purchase that's a 36 value for a feature 161 00:11:45,959 --> 00:11:55,920 that's literally just a DRM lock this is a really cynical cash grab by 162 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:57,600 ASUS and they should feel bad for it if 163 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:03,320 you thought that was a digression go check out this exclusive overallplane.com where Linus goes 164 00:12:00,839 --> 00:12:08,220 completely off into tangentville oh if none of that matters to you at all 165 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:15,660 then on the PC side you can buy an XPS 13 with the same laptop form factor for 166 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:18,480 19.99 and it also has a faster P series 167 00:12:15,660 --> 00:12:24,180 CPU with three times the P cores and twice the memory compared to either the 168 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:26,940 XPS 13 plus or even a base model M1 169 00:12:24,180 --> 00:12:32,040 MacBook Pro this thing might be in the ballpark per thread but doesn't cut it 170 00:12:29,519 --> 00:12:36,959 in multi-threaded that means that this laptop is almost purely a Content 171 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:43,260 consumption device that might be good for 2D artists if like the Lenovo X1 172 00:12:39,540 --> 00:12:45,779 fold it had an optional stylus but sadly 173 00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:51,180 it does not and if you needed to do any kind of heavier work MacBooks aside the 174 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:59,760 most expensive XPS 15 pre-config is still 600 less expensive has a dedicated 175 00:12:55,139 --> 00:13:02,519 GPU a full fat core I9 12900 HK far far 176 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:06,720 more IO and yes double the memory too which is even upgradable 177 00:13:04,740 --> 00:13:12,000 we'll have these laptops linked down below but in the end what you are paying 178 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:16,620 for with the Zenbook 17 fold is the privilege of being one of the first to 179 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:20,700 buy a premium foldable laptop and the privilege of helping answer the question 180 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:24,540 of why it needs to exist now I'm sorry if this is getting a little ranty it's 181 00:13:22,380 --> 00:13:30,420 been a little ranty already I know but that really is a legitimate question 182 00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:32,220 even ASUS didn't really want credit for 183 00:13:30,420 --> 00:13:38,160 the idea for this thing rolling the that poop ball down the hill onto Intel and 184 00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:42,959 given this was conceived before Intel's current CEO Pat gelsinger took the reins 185 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:47,339 when they had no clear answer to ryzen and were bleeding market share I 186 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:51,120 honestly doubt Intel knows either I think it's possible that they were 187 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:56,160 just throwing ideas at the wall to see what sticks all of which is to say the 188 00:13:53,399 --> 00:14:01,139 Zenbook 17 fold is a very Niche product one that will appeal to a small number 189 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:06,600 of people an even smaller number of which will actually be able to afford it 190 00:14:03,839 --> 00:14:11,940 the cold hard truth is I don't see ASUS selling very many of these on the box is 191 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:16,560 ASUS's long time motto in search of incredible 192 00:14:14,639 --> 00:14:20,639 they'll have to keep searching but your search has ended for our 193 00:14:18,180 --> 00:14:25,680 sponsor War Thunder it's a free-to-play online military vehicle combat game it's 194 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:30,779 available in Windows Mac Linux PS4 PS5 Xbox One and Xbox series X with 195 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:34,440 crossplay with over 2 000 Vehicles including tanks airplanes helicopters 196 00:14:32,940 --> 00:14:38,700 and ships there's surely something exciting for everyone to Pilot every 197 00:14:36,779 --> 00:14:42,720 vehicle is modeled down to individual components offering an immersive PVP 198 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:47,040 combat experience whether you want something fast-paced and action focused 199 00:14:44,880 --> 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