1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,680 have you ever seen something and immediately assume that it's a gimmick 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:09,200 like for example this brush buddies justin bieber singing toothbrush 3 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,800 i'm in it's certainly fun 4 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:23,760 but if ultimately when i'm finished my teeth are no 5 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:27,519 cleaner than if i had saved seven dollars and gotten a regular one 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,480 well when i first heard that ASUS put a 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:36,880 touchscreen in the touchpad 8 00:00:34,239 --> 00:00:40,559 of their new zenbook pro i have to confess that it triggered my 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:45,280 gimmick detector at least before i used it for a while 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:49,039 as for now well i'll say this 11 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:51,680 it's a lot better than a worthless gimmick 12 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:57,039 but then also kind of worse you know what's not a gimmick though 13 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:01,440 glass wire glass wire is a firewall that displays your pc's incoming and outgoing 14 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:07,020 network connections in real time use offer code Linus to get 25 off glasswire 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:11,989 2.0 through the link below 16 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:22,159 the overall design of the ASUS zenbook pro ux 580 ge is a solid 17 00:01:20,799 --> 00:01:26,400 b plus the brushed aluminum and relatively 18 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:30,479 small bezels are nice but i just can't shake the nagging 19 00:01:28,799 --> 00:01:35,600 feeling that it looks kind of like an inspiron but made from 20 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:40,479 better materials and making matters worse compared to dell's professional 21 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:45,280 xps 15 it is a fingerprint magnet and the reduced chassis rigidity 22 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:50,960 makes it feel significantly cheaper which i mean fortunately for it it 23 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:54,720 actually is with that said i can't think of a situation where i'd be embarrassed 24 00:01:53,200 --> 00:02:00,320 to be seen with the zenbook pro i mean whether it's in an office or a studio or 25 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:04,960 a library it does a great job of blending in seamlessly 26 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:09,520 that is at least until your studymates notice the second display so 27 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:12,720 there's a standard one up top though it might not be fair to call it 28 00:02:10,959 --> 00:02:17,040 standard because between its 4k resolution touch support and factory 29 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,879 calibration everything from consuming to creating 30 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:27,360 content is a joy as long as you don't care about HDR and then there's the one 31 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:29,760 where the track pad would normally be 32 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:35,680 ASUS is calling their little creation here the screen pad 33 00:02:32,959 --> 00:02:39,760 most of the time it just acts like a normal trackpad and actually quite a 34 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:44,480 good one you'd think it would feel weird but it has a nice soft touch and a 35 00:02:42,319 --> 00:02:47,920 satisfying click in fact even without a screen under it it would already be 36 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:53,840 getting a pretty positive review and then it's got extra functionality 37 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:58,480 like contextual shortcut keys and the ability to use it as an extended display 38 00:02:56,239 --> 00:03:01,680 well that should get it right into a plus territory right 39 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:08,720 hold on in some situations it's actually great 40 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:11,760 the youtube integration on chrome puts 41 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,440 ad skipping and a full screen toggle 42 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:17,920 right at your fingertips quite literally and it even lets you 43 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:22,560 scrub along the timeline and this is while keeping most of the screen free to 44 00:03:20,319 --> 00:03:27,120 be used as a regular trackpad then by contrast spotify shouldn't even be 45 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:32,560 listed as compatible i mean you know how most keyboards have 46 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,959 media hotkeys up here at the top making 47 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,480 play pause and track control a single action 48 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:43,680 well for some inexplicable reason ASUS has removed 49 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:47,599 those functions and replaced them with nothing 50 00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:52,799 so you can have the pleasure of executing three actions instead of 51 00:03:50,799 --> 00:03:58,400 pressing one button and then making matters worse once the 52 00:03:54,879 --> 00:04:01,200 spotify app is open the touchpad no 53 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:06,480 longer works meaning that it is literally always 54 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:09,200 faster and more convenient to just click 55 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:13,200 on the actual spotify app and this problem of not being able to 56 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:17,120 use the touchpad when in certain apps hampers the usefulness further for 57 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:22,000 things that would otherwise be great like the numpad or calculator which is 58 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:27,680 particularly annoying given that these are issues that were solved in the word 59 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:33,600 numpad like in office programs the numpad works freaking fantastic 60 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:38,479 but also reveals its limitations only the numpad and symbol inserter 61 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:43,759 actually really save you time and then for power users keyboard shortcuts like 62 00:04:41,199 --> 00:04:49,040 control s are going to be the way to go for a very long time and then finally 63 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:53,199 the lack of features like macros and equations on the screen pad meant that 64 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:57,120 we really just didn't get many opportunities to use it 65 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:01,759 overall then i don't think the screen pad is a huge selling point at this 66 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:06,080 moment but at least if you don't like it there's still a perfectly usable 67 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:10,560 touchpad like normal and so i like where ASUS is going with this and i hope we 68 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:16,000 continue to see development on the apps something that should speed up when they 69 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,840 release the sdk which is coming soon 70 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:22,080 now this is kind of a funny thing because we're halfway through this video 71 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:28,400 and i haven't even gotten to the specs of this machine on paper the zenbook pro 72 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:31,440 is an absolute beast with a core i9 6 73 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:36,000 core processor a gtx 1050 ti graphics 74 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:39,520 card 16 gigs of RAM and 512 gigs of NVMe 75 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,039 storage and at that price 76 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:45,520 unfortunately it doesn't touch the maximum performance 77 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:49,919 of the core i9 and you know what i'm just going to come out and say it i 78 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:52,960 blame apple for this very unfortunate 79 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:55,520 industry trend like a core i9 macbook 80 00:05:52,960 --> 00:06:01,199 pro the zenbook pro pro right almost immediately overheats 81 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,400 under heavy load dropping the frequency even below the base clock of the 82 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:10,800 processor and even though the temps do get a bit better when the fans kick in it's still 83 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:16,000 running well under base clock realistically you could be better off 84 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:21,520 with a cheaper core i7 if you want a chassis that's this slim 85 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:26,160 and the heat problems don't stop there while you're gaming or even in some 86 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:30,960 cases while performing mundane tasks like installing programs the bottom of 87 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:36,639 this machine would regularly get uncomfortably hot sometimes close to 50 88 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:45,039 degrees celsius making the zenbook pro less of a laptop and more of a desktop 89 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:49,919 well i mean i mean not like a desktop but like the point is it works better 90 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:53,280 sitting on a on a desk you get with you guys get what i mean 91 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,919 also the battery life isn't that great that was supposed to tie into the desk 92 00:06:54,960 --> 00:07:00,639 thing desk top desk okay forget it so 93 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:06,160 continuing on the dislike train only the storage is upgradable the 94 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:08,400 webcam is softer than soft camembert 95 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:12,400 cheese and the keyboard leaves a fair bit to be desired it's pretty similar to 96 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:17,599 the one found 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