1 00:00:00,267 --> 00:00:04,032 ♪ It was all a meme ♪ ♪ I used to diss Intel through the screen ♪ 2 00:00:04,032 --> 00:00:07,920 ♪ Until it started looking really bad for blue team ♪ - Because it is. 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:13,450 Yeah, things aren't looking super great for Intel right now. On desktop, they're getting hammered by AMD. 4 00:00:13,450 --> 00:00:17,850 And in thin and light laptops, there's ARM to contend with. Apple will be ditching Intel 5 00:00:17,850 --> 00:00:22,570 for their own ARM-powered machines in a couple of years. And even Microsoft has been flirting with ARM 6 00:00:22,570 --> 00:00:27,970 in the form of Qualcomm-powered devices, like the Surface Pro X and Galaxy Book S. 7 00:00:27,970 --> 00:00:32,370 But that's why this machine is so exciting for Intel. 8 00:00:32,370 --> 00:00:36,460 It's the Galaxy Book S. The Intel version, 9 00:00:36,460 --> 00:00:41,470 not the Qualcomm version. That's right, this is the first notebook on the market, 10 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:47,400 powered by an Intel Core processor with Intel Hybrid Technology processor. 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,230 (sighs) see, this is what I'm talking about. Intel just called it Lakefield. Just called it Lakefield. 12 00:00:51,230 --> 00:00:54,800 Anyways, Lakefield is targeting ARM head-on 13 00:00:54,800 --> 00:01:00,220 and it has five Cores, which is weird, but also might be awesome. 14 00:01:00,220 --> 00:01:05,040 Just like this segue to our sponsor. Today's video is brought to you by MSI. 15 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,530 The MSI MAG CORELIQUID 360R - AIO is quiet and features of rotating blockhead, 16 00:01:10,530 --> 00:01:13,700 high thermal dissipation, radiator pump design and more. 17 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:18,311 Check it out in the link below. (upbeat music) 18 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:30,760 As I mentioned, there are two Galaxy Book Ss. The first one was powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx, 19 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,580 which is essentially a Snapdragon 855 modified for desktop use, 20 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:37,810 and was announced at Samsung's 2019 Unpacked event, 21 00:01:37,810 --> 00:01:42,310 one year ago. Like other Windows laptops with ARM-based Qualcomm processors, 22 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:46,310 the Galaxy Book S sported some killer features like a super thin and light body, 23 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:50,090 built-in LTE connectivity, and ridiculously long battery life. 24 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:53,350 23 hours of video playback? Why would you even... 25 00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:56,850 can we settle down please? But it was delayed into 2020, 26 00:01:56,850 --> 00:02:00,860 long enough for Microsoft to release their own ARM-powered Surface Pro X 27 00:02:00,860 --> 00:02:05,780 featuring the Snapdragon SQ1, which is basically an even further modified 8cx. 28 00:02:05,780 --> 00:02:10,530 I reviewed that device last year and the story there was similar to the one being told by reviewers 29 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:14,030 of the first Galaxy Book S. It's very pretty, 30 00:02:14,030 --> 00:02:18,410 and can stay awake a long time, but being an ARM-powered laptop, 31 00:02:18,410 --> 00:02:22,330 it has a fatal flaw. It's an ARM-powered laptop. 32 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:25,560 See, ARM architecture isn't better than x86 architecture 33 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,230 across the board. There are trade offs. ARM uses a much smaller instruction set, 34 00:02:30,230 --> 00:02:35,700 which leads to greater power efficiency, but doesn't lead to the type of unlimited power 35 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:39,170 that you can get with fully loaded Intel or AMD processors. 36 00:02:39,170 --> 00:02:42,370 And then there's the fact that our most popular desktop operating systems, 37 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:46,010 Windows and macOS, are built for x86 processors. 38 00:02:46,010 --> 00:02:49,700 So a lot of 64-bit programs just can't run on ARM chips. 39 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:54,510 Now companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe are trying to fix this with compatibility layers 40 00:02:54,510 --> 00:03:00,130 that allow x86 apps to run on ARM. But the experience varies from pretty dang good, 41 00:03:00,130 --> 00:03:03,750 as seen in Microsoft's Edge browser, to pretty dang sucky, 42 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:07,100 as seen by anyone who tries to use Photoshop on ARM, 43 00:03:07,100 --> 00:03:10,130 or run Cinebench. As new and cool as it is, 44 00:03:10,130 --> 00:03:15,400 ARM just hasn't got enough sick gains to do bicep curls with the big boys. 45 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:20,140 And that is where Intel may smell (sniffs) 46 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:23,350 opportunity. Because this, 47 00:03:23,350 --> 00:03:27,700 the second Galaxy Book S, uses the exact same design as the first one. 48 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:32,440 It's got a 13.3 inch touch display, a super thin 11 millimeter body 49 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,630 that only weighs about two pounds. There's two USB-C ports, 50 00:03:35,630 --> 00:03:39,780 one on each side, plus a headphone jack, which the Surface Pro X lacked. 51 00:03:39,780 --> 00:03:43,770 Thank you, Samsung. The trackpad is as large as it can be 52 00:03:43,770 --> 00:03:47,690 and is generally smooth and responsive. And the keyboard is, 53 00:03:47,690 --> 00:03:51,020 that's not very good. It's got a mushy bottom, very little travel, 54 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:55,150 and I think we got an international version of it because it's got some weird keys on there. 55 00:03:55,150 --> 00:03:58,436 Like what, what is this, what how do I, what do, 56 00:03:58,436 --> 00:04:01,870 what do I do with that? But the difference with this version of the Galaxy Book S, 57 00:04:01,870 --> 00:04:08,410 is that instead of an ARM-powered Qualcomm processor, it's running an Intel Core processor with Intel Hybrid it's 58 00:04:08,410 --> 00:04:12,870 it's running a Lakefield processor. A Core i5-L16G7. 59 00:04:12,870 --> 00:04:17,320 And it's the first one of its kind. Here's why that's important. 60 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,530 Lakefield is Intel's answer to ARM. 61 00:04:20,530 --> 00:04:25,040 Part of the reason ARM processors are so power efficient is because they use what ARM calls 62 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,680 a big.LITTLE design, in which low power cores handle less demanding tasks 63 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,780 with more heavy operations being handled by high power cores. 64 00:04:32,780 --> 00:04:37,630 Lakefield adopts this same strategy, pairing one powerful Sunny Cove Core, 65 00:04:37,630 --> 00:04:41,043 with four smaller Tremont Cores. So, 66 00:04:41,043 --> 00:04:45,940 can this odd number of cores, even the odds against ARM? 67 00:04:45,940 --> 00:04:49,050 Well, while this design does give the Intel-powered 68 00:04:49,050 --> 00:04:54,600 Galaxy Book S very impressive battery life, Samsung says it gets 17 hours of video playback, 69 00:04:54,600 --> 00:05:00,140 it doesn't stretch the notebook's 42-watt hour battery, as much as the Qualcomm version with 25 hours. 70 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:04,430 But neither of those reflect real world use anyways. And we ended up getting around 11 or 12 hours 71 00:05:04,430 --> 00:05:09,360 with this thing. Which is still really impressive, if not as impressive as the sick merch you can get 72 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,590 from lttstore.com (laughs) The other major plus 73 00:05:13,590 --> 00:05:17,140 for this version of the Galaxy Book S is, as I alluded to before, 74 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:22,650 it's ability to run x86 apps natively. I actually got a Cinebench result for this thing. 75 00:05:22,650 --> 00:05:27,770 And, yeah, it's pretty lackluster, getting crushed by the HP Envy X360 76 00:05:27,770 --> 00:05:31,340 that has similar battery life. But it's a result. 77 00:05:31,340 --> 00:05:34,560 Whereas our Surface Pro X wouldn't even launch the app. 78 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,470 Photoshop! I used the Galaxy Book S to edit a thumbnail in Photoshop. 79 00:05:38,470 --> 00:05:42,550 And while some of the more demanding functions like Content-Aware Fill chugged a bit, 80 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:44,793 it was mostly fine. Just fine. 81 00:05:45,950 --> 00:05:49,170 And in terms of general use, I didn't really notice anything too concerning 82 00:05:49,170 --> 00:05:54,010 while I was using this thing as my work laptop. It's paltry eight gigs of RAM wasn't quite enough 83 00:05:54,010 --> 00:05:58,600 to keep the content in all my browser tabs and messaging apps fully all the time 84 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,525 and general system navigation was definitely slower than my regular work laptop 85 00:06:02,525 --> 00:06:06,040 with its Core i7. But unlike a Windows on ARM machine, 86 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,650 I wasn't holding my breath every time I launched an app. At the very least, 87 00:06:09,650 --> 00:06:15,000 I knew it would probably run. So, sign me up for the Intel-powered Galaxy Book S. 88 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,042 Lemme just go and add it to my cart and ah! 89 00:06:18,042 --> 00:06:23,510 950 bucks? No! Yeah, if you wanna try one of these machines out 90 00:06:23,510 --> 00:06:27,950 for yourself, know that you will be stepping very clearly into the 91 00:06:27,950 --> 00:06:32,650 early adopter role. The Galaxy Book S very much belongs to that category of devices 92 00:06:32,650 --> 00:06:37,010 that companies design, not so much to appeal to the average Joe or Karen, 93 00:06:37,010 --> 00:06:41,210 but to the average Bezos or Beyonce. There's some other downsides here too. 94 00:06:41,210 --> 00:06:46,100 The Lakefield version doesn't come with LTE, although it can connect to slower forms of broadband. 95 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:50,240 And the five-Core L16G7 has less raw horsepower 96 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,740 than the eight-Core higher clock Snapdragon 8cx. 97 00:06:53,740 --> 00:06:57,160 But if you've got some money to spend on a ridiculous, thin and light notebook 98 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,360 that will run Photoshop, the Galaxy Book S is here for you. 99 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,600 Now, it just remains to be seen whether it will pave the way for more 100 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,530 better Lakefield devices in the future, because Intel's future 101 00:07:08,530 --> 00:07:14,560 may depend on it. And we depend on you checking out our sponsor, 102 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,360 which is, - Calling all gamers! 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