1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,720 ASUS says incredible comes from within and do you know what's within you? A 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:12,400 laptop with two screens. That's right. Today we are talking about the ASUS 3 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:13,760 ZenBook Duo, the newest redesigned 2026 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:19,360 Edition. And I know that this is an unboxing channel, but I have actually been using 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:24,680 this for like 2 weeks and spoiler alert, I love it. It's not without its quirks 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:28,840 and problems, but I'll tell you all about that later after we get through 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:35,440 the unboxing portion. In the box you get the laptop in a nice classy new I don't 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:38,320 know kind of the minimal ASUS ZenBook 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:44,200 redesign which is very pedestrian and bland. It is about 5 years too late to 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:47,000 the sans serif font trend and I hope that they maybe make something more 11 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:50,440 flashy in the future, which is crazy cuz I feel like I've been telling ASUS to 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:54,720 make their stuff less flashy for so long, but that's more on the gaming 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:01:01,200 side. In here we have our charger. It is a 100 watt charger that charges via 14 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:05,519 USB-C. Love to see it. No proprietary BS 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:07,200 here and in here we can see oh, cer鋁num. 16 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:12,040 How many cer aluminum? They call out their new cer鋁num material 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:16,840 which you can see on the top of here is a nice little finish. But what is 18 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:20,840 cer鋁num? Basically, the aluminum body of the laptop has been impregnated with 19 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:25,880 ceramic that allows it to have a very high hardness making it very scratch 20 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:28,560 resistant and honestly 21 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:32,960 feels really, really good. They used basically the same thing on the OnePlus 22 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:36,840 15 which I adored the hand feel of and you know after a little bit of use it is 23 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:41,480 holding up. It also does a decent job of keeping a nice like not totally matte 24 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:44,520 finish, but also blocking out fingerprints. You can see some 25 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:51,120 fingerprints from my greasy grabbers because I've been using a little bit lately, but on the whole it looks really 26 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:55,680 good. Wow. First thing you'll probably notice when you pull this out is that it 27 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:57,400 is pretty thick for a modern laptop. 28 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:00,840 Let's take my Surface Book out to compare. But despite the thickness, this 29 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:05,000 thing's actually like a pretty similar weight to my Surface Book, which is kind 30 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:09,080 of crazy to me. And while it is large, it's very very sturdy. Like this thing 31 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:14,320 is jam-packed. There's not a part of here that is creaking or bending unless 32 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:17,959 you're really trying to make it do that. And that includes the kickstand on the 33 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:22,760 back, which has some more information as well as quick access to your M.2 slot if 34 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:27,520 you want to add additional storage. Pretty cool. What might not be so cool 35 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:32,120 is the processor itself. Right now, this looks like it is the intake and on the 36 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:34,959 sides here we have our exhausts. And 37 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:39,920 this is a pretty powerful laptop that we have here. It sports a Intel Core Ultra 38 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:44,160 9 388H, which is their Oh, it's X9. 39 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:51,600 It's And this thing is a And this thing sports a pretty powerful 40 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:54,280 CPU. An Intel Core Ultra X9 41 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:57,560 388H. Wow. That's basically the top-of-the-line Panther Lake chip, which 42 00:02:56,120 --> 00:03:02,920 also means that this thing's going to have pretty good graphics performance, 43 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:06,320 pretty good battery life. I am really really excited to talk more about it, 44 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:11,840 but let's talk about the ports. On this side we have an HDMI 2.1 port, a 45 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:15,080 Thunderbolt 4, which can do USB-C, can do power delivery, can do DisplayPort 46 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:18,120 Alt Mode, basically everything you need. And on the other side, I almost missed 47 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:22,360 this, the combination headphone microphone jack. And on the other side, 48 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:26,840 another Thunderbolt 4 port fully featured and a single USB-A port and a 49 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:33,239 power button. Now, if you got laser eyes, you might notice that there is another USB-C port here. That is for the 50 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:37,920 detachable keyboard, but it doesn't allow you to connect to the computer. 51 00:03:35,959 --> 00:03:41,200 However, you can use the keyboard via the USB-C key to connect to other 52 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:44,320 systems, which is pretty cool. Shall we open her up? 53 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:50,959 Obviously, it's got that premium hinge, so you only need one hand to open it up without it tipping. Though, I did notice 54 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:54,400 there there's quite a lot of play when 55 00:03:50,959 --> 00:03:56,360 you try and set the position. Like it 56 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:59,680 I want it here and it goes back quite a bit. It's not a big criticism, but it's 57 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:05,080 also like not perfect. Another interesting thing about the hinge is that it reminds me very much of like the 58 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:09,400 Galaxy Fold phones where you have this kind of solid piece down the middle and 59 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:13,880 then these outer edges slide over the spine in a way that allows you to have 60 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:18,560 basically zero gap between the two displays. And as I did 61 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,240 that, the keyboard actually just came right off. So, let's talk about that. On 62 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:26,640 the blanket that it gives, it says you can charge it. You can charge it or you 63 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:31,160 can Bluetooth it. And they have the smart zone so you can do brightness in 64 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:33,880 the one side. You can do scrubbing with the top of it or change your volume. And 65 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:40,000 if you use the top right corner, you can open a settings menu very quick. And look at that. I love that that we 66 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:43,400 have a nice big trackpad here and it the keyboard itself has a great finish to 67 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:47,280 it. The trackpad has a different more glass kind of feeling compared to the 68 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:51,840 seralumen of the rest. And the other side has this kind of really soft touch 69 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:56,720 kind of plastic that is quite enjoyable that I think is there to help prevent 70 00:04:54,360 --> 00:05:00,320 getting too many scratches on the bottom screen. 71 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:04,560 I do wish that we got full-sized arrow keys. I think it's very strange that 72 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,680 every laptop is afraid of just making the arrow keys full-size and having them 73 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:12,280 jut out a little bit. They don't have to be in line. It might look a little janky, but I think it would be pretty 74 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,280 nice. 75 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:20,000 The typing experience on this pretty standard. It's very quiet. 76 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:23,840 But the space between the keys I find makes it really easy to type on. You do 77 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:29,880 have the Copilot button because this is a Copilot Plus PC cuz it's just chalk 78 00:05:26,919 --> 00:05:33,800 full of all that AI stuff that you love. You have your function row, but on top 79 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:37,160 of your Fs1 through 12, you get a couple of bonus buttons. One of them allows you 80 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:42,480 to swap the displays quickly and one of them allows you to turn off one of the displays when you are using this in the 81 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:46,720 Bluetooth mode. On the side of the keyboard, you have your USB-C port and a 82 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:51,320 switch that allows you to turn it off if you're using it in the wireless mode 83 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:56,560 either with the laptop or with another device because this just connects via 84 00:05:53,720 --> 00:06:00,440 Bluetooth. Gosh, ew. What the hell is this? What the Why would they put that 85 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,320 there? It literally extends over the bezel. That's hideous. Just put it on 86 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:08,720 the bottom with the rest of the stupid stickers. 87 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:12,480 On regular laptops, is there an HDMI sticker attached to the screen like 88 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:16,880 >> I I don't think I've ever seen an HDMI sticker on a laptop. Like who cares? 89 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:22,040 You're HDMI, dude. You're a port. Shut up. A bit of extra clarification about 90 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:27,000 this USB-C port. It can send keyboard inputs, but it does not send like data 91 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:31,200 via USB. It's mainly just for charging or if you wanted to connect via a wire 92 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:34,160 to either your laptop or another system. But I think it's kind of cool that you 93 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:39,040 can just use this with literally anything else. They could have made it proprietary and they didn't. However, I 94 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:43,320 have a couple of issues with the trackpad. The main thing being you can 95 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:47,600 click through the bottom of this thing so easily. And it's such a shame because 96 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:52,160 one of the coolest things about this is that I could be kicking it back at my 97 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:55,320 desk typing like this. But then like even the slightest bit of weight, if I'm 98 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:59,400 not very careful about the positioning, I get misclicks cuz it's physically 99 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:05,240 clicking the button. And there's no way to turn off like a physical click on the 100 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:09,440 button. I would love to see if that was possible so I could just use capacitive 101 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:13,680 touch inputs cuz this is both physical and capacitive touch. I just don't know 102 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:17,080 if ASUS would implement that. But please. I please Please do it, ASUS. 103 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:21,440 That would make this so good. Now to be fair to ASUS, this is an issue on a lot 104 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:25,520 of laptops, but it's even an issue when I'm holding it against the glass, right? 105 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:29,560 Like if I'm doing this, I can still get clicks and inputs that I don't want. 106 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:35,000 It's just It's just like such a little blemish on what is overall a really good 107 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:39,560 user experience. I'm hovering over this like watch together button. Watch. 108 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:46,760 I I clicked it. Like it's really, really easy to do. Another kind of issue I have 109 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:50,920 with the keyboard is that it's a little difficult to get on and off of the 110 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:54,160 laptop, especially compared to prior years' models. Using magnets placed 111 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,960 around the edge of the display and on the edge of the keyboard, it fastens 112 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:03,440 pretty nicely. Like, you're not going to accidentally like shake it off or anything. And it doesn't have too much 113 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:07,080 play when it's on the device itself. It's just that like there's nowhere to 114 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:10,600 There's nowhere to grab it. So, I found that the easiest way to get it is to 115 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:14,080 like kind of go into the corners and use both hands to kind of like 116 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:19,200 But, I really wish the keyboard had some spot on it that extended at least beyond 117 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:22,240 this thin part of the bezel so that I could easily grab it without kind of 118 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:27,160 like which is like Now, I've just like rubbed it across the screen and you can see 119 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,440 there's smuts all over it. Like, there's it's it's scary, you know? I don't want 120 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:34,520 to scratch the screen, though I probably already have. But, what's really cool 121 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:37,840 about how it does connect is look at At the bottom of the screen, there's these 122 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:41,919 little pogo pins. But, here's the cool thing. They're completely recessed if 123 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:45,680 you do close the laptop like this without the keyboard, you don't have to 124 00:08:43,719 --> 00:08:50,400 worry about those metal pins scratching the display because they recess with 125 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:56,160 magnets. So, they connect right here on the keyboard. As I get close to the 126 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,560 pins, they pop out. Isn't that neat? 127 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,839 I think it's pretty neat. But, I've said a lot about just the 128 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:04,600 keyboard and some of the coolest parts of this laptop are found with the 129 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:08,440 display and the PC itself. And we'll talk about all of that after this 130 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:12,600 message from our sponsor, Akiflow. Regain control of your time as well as 131 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:16,920 your business. 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You have to like be careful to be like, "Okay, I'm going to take this off and then wipe my screen and then put 141 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:59,440 it on." Especially if you're concerned about longevity. And you're going to want to take care of these displays 142 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:01,400 because these are two really nice 143 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:06,480 displays. The ZenBook Duo comes with two 14-in displays that have variable 144 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:08,800 refresh rate up to 144 Hz. They're 3K 145 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:13,200 displays and they can get up to 1,000 nits peak brightness in HDR and are 146 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:16,240 rated for 500 nits in SDR. The fact that they're OLED means that you have really 147 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:19,200 great viewing angles, which is awesome because you have, you know, a lot of 148 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:25,120 angles that you're going to be looking at this at, especially because they advertise that this is an angle. This is 149 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:29,080 a way to do it. This is a way to do it. This is a way to do it. 150 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:33,880 And this is a way a way to do it. I find that that this is not a very effective 151 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:38,040 way of using them and the stand feels really flimsy in this way. You basically 152 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:42,080 have to have it flat open, but honestly, it is really nice to be able to say like 153 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:45,680 have like maybe a full page script as well as some apps on the side. I, 154 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:49,560 however, think that this is honestly more ergonomic for me because I really 155 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,520 like that how it brings up the top display so you're not kind of doing the like laptop hunch all the time. And the 156 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:59,680 fact that they're pretty bright displays means that any sort of overhead lighting is going to be easier to overcome on the 157 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,640 bottom display. In my usage, I found them to be very good-looking displays. I 158 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:06,200 think they look great with all types of content, but let's get some specific 159 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:10,040 information from Labs. On the whole in SDR, the display is decently color 160 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:13,320 accurate, but has some problems specifically with gamma tracking. 161 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:16,760 Sometimes things can be brighter than they should be or darker than they 162 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:21,120 should be. However, when you switch to HDR, on the whole the display performs 163 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:25,320 really really well and it's very You're going to What you're seeing is going to be very close to the artist's intent and 164 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:30,560 you wouldn't have to be too worried if you had were doing some mildly color sensitive work. And those results hold 165 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:33,720 true over both of the displays. So, not only are these displays like good 166 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:39,440 displays, but they have to be like relatively similar and relatively matched so that when you show your 167 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:44,400 content on either display, it's still going to look correct. And they did a 168 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:46,960 pretty dang good job. I can't articulate 169 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:50,840 how much I love this. Like this whole thing of having the 170 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:54,760 keyboard out here, having the extra headroom, this way being able to play a 171 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:58,320 game, and then having like my chats on the bottom, any sort of other like maybe 172 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:01,560 a guide up because I'm a little pleb and I'm too stupid to figure out how to 173 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:06,080 solve a puzzle. This is such a good experience. One thing though is that 174 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:08,920 having so much space dedicated to screens means I had to make some 175 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,800 trade-offs and one of those trade-offs is the speakers. The speakers are 176 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:17,360 contained in the tiny little gap between the screen. Unlike a typical laptop 177 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:21,480 where you can do some sort of emanation of sound through the keyboard, um you 178 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:25,360 got a big old screen in the way. And there's no obvious porting in the back. 179 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:30,000 Maybe they fire a little bit out here, but uh you know, let's take a quick 180 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:34,640 little test and see how they sound. I am not helpful. 181 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,600 Yeah, this is like not a whole lot there for bass. 182 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,200 They also don't They don't get that loud. 183 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:51,280 For a laptop of its size and price point, they're not very good speakers. 184 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:55,160 But most laptops at this size and price point don't have a whole extra screen. 185 00:12:54,080 --> 00:13:00,560 To me, it's decent and totally serviceable, but it's not going to be like a MacBook Pro where you can use it 186 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:03,240 in lieu of a Bluetooth speaker. That's just the compromise you have to make. 187 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:08,000 Continuing on stuff that is still on the external part of the display, let's talk about the webcam. Honestly, the webcam, 188 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:14,280 it's nothing to write home about. The specs are decent, but maybe a little low 189 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:16,200 for a something of in this price range. 190 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:20,360 But it's completely serviceable. I think the image quality is decent. 191 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:23,480 And the real benefit is like the ergonomic benefit of being able to have 192 00:13:21,839 --> 00:13:28,240 a camera at face height. So, it's not like looking up at your nose like so 193 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:33,240 many awful webcam Like so many awful laptop webcams do 194 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,240 where you're just like 195 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:41,960 You know? And I think that kind of concludes the tour of the outside of the laptop. Let's 196 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:46,000 talk about what's inside of it. And inside of it, it's pretty kitted out. 197 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:52,280 Obviously we have a top end Intel processor. We get 32 GB of LPDDR5X 198 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:59,320 memory running at 9600 MT/s because it is soldered. We also 199 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:02,200 have a included Samsung 1 TB NVMe with 200 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:08,520 the ability to expand that NVMe storage through the bottom. And it has a 99 W 201 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:10,080 hour battery, which is really, really 202 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:14,920 big. And something that Intel's been I think really pushing for with these Panther Lake releases, which is great 203 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:20,840 because that means that this thing got like 15 hours of battery life in our 204 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:25,840 video playback test. And anecdotally, I never found it to be unacceptable. Even 205 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:30,320 when I was using both screens the whole time. It seems like using both displays, 206 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:36,760 even at high brightness, is only going to cut down your battery life by like 20 207 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:38,920 to 30%, which is pretty good. And if you 208 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:42,320 are worried, you can obviously use various dimming features to dim one of 209 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:47,000 the displays or turn one of the displays fully off when it's not active. It's a 210 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:53,480 pretty nice. And I guess this is as good of a time to talk about the included software as any. Um ASUS loves including 211 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,440 a lot of extra stuff you don't need. Uh I don't know what Story Cube is and I 212 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:59,720 don't care to find out. All I know is it's not related to the function of this 213 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:03,440 laptop. What is though is their ScreenXpert utility, which I think is 214 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:07,440 pretty nice. It's a little quick setting menu that helps you control each display. 215 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:11,280 You can do stuff like virtual input, sharing mode, second screen, stuff like 216 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:15,920 that. And then the MyASUS app contains a lot of your other settings like 217 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:19,839 hibernate helper or you can even change your memory allocation for your iGPU. So 218 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:24,760 you can actually give even more memory to your GPU if you want or if you need 219 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:29,200 more for your CPU multitasking stuff, you can do that, too. I do wish that 220 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:33,000 they gave us access to fan speeds. They give you different fan profiles, but you 221 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:36,280 can't actually design your own fan curve. There we go. 222 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:40,040 And that was weird. It glitched out. Like at 100% the fan 223 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:44,080 profile was not applying properly cuz the CPU was in the middle of doing Dead 224 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:49,680 Space. And I'm going to tell you this much, this thing doesn't cool perfectly. 225 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:54,720 It the CPU will overheat. I never found it to be like catastrophic overheating, 226 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:59,000 but it is something to note that even in this with the highest fan profile 227 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:02,760 available, you can see some overheating, especially in gaming. Yeah, like okay, 228 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,280 here the like so I installed stuff cuz I was I was using it, but like by default 229 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,800 here's some of the default software you get pinned in Windows. So, you get the 230 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:15,800 entire Office Suite that you're not allowed to use until you sign up and pay 231 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:17,320 for it. You get Dropbox, ASUS GlideX, 232 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:20,600 which is their like utility that lets you like use your phone, easily share 233 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:25,680 files between your phone and your laptop, as well as Dolby settings, Story 234 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:28,640 Cube, Virtual Assistant. Like what is Virtual Assistant? What could it 235 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:33,760 possibly be? It's an intelligent system that I will soon find indispensable to 236 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:36,440 my life. Oh my god, it's a Clippy. They made a Clippy. So, yeah, I was 237 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:40,720 gaming on this a decent amount. I played a lot of Deadlock, and it does a fine 238 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:45,000 job. Look, you see there's some chugging right there. We're also screen recording, 239 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:48,560 and I don't have it at the highest settings, but like we're getting like 90 240 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:51,560 to 100 FPS on power. You won't get the same performance on battery. You have to 241 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:56,600 be plugged in to get the maximum amount of performance, but this thing can kind 242 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,440 of handle anything you can throw at it. So, we're going to get into like an 243 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:03,800 actual fight. We're going to see some particle effects, some stuff actually happening right here. We're kind of 244 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:07,720 locked like 109 FPS, which is really great. I brought this to the Wayland and 245 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:10,920 played quite a few games on it, and really didn't encounter any major 246 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:18,120 problems once I lowered the resolution and, you know, tweaked the settings a little bit. The Intel Arc B390 found in 247 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:20,800 these new Panther Lake CPUs, it's so 248 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:24,120 good. It's amazing what Intel has done in their graphics department and I'm 249 00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:27,560 really excited to see if they bring that these improvements to the desktop. But, 250 00:17:25,959 --> 00:17:31,360 this is all anecdotal stuff and we need to get some freaking facts. So, let's 251 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:34,560 see what the Labs has to say. For comparison, Labs brought in a Lenovo 252 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:39,360 laptop with the same chipset as this one, as well as an Asus ZenBook with 253 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:44,520 AMD's currently available flagship mobile CPU, the HX370, 254 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:48,800 to see how they hold up. And in Rocket League, well, things look great for 255 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:51,640 Intel and also great for this laptop where we see barely any difference in 256 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:55,360 performance between the Lenovo and the ZenBook Duo. However, when you look at 257 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:58,120 AMD's, uh it's uh not so good. Like, basically 258 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:03,840 like half the performance of the Intel. And 259 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:05,680 that's also true in uh Dota 2. And in 260 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:10,680 Cyberpunk, where AMD's is kind of getting whooped by Intel's iGPUs. 261 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:15,160 Really, AMD makes great CPUs, but their GPUs are struggling, especially compared 262 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:20,520 to Intel. Like, in Cyberpunk, you're getting 62 FPS on average here and 53 in 263 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:24,880 the lows. That's a super great gaming experience and that's at medium settings 264 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:28,360 at 1,200 p. Like, that's awesome. And if you want to crank the resolution a 265 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:32,720 little bit higher, you do lose a lot of frames, but you're still going at 39 FPS 266 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:36,200 average. And this thing really isn't struggling compared to the Lenovo. Now, 267 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:40,800 Labs never saw this thing thermally throttling in their testing. However, in 268 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:44,600 my usage, I did actually see it throttle a couple of times, but it was never to 269 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:49,120 the point that my performance took a massive nose dive. So, honestly, for 270 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:53,400 thermals, when you have a whole extra display in the bottom, like, everything 271 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:57,840 is here, it does a pretty damn good job. Now, all of this is super mega very 272 00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:03,720 cool, but how much are you paying to get something this exotic? Well, less than 273 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:06,640 you'd think. This is just $2,700. 274 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:12,120 Okay, maybe it's not just $2,700. That is a pretty penny. That is not a cheap 275 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:15,240 laptop. But, you're getting two high-end 276 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:16,960 displays, a top-of-the-line chipset, and 277 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:20,320 decent levels of storage. It I'm honestly I would have expected this 278 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,640 thing to be like four to five hundred dollars more expensive than what it is. 279 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:28,840 Yes, you can find similarly spec'd machines in a more typical form factor 280 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:32,760 for cheaper. Yes, you can find better battery life elsewhere. But when you 281 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:37,720 consider that compared to other exotic display laptops like the Lenovo 282 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,040 rollable, which is like $3,300, 283 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:44,240 this thing's pretty good. And if gaming's not really your thing, you can save a little bit more money by going 284 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:49,320 with the $2,500 version of this with the Ultra 9 386H 285 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,840 that foregoes having the GPU, but still gives you 286 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:56,720 basically all of the great processing power that you can find on Panther Lake. 287 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:59,600 I love this thing, and I am going to do 288 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:03,840 my best to steal it from the office and use it for as long as I can. You will 289 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:06,960 take this laptop from my cold, dead hands, okay? Thank you for watching 290 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:14,200 ShortCircuit. If you enjoyed this video, why don't you get subscribed and keep your eyes peeled for the Lenovo rollable 291 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,920 display laptop. It's pretty crazy. And 292 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:22,560 it also it might already be out. So if it's out, we're going to put it here. 293 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,560 Or here. It's going to be on screen.