WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.990 - This right here is the Acer Porsche Design Book RS. 00:00:03.990 --> 00:00:09.160 And if you haven't heard of Porsche Design, they're like a subsidiary sort of 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:15.810 like spin-off company of Porsche. And they sort of do things like sell $7,000 watches 00:00:15.810 --> 00:00:21.550 or one of the things that they did was, in Orlando, they made a high-rise where you could 00:00:21.550 --> 00:00:26.160 park your car like in the elevator and it takes you and your car up to your apartment. 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:30.850 Anyway, it's ridiculous, rich people's stuff. Just stupid stuff that I never want to do. 00:00:30.850 --> 00:00:33.870 But, we can look at this laptop. 00:00:33.870 --> 00:00:38.883 It's you know, it's not as much as their watches, it comes at $1,400. 00:00:40.130 --> 00:00:42.373 So, maybe it's actually not that bad. 00:00:44.230 --> 00:00:49.770 Let's get into it. Oh, this isn't it. 00:00:49.770 --> 00:00:55.960 This right here is the optional accessories for the Porsche Design Book RS. 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.590 And it's a $330 option for what you get, 00:01:00.590 --> 00:01:05.590 a mouse, we get this. 00:01:07.490 --> 00:01:10.780 Yeah, I don't know what this is for. It feels good. 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:14.213 I'm guessing it's so that you can chuck your mouse and whatever else you want in there. 00:01:15.150 --> 00:01:19.840 And then, down here we get the carrying case. 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:26.420 Hey, Andy. - [Andy] Yeah? - Would you spend $330 to get this leather-folio thing? 00:01:29.320 --> 00:01:32.777 This computer cover and... - [Andy] The mouse? 00:01:32.777 --> 00:01:35.213 - A kind of bad feeling mouse? 00:01:36.250 --> 00:01:39.660 - [Andy] I'll save up to get a real Porsche. - I was honestly hoping that this thing 00:01:39.660 --> 00:01:43.370 would be like made out of aluminum or something, given how freaking expensive it is, 00:01:43.370 --> 00:01:46.823 - [Jono] Is it plastic? - Yeah, it's just plastic. - [Jono] What? 00:01:46.823 --> 00:01:50.300 - Like listen to this. It's just like, it's... 00:01:51.720 --> 00:01:55.930 You can tell when something, you know, when you drop it, it sounds like a (mumbles), 00:01:55.930 --> 00:01:59.473 instead of like a (mumbles). Yeah, I haven't used this mouse yet, 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:06.060 but I think it's pretty safe to say, the accessory bag is not worth what you're paying for it. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:12.170 This right here, it looks like it's a Bluetooth mouse, so I imagine the tracking and, 00:02:12.170 --> 00:02:19.430 oh, this just feels bad. I don't know who thought that this edge right here 00:02:19.430 --> 00:02:22.873 would be comfortable on your hand but it's not. 00:02:28.761 --> 00:02:29.594 Okay. 00:02:32.276 --> 00:02:36.374 Oh, you got another little card. 00:02:36.374 --> 00:02:38.174 - [Jono] Haha, in case it gets lost. 00:02:39.653 --> 00:02:42.673 - And, Porsche Design. I'm gonna keep on going. 00:02:42.673 --> 00:02:47.902 I wanna see what else is in the box. This is a lot of box for a little laptop already being out. 00:02:47.902 --> 00:02:52.320 - [Jono] Well you paid for it? - Yeah, you're definitely paying for the box here. 00:02:52.320 --> 00:02:57.320 65W charger of a Type C, that's pretty good. 00:02:57.570 --> 00:03:03.090 And then over here we get, International Travelers Warranty passport. 00:03:03.090 --> 00:03:06.850 What? What's in here. What? 00:03:06.850 --> 00:03:09.267 (soft music) 00:03:10.920 --> 00:03:14.410 Okay, I'm confused. - [Jono] Are there two chargers? 00:03:14.410 --> 00:03:19.190 - So we also have a 65W barrel charger for some reason. 00:03:19.190 --> 00:03:22.750 Okay, well that's it. A lot of companies have been you know, 00:03:22.750 --> 00:03:26.500 moving towards much more biodegradable 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:28.943 and generally earth-friendly packaging. 00:03:29.910 --> 00:03:33.820 I think it's pretty safe to say that given pretty much all of this is just foam 00:03:33.820 --> 00:03:38.410 that smells like it came straight from the refinery. 00:03:38.410 --> 00:03:40.943 This right here, is not great for the environment. 00:03:41.920 --> 00:03:45.410 Whoa. (soft music) 00:03:50.020 --> 00:03:56.320 Interesting. Okay, wow. It's 2.65 pounds and it actually feels really light. 00:03:56.320 --> 00:04:00.000 Definitely just chuck this in your backpack. I'm surprised how light it feels actually. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.140 Okay, so I just looked it up and it turns out this actually is a real carbon fiber panel on the back here, 00:04:05.140 --> 00:04:13.130 so it's a 3K carbon fiber. The whole like chassis is made out of 60, 65 aluminum, 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:19.000 and then it has a micro-arc finish which apparently gives it a ceramic-like coating. 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:22.290 It's kind of similar to (mumbles), like in feel. 00:04:22.290 --> 00:04:27.000 Apparently it has really great scratch resistance. It also has a gorilla glass screen. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.033 So, you know, it should last quite a long time and look pretty good. 00:04:30.033 --> 00:04:33.360 Well, subjectively, I don't know. 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:38.293 What are your thoughts on how it looks so far, Jono? - [Jono] Not bad, it looks light. 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:42.510 - It feels light. It is actually really light. I don't know, for me personally, 00:04:42.510 --> 00:04:48.060 it's kinda trying too hard. It's got those real like, almost (mumbles) vibes, 00:04:48.060 --> 00:04:52.050 instead of like you know... - [Jono] Change your hood, bro. 00:04:52.050 --> 00:04:56.480 - Like you know, like real Porsche, they would just do like more subtle things 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.960 instead of just being like, ah, carbon fiber, we put a sheet on the back, good for us. 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:06.455 We lost the plot here (mumbles). So, you get a full sized HDMI, 00:05:06.455 --> 00:05:10.400 type A and Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 4 actually, on the side. 00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:14.020 You also have barrel charging, which you're just gonna throw in the garbage 00:05:14.020 --> 00:05:17.710 'cause why the heck? Why? I'm still so confused, but anyway. 00:05:17.710 --> 00:05:21.160 And then on the other side you get headphone combo and another Type A. 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:25.340 So, given its size and weight, that's actually pretty good. 00:05:25.340 --> 00:05:28.910 Oh, yeah, those can go. - [Jono] That's weird. 00:05:28.910 --> 00:05:34.290 - It is weird, I just don't get it. - [Andy] Put one at home, the other one in your leather pouch. 00:05:34.290 --> 00:05:38.090 - I guess that's probably what this is for. - [Jono] $300 babeyyyy. 00:05:38.090 --> 00:05:41.800 - Yeah, that's $330 well spent right there. 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:46.800 Actually, this one fits better, so maybe you'd take it. 00:05:48.400 --> 00:05:52.270 Yeah, bang it, it attaches there, sort of. 00:05:52.270 --> 00:05:55.880 Okay, so is the laptop actually good? 00:05:55.880 --> 00:05:59.350 We'll find out, oh, one finger lift. 00:05:59.350 --> 00:06:03.437 Is it gonna (mumbles), come on, no. 00:06:05.866 --> 00:06:07.532 - [Jono] Gotta warm it up. - Two finger lift. 00:06:09.260 --> 00:06:15.530 Not really, one second. I like this mouse pad but we can't stiffness test on it. 00:06:16.450 --> 00:06:20.407 Okay, okay, our table is not flat. I thought that something was wrong with 00:06:20.407 --> 00:06:27.240 the laptop for a second there. So, we get this vajazzled fingerprint reader 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:30.963 and a pretty small touch pad. It's a bit wonk. 00:06:32.200 --> 00:06:35.710 Do other touch pads do that? Nope, this one doesn't. 00:06:35.710 --> 00:06:39.800 The chassis overall though, is very stiff. You can definitely tell that the whole thing 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:45.350 is made out of aluminum. Screen, same thing, like the feel of the laptop is great. 00:06:45.350 --> 00:06:49.120 Oh, and it is it's Evo certified which just made it haste things like, 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:54.350 I think fast charging, you need to be able to get like 15 hours of battery life or something, 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:58.950 super good standby and it needs to be able to turn on 00:06:58.950 --> 00:07:02.100 in like a second or something like that. 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(soft upbeat music) 00:07:39.082 --> 00:07:43.330 - [Jono] That's pretty good. - Okay, I guess the first thing 00:07:43.330 --> 00:07:46.690 that I noticed here, is this touch? Okay, so it's a touch screen, 00:07:46.690 --> 00:07:50.363 it's a 1080P touch screen, that's 16 by 9. 00:07:51.640 --> 00:07:58.800 In this price range, you could also be looking at like the XPS 13 which has the 16 by 10 display, 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:04.050 and I guess it also has a carbon fiber wrist rest if you like that and it kinda just 00:08:05.090 --> 00:08:10.050 looks more premium (laughs). So it's a 14 inch display with a maximum brightness 00:08:10.050 --> 00:08:15.050 of 340 nits, which is underwhelming. 00:08:15.140 --> 00:08:19.200 What do we have for power? (mumbles) I think there's only one config, 00:08:19.200 --> 00:08:25.090 but there might be a couple. But the one that we have though is the $1,400 model, 00:08:25.090 --> 00:08:28.523 which gets you... How much RAM do you think it does have, Jono? - [Jono] 16? 00:08:29.529 --> 00:08:36.300 - It has 8 gigabytes of RAM. - [Jono] What? - With an i5-1135G7, 00:08:36.300 --> 00:08:39.593 and a 512 Gigabyte hard drive. 00:08:40.520 --> 00:08:44.563 So, it's not fast. - [Jono] The graphics card? 00:08:44.563 --> 00:08:48.040 - Well, there's no graphics card Jono. 00:08:48.040 --> 00:08:52.920 It's got the Iris Xe graphics which in fairness are actually pretty good for something of this size. 00:08:52.920 --> 00:08:56.950 But, you're not games on this (laughs). 00:08:56.950 --> 00:09:00.270 Well, one thing that is good about the i5 though, 00:09:00.270 --> 00:09:03.300 is that we have a 56 watt hour battery in here, 00:09:03.300 --> 00:09:07.550 and I imagine you actually do get like all workday 00:09:07.550 --> 00:09:10.570 plus a fair bit battery life with that. 00:09:10.570 --> 00:09:17.890 Then again, that's basically the same size battery as what you get in an XPS 13, you know, an HP Spectre. 00:09:19.390 --> 00:09:22.533 You're not getting a lot of laptop for $1,400 here. 00:09:23.640 --> 00:09:28.410 - [Jono] You get a Porsche laptop. - You getting carbon fiber on the back (laughs). 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:36.933 Oh, one thing that you do get, it does that thing where it slightly angles up, 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:43.440 when you open it. That allows for more air to get in the bottom, so it runs cooler and it also kinda like 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:48.711 tilts it just a tiny bit, which is nice for typing. So, let's see how the keyboard actually feels. 00:09:48.711 --> 00:09:52.420 (keyboard clicking) 00:09:52.420 --> 00:09:55.203 This keyboard feels like fine, 00:09:56.160 --> 00:09:59.410 but it kind of gets to the whole problem 00:09:59.410 --> 00:10:02.970 that I have with this laptop. This doesn't feel like a keyboard 00:10:02.970 --> 00:10:05.683 that belongs on a $1,400 laptop. 00:10:07.090 --> 00:10:10.880 So, let's see the other laptop that's Acer, you know, 00:10:10.880 --> 00:10:16.560 unveiled at the same time as this one is the Spin 3 which has a 16 by 10 display, 00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:21.430 and starts at 850 bucks. There's also have the Spin 5, 00:10:21.430 --> 00:10:25.140 which is $1,000 and has a 3 by 2 display, 00:10:25.140 --> 00:10:29.350 the Swift 3X has 17½ hours 00:10:29.350 --> 00:10:34.630 of battery life and is $900. So, I think it's safe to say that 00:10:34.630 --> 00:10:39.020 any of those options are much better than this, 00:10:39.020 --> 00:10:42.600 as you get a better and bigger screen. 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.833 You get basically the same computer, 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:52.010 but you're spending less money so that you don't have carbon fiber on the back. 00:10:53.350 --> 00:10:56.770 I don't know who this laptop's for. Actually, I'm gonna look it up. 00:10:56.770 --> 00:10:59.960 I remember seeing a slide about it. Okay, target audience. 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:02.187 So first of all (laughs), those guys. 00:11:09.090 --> 00:11:15.340 The Porsche Design Acer Book RS, is designed for trend-conscious mobile professionals, 00:11:15.340 --> 00:11:20.730 looking for convenience and style while they work. The new notebook will appeal to their solid sense of style 00:11:20.730 --> 00:11:26.052 and desire for a super lightweight laptop, that provides spectacular visuals and effortless computing. 00:11:26.052 --> 00:11:29.430 For fancy people, fancy people with heaps of cash. 00:11:29.430 --> 00:11:32.093 You can see the whole deck just kind of flexes, 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:36.313 I guess not a lot, and the switches actually are quite good. 00:11:37.790 --> 00:11:41.350 But it's the sort of thing that you just don't see 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:45.510 on laptops that are this expensive with an i5. 00:11:45.510 --> 00:11:49.603 And same with like this track pads, just, 00:11:50.870 --> 00:11:56.930 it's just not quite there. It just doesn't quite offer like, you know, that premium experience that you would expect 00:11:56.930 --> 00:12:02.500 from Porsche, I guess. And so, we do have a fingerprint reader, 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:06.700 but it does not have Windows Hello facial recognition, which is a bit of a bummer. 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:11.210 Is it even a laptop review on ShortCircuit, if you don't like (mumbles). 00:12:11.210 --> 00:12:13.623 Who wants to bet money that this will be underwhelming? 00:12:15.660 --> 00:12:17.260 The clarity is actually not bad, 00:12:19.800 --> 00:12:24.540 and there's no balls (laughs). (upbeat music) 00:12:24.540 --> 00:12:29.740 I would say that this is like perfectly acceptable for like conference calls, that sort of stuff. 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:35.445 You'll be able to hear the other people just fine. It is in fairness to them, a very clear sound. 00:12:35.445 --> 00:12:38.986 (upbeat music) This is the Porsche Design, 00:12:42.410 --> 00:12:47.730 and that's the XPS 15. So, in fairness to Acer, this is a 15 inch laptop, 00:12:47.730 --> 00:12:52.600 but also in fairness to Acer not being that great, 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:57.270 you know, the MacBook Air is still the same or better than the XPS 15. 00:12:57.270 --> 00:13:01.723 So, it is possible to have amazing sound in something of this size. 00:13:01.723 --> 00:13:05.300 - [Jono] And at that price too. - Yeah, and at this price too (laughs). 00:13:05.300 --> 00:13:11.350 MacBook Air is cheaper than this thing, and it's better in basically every way. 00:13:11.350 --> 00:13:15.283 Oh, let's open it up, let's do that. I like opening laptops. 00:13:18.230 --> 00:13:22.403 Wow, that's a really small motherboard. Look at this, it's only this big, 00:13:23.553 --> 00:13:25.403 it's just a little guy, 00:13:26.670 --> 00:13:30.930 and you're definitely not upgrading the RAM in this thing, 00:13:30.930 --> 00:13:34.490 which you kind of do expect in a laptop like this but it's pretty unfortunate 00:13:34.490 --> 00:13:40.560 that like eight gigs is your option. You can replace the SSD though, so that's nice. 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:45.650 Oh, this big old 56 watt hour battery and you know, just a nice little pretty 00:13:45.650 --> 00:13:48.720 standard cooling system, but I imagine it's gonna be more than fine. 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.770 We've got two heat pipes that lead over to here. Heaps of space to intake air, 00:13:52.770 --> 00:13:55.989 kind of quite a bit of wasted space here and here 00:13:55.989 --> 00:13:59.840 and kind of around here (laughs). 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:01.793 So I guess my thoughts on this laptop, 00:14:03.460 --> 00:14:07.840 they probably made this laptop so people like me would review it, 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:11.620 and then tell you to wait around for next thing 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:16.000 that you should actually do, like get a Swift 3 or a Swift 5, 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.020 or a Spin 3 or a Spin 5. Those actually look really good. 00:14:20.020 --> 00:14:24.123 I'm excited for those. So good job, Acer. 00:14:25.370 --> 00:14:29.120 You have laptops that I'm excited about, and I was really excited about this one 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.610 'cause I thought it would be stupid and it really was (laughs). 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:38.700 So yeah, if you wanna see more laptops from Acer that are actually sensible, 00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:42.640 get subscribed, hit like and I don't know, just have a fantastical day. 00:14:42.640 --> 00:14:43.473 See you later.