1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,359 Guys, welcome to our first video from CES 2013. We're here in the ASUS 2 00:00:05,279 --> 00:00:10,960 notebooks suite. Well, notebooks and tablets. And I think you're going to see 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:14,320 that the line has been somewhat blurred between those categories based on what 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:18,560 we're about to show you here today. Welcome to Linus Tech Tips at CES 2013. 5 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:23,039 Our trip to the show this year is powered by Corsair, maker of quality PC 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:27,039 components and peripherals. Our trusted storage partner is Seagate Technology, 7 00:00:25,199 --> 00:00:30,039 and our trusted networking partner is Lynxys. 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:39,520 So, right here is the Taiichi 21 and the Taichi 31. The Taiichi 21 we've sort of 9 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:43,680 seen before. It's an 11.6 in tablet with 10point multi-touch. But did I say 10 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:49,200 tablet? Did I say notebook? See, I'm getting confused already because it is a 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:51,200 notebook. It is a tablet and you've got 12 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,719 a wide variety of different ways that you can actually interact with it. So, 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,480 see how quickly it wakes up from sleep, too. I love Windows 8. So, check this 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,399 out, guys. We're going to go to the desktop here. So, we're going to click 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:05,199 on that and I'm going to show you guys something really cool. So, think about 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,960 all the ways you can use this. This is an ultrabook, so it's super portable. 17 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:13,200 You're a sales rep. You're a photographer. You want to be able to 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:16,880 show someone something quickly without doing the old, well, here, let me work 19 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:22,080 on this and let me uh show it to you over there. Now, I can't see what they're doing. It's it's it's not very 20 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:25,840 it's not as interactive. So, now what you can do is you use this button right 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,960 here to decide how you want to use it. You press the enter key. Boom. 22 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:35,360 Now it's a 10point multi-touch tablet. These are two IPS screens that are built 23 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:38,720 into this notebook here. So the viewing angles are fantastic. And the 24 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:44,960 brightness, as we've come to expect from ASUS, I mean look look at something like 25 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:46,799 a TF700. Just fantastic. Is well meets 26 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:51,680 expectations, but I guess that that doesn't sound as good as it actually is. 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:56,159 Now the next mode you can do is check this out. 28 00:01:53,920 --> 00:02:00,159 Mirror. So now there's the presentation scenario I'm talking about. Instead of 29 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:04,880 it just being a tablet, now it's got a tablet side where you can interact with 30 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:08,640 it through touch, but that exact same thing is now showed on the non-touch 31 00:02:07,119 --> 00:02:14,000 side where you're expected to interact with a keyboard and a touchpad. Last but 32 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,959 not least, this guy right here. So this is an extend mode. Basically, what 33 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:20,640 you're doing is you're taking that screen on the back and pretending that 34 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:23,920 it swings out this way. So it's an extended desktop. So you can do 35 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:27,599 something like if you're sitting working, the kids are bothering you. I 36 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,720 mean they're they're distracting you in some way. You go look, sit over there 37 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:35,519 where I can see you. They wrecked something. They're in timeout. You go look. Okay, fine. Here, watch a movie. 38 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:39,280 Drag it over to the other video or to the other screen. Maximize it. Boom. 39 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:43,519 You're watching a video over here. So four different ways you can use it. This 40 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:50,160 guy right here is a new version. So now it comes in a 13.3 in size, still full 41 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:52,480 HD, so 1920 x 1080, and basically more 42 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:55,440 of the same. So here, let's get some uh let's get some really nice sort of 43 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:00,160 glamour shots of this. Remember guys, this is an ultrabook. In spite of the 44 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:04,400 fact that ASUS has built another screen, a piece of glass, which adds to the 45 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:08,720 weight, adds to the thickness, this is still meeting the Intel Ultrabook 46 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:14,280 specification while also being a full-blown Windows 8 tablet. Now, 47 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:20,560 very, very, very cool stuff. On this side, you can see we've got a few different things here. So, give me one 48 00:03:19,519 --> 00:03:24,640 moment. And I'm going to find out what this little button does. ASUS is finding 49 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,800 out for us, but we actually figured it out already. So, what this does is it 50 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:32,239 completely disables the back screen. So, even if you accidentally hit one of the 51 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:36,239 uh the hotkeys to change the screen modes on it, it will just not go to that 52 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:41,200 one. It keeps it it actually keeps it off. So, other than that, we've got 53 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:45,840 power, we've got an indicator LED, micro HDMI, VGA that you can output with an 54 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:50,080 adapter, super speed USB 3. Remember guys, super speed USB3 or Thunderbolt 55 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:54,720 are requirements. You have to have one or the other to get the ultrabook status 56 00:03:52,239 --> 00:03:59,840 from Intel. We have another super speed USB 3. So, ASUS has done not one but two 57 00:03:56,959 --> 00:04:04,400 of those. Finally, SD expansion volume control. Remember, it's a you need a 58 00:04:02,319 --> 00:04:07,840 dedicated hardware volume control switch because of the fact that it is both a 59 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:12,560 notebook and a tablet. So, thanks for checking out our coverage of the Tai Chi 60 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:15,760 21 and Tai Chi 31. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more 61 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,320 videos like this and make sure that you guys check out our other CES 2013 62 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:24,960 coverage. Thanks for watching Linus Tech Tips at 63 00:04:21,919 --> 00:04:28,919 CES 2013 powered by Corsair, Seagate 64 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,919 Technology, and Lynxys.