WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.359 Guys, welcome to our first video from CES 2013. We're here in the ASUS 00:00:05.279 --> 00:00:10.960 notebooks suite. Well, notebooks and tablets. And I think you're going to see 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:14.320 that the line has been somewhat blurred between those categories based on what 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:18.560 we're about to show you here today. Welcome to Linus Tech Tips at CES 2013. 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:23.039 Our trip to the show this year is powered by Corsair, maker of quality PC 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:27.039 components and peripherals. Our trusted storage partner is Seagate Technology, 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:30.039 and our trusted networking partner is Lynxys. 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 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 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:49.200 tablet? Did I say notebook? See, I'm getting confused already because it is a 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:51.200 notebook. It is a tablet and you've got 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:54.719 a wide variety of different ways that you can actually interact with it. So, 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.480 see how quickly it wakes up from sleep, too. I love Windows 8. So, check this 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 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:05.199 on that and I'm going to show you guys something really cool. So, think about 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:08.960 all the ways you can use this. This is an ultrabook, so it's super portable. 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:13.200 You're a sales rep. You're a photographer. You want to be able to 00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:16.880 show someone something quickly without doing the old, well, here, let me work 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 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 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:30.960 here to decide how you want to use it. You press the enter key. Boom. 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:35.360 Now it's a 10point multi-touch tablet. These are two IPS screens that are built 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:38.720 into this notebook here. So the viewing angles are fantastic. And the 00:01:37.119 --> 00:01:44.960 brightness, as we've come to expect from ASUS, I mean look look at something like 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:46.799 a TF700. Just fantastic. Is well meets 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:51.680 expectations, but I guess that that doesn't sound as good as it actually is. 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:56.159 Now the next mode you can do is check this out. 00:01:53.920 --> 00:02:00.159 Mirror. So now there's the presentation scenario I'm talking about. Instead of 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 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:08.640 it through touch, but that exact same thing is now showed on the non-touch 00:02:07.119 --> 00:02:14.000 side where you're expected to interact with a keyboard and a touchpad. Last but 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:16.959 not least, this guy right here. So this is an extend mode. Basically, what 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:20.640 you're doing is you're taking that screen on the back and pretending that 00:02:18.959 --> 00:02:23.920 it swings out this way. So it's an extended desktop. So you can do 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:27.599 something like if you're sitting working, the kids are bothering you. I 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:30.720 mean they're they're distracting you in some way. You go look, sit over there 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. 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:39.280 Drag it over to the other video or to the other screen. Maximize it. Boom. 00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:43.519 You're watching a video over here. So four different ways you can use it. This 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 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:52.480 HD, so 1920 x 1080, and basically more 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 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:00.160 glamour shots of this. Remember guys, this is an ultrabook. In spite of the 00:02:57.440 --> 00:03:04.400 fact that ASUS has built another screen, a piece of glass, which adds to the 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:08.720 weight, adds to the thickness, this is still meeting the Intel Ultrabook 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:14.280 specification while also being a full-blown Windows 8 tablet. Now, 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 00:03:19.519 --> 00:03:24.640 moment. And I'm going to find out what this little button does. ASUS is finding 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.800 out for us, but we actually figured it out already. So, what this does is it 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:32.239 completely disables the back screen. So, even if you accidentally hit one of the 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 00:03:34.720 --> 00:03:41.200 one. It keeps it it actually keeps it off. So, other than that, we've got 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:45.840 power, we've got an indicator LED, micro HDMI, VGA that you can output with an 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:50.080 adapter, super speed USB 3. Remember guys, super speed USB3 or Thunderbolt 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:54.720 are requirements. You have to have one or the other to get the ultrabook status 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 00:03:56.959 --> 00:04:04.400 of those. Finally, SD expansion volume control. Remember, it's a you need a 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:07.840 dedicated hardware volume control switch because of the fact that it is both a 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:12.560 notebook and a tablet. So, thanks for checking out our coverage of the Tai Chi 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:15.760 21 and Tai Chi 31. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:20.320 videos like this and make sure that you guys check out our other CES 2013 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:24.960 coverage. Thanks for watching Linus Tech Tips at 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:28.919 CES 2013 powered by Corsair, Seagate 00:04:24.960 --> 00:04:28.919 Technology, and Lynxys.