SURFACE PRO KILLER FOR CHEAP - EVE V (NO LONGER AVAILABLE)
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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our coverage of computex 2017 is brought to you by the Corsair 1 and Synergy you
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can check them both out at the link in the video description okay so Eve is
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this really small startup that was founded to be like a disruptive device
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maker with an emphasis on community feedback to help them design the best
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products for their Community to which I would normally go well gee you guys
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taking Community feedback is a great way to get an awful l of uh let's say how
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about we call them C minus ideas but the
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V2 in1 Windows device that they're showing off here at the show
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demonstrates that they've got the ability to filter through the guidance
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they're getting from their users and pick out the best ideas because this is
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looking pretty good every device has the
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same basic specs so they've got a 12.3 in display running at a
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2736 X 1824 resolution ution and what's
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more than that they've managed an impressive 1,400 to1 contrast ratio a
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basically air gapless display design
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10-point multi-touch and a 100% QC check
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policy so every single device is going to get calibrated right out of the
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factory and the io is looking pretty good too they've got two noise
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cancelling microphones as well as speakers along the top they've got two
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USB type A ports a USB type- C port a
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Thunderbolt port and lo and behold even a headphone amp wow how did they manage
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to do that in a device in 2017 Wi-Fi is
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handled by an internal 2x2 AC wireless card and you can wake the device with
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just one touch thanks to the integrated fingerprint sensor in the lock button
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every single one is going to include their 1,24 pressure level and two button
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pen as well as this Alcantara cover that
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has a gorilla glass covered trackpad as well as an RGB back lit keyboard so
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pricing wise it's starting at $7.99 which is pretty darn competitive with
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the Surface Pro with a corm 3 8 gigs of RAM and a 128 gig NVMe SSD and it goes
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up to well we don't quite know but probably somewhere in the $1,500 range
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for a core i7 16 gigs of RAM and a 512
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gig SSD which when you put it up against the Surface Pro is looking pretty
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impressive like it's over $500 cheaper
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so how did they do it I guess it comes back to the whole collaborating with the
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community idea well they ended up with a little bit of a thicker device but I
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like this trade-off they get a massive 48w hour battery and we're able to fit
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full-sized USB 3 ports on it pretty freaking cool and there's other stuff
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too the community said you know what don't worry about spending a bunch of money on the webcam we're not going to
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use it that much and so they didn't so
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then Bottom Line This is hardly a comprehensive review of the device I
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only got to spend about an hour with it but I feel like there's still a lot to
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say like it's shocking how price competitive this small startup has
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managed to be with a massive company like Microsoft and while the device is
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actually not even available yet they're going to be doing a run of them that
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will be available for purchase sometime in the summer I don't want to get ahead
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of myself but I think if their goal is to be kind of like a one plusus of
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Windows devices they are on a pretty
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good track right now so thanks for watching guys and thanks to Corsair and
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Synergy for allowing us to be here this year you can check out the Corsair one
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their 12 lit Extreme Performance gaming rig at the link in the video description
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and Synergy which lets you share your keyboard and mouse between multiple
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computers even crossplatform Windows Mac
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computex coverage and we will see you at the next booth