They sent me a MYSTERY laptop 🫣

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[@TheCommanderTaco]

This review must have been done by an imposter. Not once did he sniff the laptop...that or he is finally growing up to be responsible. Brings a tear to my eye.

[@joshuapugh398]

$1399 for a laptop without a dedicated graphics card is abysmal

[@richconroy5559]

That laptop is just about as thin as a blu ray case. That is absolutely bananas.

[@Dan-Simms]

Though it's not a product that i would get, it certainly looks to be one heck of a nice thin and light laptop.

[@tfball58]

this is the earliest I've ever been for an Austin video. Looking forward to what I know will be an amazing video by the team :)

[@BeyondBaito]

"I'm gonna go oldschool" *unburns house and says hi guys*

[@TheAriMartinez]

Asus refused to warranty repair a tablet for me and I’ve been boycotting since. Am I being petty?

[@rRefuseToSelfCensor]

No a lot of these companies suck In regards to warranty. Screw them.

[@vipulvij3]

absolutely the fk not!

[@migueltopsp]

not to defend the brand, but I sent a laptop 6 times for repair during the warranty years, and they always fix it, and they are usually fast, 7-8 days of repair

[@Ajayen--]

I'd do the exact same

[@dsly4425]

I’ve boycotted HP for over a decade for the same reason.

[@GlassesGamer11]

The phone in one scene showed Austin’s BURNING apartment

[@amdintelxsniperx]

yeah eco friendly should mean upgradable ram . one of the reason laptops get tossed is low ram . the user exceeds the ram built in

[@tiberiuvisan9973]

And a storage upgrade would be equally simple to implement. Just because the packaging is cardboard shouldn't count as eco friendly

[@elfedorausado]

Agreed. At least 32gb of ddr5 should go a long way towards keeping this laptop usable for most instances. It enrages me when they ship 4gb soldered RAM in modern Win11-capable laptops

[@DavidArmelino]

I just got the Asus Creator Q laptop, which is basically a reskinned Vivobook as a Best Buy exclusive. It's cheaper than this laptop and has much better specs. Same screen as well.

[@luise.perezv.8702]

As a chemistry teacher, I died a little inside when they said that Asus only used water and electricity and "no chemicals". Water IS a chemical 😅

[@unknown-fg9yf]

do you cook

[@myke__V]

Water. The universal solvent.

[@ShockingPikachu]

They obviously mean no *harsh* chemicals or environmentally impactful chemicals. But yeahhh. Gotta remember this is for the general public so chemistry knowledge isn't super widespread.

[@raviolibandit8396]

When he said "Negative Ghost Rider" I felt that.

[@zdude731]

5:51 yall cant tell me you didnt think he was about to say "smell it"

[@lukeperryglover]

I thought he was going to say sniff test, when he said the first thing he always does with a new device. Haha

[@vespermoirai975]

ASUS not being on top of my list right now... but it looks serviceable.

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

I love Austin's SpongeBob references!

[@jscgaming126]

They make really good monitors too

[@halodoomhpf15]

how much did austin smoke before this episode?, not even cheech and chong get this quiet and loopy

[@stpejc1977]

It looks cool I like how large the screen is for the size

[@Wimmle]

OLD SCHOOL OLD SCHOOL "HEY GUYS, ITS AUSTIN" THATS OLD SCHOOL

[@kokohanahana]

asus gone from making laptops with no webcam to cramming that much stuff in very thin laptops

[@AsraFlahe]

Guess you could say it was "A SUS" laptop

[@jacobdavidcunningham1440]

2:18 reeee where muh imperial units

[@techjgboy8878]

that laptop look amazing and sounds like a awsome produkt

[@haemxnd2893]

austin my friend you should start writing your scripts bcuz the best videos on your channel are the ones where you are prepared to talk

[@kounakdutta]

companies putting i3 and i5 in normal and thick laptops and overclockable full powered i7 and i9 in thin laptops XD

[@caelansrandomvideos]

Who else noticed that when they were showing the display on the different devices, The phone was his house fire and not austin talking?

[@turks1966]

Do you get to keep all the products you review?

[@piconano]

Ok. You convinced me. Send it to me overnight prepaid.

[@DanteBogdan]

If the battery life is good it's a nice option.

[@JonathanTalksHW]

Austin LOUD tips LOL

[@mobside8287]

My laptop's corner is broken, so the screen just hangs. I think somethings wrong with it, too because it takes like 20 seconds to load up something in my browser.

[@69serpo]

GET ON THE DAMN DESK!

[@billyhatcher643]

where the hell where u guys i was having a withdrawal on mystery tech

[@DanHey08]

I’d love one of these.

[@dawidkaszub2533]

Plot twist - box had double bottom and Asus hid ROG Ally

[@etrur2595]

Whoever did that edit at 8:32 is wrong😂😂

[@brotherbunghole9562]

Asus sponsoring Austin because no other tech channel will accept their sponsor deals lmfao

[@Qoushik]

Have you even seen ROG Ally sponsership? Most channels already did Zenbook 13

[@kylereviews544]

It is very nice. But sticking with my hp envy 13 over this

[@ficklampa]

No need to guess if those are Thunderbolt ports, there’s a thunderbolt icon next to them ;) I wouldn’t mind a laptop being a little thicker just to have the ability to upgrade ram and ssd

[@leakahoshi5049]

It's not about thicker or not. Upgradeable ram in 13 inch laptop mean lower battery capacity and if it upgradeable it usualy mean one slot upgradeable the other one is soldered. If you do want full upgradeable laptop its usually start from 15 inch and sometimes 14 is also capable with only one slot of NVME.

[@ficklampa]

@@leakahoshi5049 It doesn't haev to mean lower battery capacity. Just look how some of the 13" are layed out inside. Plus, adding a bit of bezel compensates for that too. smart.gif

[@ShockingPikachu]

Honestly... id prefer a Framework laptop...

[@5argetech56]

0:41 = That Logo looks like it was made for StarFleet! 🖖🖖

[@jake1225]

Was that the star trek logo on the box?

[@Zak_box]

Austin make a video about Linux.

[@melble5]

will it be able to run even easy to run games at its 2.8k resolution with its intergrated gpu?

[@rac1st]

🤓🤓🤓

[@theflash9068]

No absolutely not

[@icantdecideahandle]

definitely not

[@theflash9068]

@melble5 1080p max at medium maybe

[@icantdecideahandle]

@@theflash9068 maybe low, but depends on what he means by "easy to run games"

[@billyhatcher643]

cool laptop but its pretty much ewaste minus the upgradable nvme drive

[@leafbelly]

Soldered/hard-wired RAM is a usually deal-breaker for me, though 32GB should be enough for 95% of all uses. 2/3 of the price is that OLED display. Laptop manufacturers really need to find a way to incorporate mini LED or quantum dots into these panels to bring down the prices.

[@RadChromeDude]

soldered RAM used to be a turn-off for me... however, I think the main selling point of a laptop, is that it just WORKS. and space saved by soldered RAM goes to better cooling, or a bigger battery. both of these are far more important in a laptop. 16gb of RAM is enough for productivity and light gaming. for me, removable battery and storage is all the repairability I need.

[@John_1920]

As someone that always brings with him - and uses - a mouse with his laptop, can someone please explain to me why people seem to be happy about a bigger touchpad mouse on the laptops these days, instead of smaller ones? To me, who disables the touchpad because it is in the way when using the keyboard, I can't understand this, it just seems like the bigger the touchpad the bigger the inconvenience is.

[@DMurcielago]

You answered your own question, people enjoy the touchpad because of it's use, you should probably get an external keyboard for your setup as well.

[@John_1920]

@@DMurcielago i didn't answer my own question, I'm asking why the bigger the better is the mentality when a small one is just as good with less inconvenience.

[@justsomeguy5470]

​@@John_1920 Some laptops have really good palm rejection. What that means is that it doesn't register your palms as a finger press or movement. Some people also really like not having to use a mouse or even keep track of one

[@John_1920]

@@justsomeguy5470 I understand what the TouchPad mouse is, what I don't understand is why have larger ones when smaller ones are just as good, but don't take much space?

[@Mom19]

​@@John_1920 yeah same. I mean you keep your finger in almost one spot all the time anyways... You can really see that when you have dealt with a bunch of laptops to repair or upgrade. The middle of the trackpad is always so worn out, but not much outside that little area

[@milesthepeacefulinkling286]

5:54 - Uh, you can still use CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to open Task Manager in Windows 11, even though they removed the option to open it when you right-click on the taskbar. Also Brand Unification *SUCKS.* The boot screen should only have the Windows logo, not the PC manufacturer logo, EVER.

[@ShockingPikachu]

Its how they get their windows licences so cheap ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@TO_NC]

Do you all ever do giveaways?

[@tb0n3gaming56]

looks good but it's just smoke and burning cpu hahaha

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

For 1300 it missing a card reader

[@Omega247]

Yeah no ... My last ASUS laptop malfunctioned so badly I'm never buying anything Asus ever again. Even when I took it in for a repair they took more than a month to try and fix it before eventually just giving up and giving me a refund.

[@nickthaskater]

Give me an 11" version.

[@JamieAubrey]

Getting blocked from ASUS website while using ASUS laptop

[@alexjenkin4216]

to bad its not as upgradeable the Alienware Laptop that Dawid Does Tech Stuff showed odd as upgradeable with his new video

[@monkeking6171]

AUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vinacar]

other then the cpu what was the other heat pipe going too?

[@tylergraham2221]

Both heat pipes are for the CPU. It's just pulling the heat to both fans for better cooling

[@manakajunpei9007]

All green but future e-waste, gg asus

[@Teksers]

Fairly repairable? If a memory module goes bad you'll have to replace the entire motherboard. The only replaceable parts are the batery and SSD... What's so repairable in that?

[@ShockingPikachu]

And the only reason there's no replacable ram is because they wanted it to be 1cm. If it were a little thicker they could have very easily made replacable RAM possible. It's bs.

[@Samhunt3720]

Can u do a video on the Chromebook 11a I don’t know if I should get it ?

[@dc124remix]

@MysteriousMonkey probably I am writing this on one but chromebook can be good and cheap linux machine

[@Samhunt3720]

@MysteriousMonkey yea I only have 300£ to spend and would like something good for the money any ideas ?

[@MudSluggerBP]

Oh yes that magic environmental wand that is electricity 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@dc124remix]

well in quebec canada it is eco-friendly since 98% of energy is hydro-electricity (the last 2% are gas for cars and solar energy) so it does not polute here but yes in country like saudi-arabia it is bad to use electricity (paper polute less then computer there)

[@gamingraidersandfails2626]

$1,200 is 🥜 way to much for a basic laptop

[@lazyopgames5174]

I wish i also had a laptop to play games and do homework😢😭

[@NickPlayz365]

I've never been so early in an austin video lol

[@ironsteal]

price really is 500

[@immameme]

I was at the store and realized TechImma1st on this video

[@Mr.Kratoast]

Fingerprint magnet

[@LDranzer1]

Ofc y'all mfs watched the video 4 times already

[@AtillatheFun]

3.9 rating on Amazon. I would stay far away from this laptop.

[@AaronKnouse]

Ummmmm @austinevans your timer counted the wrong way @0:30 seconds 🤣🤣🤣

[@denis72]

Austin! Is it anything about you that is not the mystery in the last few months? Mystery box this, mystery box that? What’s happening to you?

[@James-gj8rn]

I actually built my first Gaming PC and i can't wait to mess around with it (even if it does mean i'll have to look for resources to determine if a PC Port is good or not)

[@lilwashu]

i just hate when laptop companies have usb c charging but dont put a usb c charging port on both sides of the laptop...

[@KILLERBanshee]

Friends and Asus no longer belong togther

[@RedPillAlways]

This laptop is explosive baby. A lot of innocent plants died for the making of this. I hope vegetarians are happy every time they eat plants suffer.

[@thihanhtut5951]

$1399 is not right call for dedicated gpu. Go for m2 mac air.

[@frose4206]

But how does it smell?

[@adiposerex5150]

Very nice laptop.

[@Galvamel]

Task Manager? Lies! The first thing you do with every device that you get your hands on is sniff it.

[@skippy336]

Is it "affordable"?

[@ShockingPikachu]

No

[@brokenmailman]

A environmental friendly laptop that doesn't take into account e-waste?

[@ShockingPikachu]

Who is this? Apple?

[@GriotDNB]

So, you got to make a commercial and might force those tiny feet upon us again?

[@len070]

That's a laptop

[@itsdeonlol]

Good job ASUS!!!

[@GFourGadget]

Very nice

[@qv81]

Do you guys know how to countdown? The timer should be counting down. Now its pointless.

[@Penguforce]

The price is a bit much for me this feels like 800 range

[@ShockingPikachu]

"Eco friendly" means more price

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

hell it dont even have card reader

[@danolivet8346]

Hey Austin, do you condone and support what asus is doing to their customers with the bios update and it voiding people's warranty but is also the only way to fix the 7800x3d issues? By accepting their money, you're co-signing on their dishonest business practices.

[@Mom19]

I don't understand their RAM decision at all.. 5200mhz? Is the CPU binned that badly? Especially since its soldered to the motherboard and literally directly next to the CPU, it should be able to run MUCH faster. Then again, this is a business machine not a workstation or a gaming device. Understandable I guess. Probably also battery life. But seriously tho, 6000mhz would be in there for sure if not way more

[@SirMegaManNeoX]

For those who don't know, Windows 11 now allows you to move the start menu BACK to the left! 👍

[@thelunchbox420x]

You could do it on day one.

[@SirMegaManNeoX]

​@@thelunchbox420x No, no you could not. Update: I am assuming you mean hardware day one, because when Windows 11 FIRST came out, the start menu was IN THE MIDDLE ONLY.🙂

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

@@SirMegaManNeoX I used it before day one and you could always set it back to the left.

[@SirMegaManNeoX]

@@EvilTurkeySlices No you could not. It was one of the main reasons people hated it.

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

@@SirMegaManNeoX yes you could. I literally used it since the first leaked build. Unless you mean internal only builds.

[@WhitfieldProductionsTV]

they never send me anything.

[@TheIyudha]

where's the real Austin? who's hiding him?

[@richardpastoor9336]

Soldered RAM,no dedicated GPU and still $1399....nope

[@kidShibuya]

You think ghost rider is a bike... Fail editor, fail.

[@Ethan_MQ]

Dad?

[@mepm]

Lol Jay and Steve trash Asus for their BS, meanwhile Austin's like my friends at Asus sent me this cool new toy

[@R3AL-AIM]

Asus has always made good hardware, it's just always been kind of hard to choke down. Like with ROG or TUF devices, being more expensive and uglier than Alienware takes away from how good the system may actually be compared to it's competition lol

[@corgicakes5629]

Way too expensive

[@SerjStar]

ASSUS Macboook