I actually really like the format of this video. Having multiple personalities on a video can actually be a bit refreshing if done like it was here (pros & cons, etc). That's not to say that every video should be like this, but I do you think it's something that should be explored.
Agreed. I'm usually cool with one person spitting out all the information, but it's nice on occasion to have two people bouncing things off of each other and keeping the viewer engaged with multiple voices so you don't drone them out.
Actually I think this will work GREAT for all review videos. Everyone all has their own biases so having others give their opinions on what you'd personally call shit or lit is great for a review!
The thing that happens with other yt channels is they just suddenly change hosts but with LTT we know basically the whole team so it’s not like who the heck is this
"gives it that Synaptics drunken driver feel" LOL wow savage B-roll at the start of this was phenomenal Host swap-up was a lot of fun. Great job, guys!
Alex looks like he could do with some sleep. Linus must've been keeping him awake to make sure nothing happens to the concrete cooled PC build (a second time).
Im using the area 51m right now. Exact same spec (just in black). Yes, the cpu does hit 100 degrees IF you overclock it to 5GHz, I overclocked my to 4.3 and it never goes over 80. The touchpad is fine for me personally, i love the fact that its glass. I find it feels smooth and the gestures work fine for me, they dont feel at all janky. You make it sound like theres no mid-ground between performance mode (much higher fan speed) and quiet mode (much lower fan speed), but there is and you didnt mention it. Theres balanced mode which is the perfect mid-ground, no performance loss due to thermal throttling but also the fans are not too bad (no where near as loud as when in performance). You make it sound like its not portable at all, theres the vindicator 2.0 (alienwares 17 inch backpack) that it fits snugly in, theres even a separate pouch for the power supplies. Also, one last thing, you make it sound like you cant use it with one power supply but you can use it just fine, yes it will be throttled but i can game happily on it with just one power supply or even just on battery.
If you want, I think you can manually install windows precision drivers for an even better experience. Check out Dave2D's video "upgrade your laptop for free".
In games with good sli support and not using latest api like vulcan/dx12 but instead dx11, those dual 1080s in the 21x will beat the shit out of the 2080 in the 51m provided there's no cpu bottleneck posed by that mere 4c/8t 45w garbage laptop cpu inside the 21x.
Who needs Linus? Gimme awkward alex and cringy James all day long (edit: to be clear I know this was Riley in this video, I am referring to James's video prior to this one. The silent PC one)
I remember in much older videos you were nervous, timid, and unsure of quite where to stand in front of the camera. You've steadily become more and more confident, and now this is the first video I've seen where you've played the main role. Well done mate.
I guess it's more like a serviceable laptop. If your CPU dies, you can buy one off of Ebay for $20 and plop it in! (Because it'll be so outdated by then).
I use this one for work. When you are spending a lot of time at two locations for prologned periods of time, having a desktop replacement which you can game on and work on, means you don't need carry your work laptop, dedicated laptop for gaming, and having a gaming desktop back at home. An this thing does crush heavy workloads (compiling, running servers, etc.) So excited that I got it, since it replaces my 2012 gaming desktop. Pair it with a good gaming mouse and good headphones, you got yourself a nice portable gaming desktop. Setup. The power bricks will (other than the laptop) be the two heaviest things in your backpack, but for my use case, for work I can carry just one with me, and leave the other one wherever it is I am staying. Still works damn good with one power brick plugged in (on Ubuntu, for software development). Also, I used to use a Dell laptop for work so always had a USB-C dock to plug into the laptop, and the power bricks from those, are compatible with Alienware 51m - this thing has so much IO you might not even need the old Docks if you had them. The upgredability is nice as well, though I have yet to open it up. Will probably stick to a portable Steam library enclosure for gaming so I have one less thing to carry with me to work and back. All in all, 8/10 ... any higher and it would've been a desktop.
A 4k laptop display of 16" has 275 PPI. A 1440p laptop display of the same size has 165 PPI. Definitely a huge difference in visual quality when your display is smaller like a laptop.
I don't think LTT gets enough credit for being able to have a show that is not based solely one one host as many others are. Many a TH-cam shows have died changing to adding new faces (RayWilliamJohnson comes to mind) yet LTT survives and thrives. So I guess props to your success and here's to all the more.
The accent on words like Garbage, RTX and Hardware is great 😂 Awesome video! Really nice to see the way Linus has introduced all you guys over the years and people like Alex hosting feels like a natural extension of the spirit of this channel.
@john m Alienware has always specifially targeted people with more money than common sense and people with lots of cash but very niche use cases. This isnt anything new.
@john m -If you move often, from apartment to apartment, for work or for studies, you can't really own a desktop, or if you do, it's a nightmare to move it. -If you go to LANs often, a desktop replacement is ideal.
Can we actually get more episodes hosted by different LTT members.I really enjoyed watching Alex instead of Linus.I mean it's a welcome change and who knows maybe some of them have undiscovered talent for hosting these.
What do you expect? This is a top of the line product featuring the latest technology, on top of it having to be sold at a price point where the company can feasibly make a profit by selling them. There are plenty of laptops out there with great performance that are more affordable. But if you want the best of the best, you have to pay. That goes for Motorcycles and Used cars also.
If you don't travel a lot. Yes. If you are always within reach of your house. Yes. Otherwise, makes perfect fucking sense. Oh and if anyone compares this to BGA gaming notebooks. Please hold your tongue. Just talk to me when your board completely dies and you cannot salvage your CPU easily. I will give you an earnest laugh from the bottom of my heart.
Will there be an A51M R2 review with the launch under a week away? Be interesting to see a comparison on whether the cooling is better along with the 4k screen they are now adding as an option.
The keyboard on the R2 is worse. And they reduced the ram slots from 4 in the R1 to 2 in the R2. That means the R1 can have 128GB Ram but the R2 is limited to 64. I have the R1 and would never trade it in for the R2 even if it was for free.
Darryl Jack depends on what you want to upgrade. Chances are what happened to the R1 is going to happen to the R2. You can still do plenty of things to the R1. I myself am planning to upgrade from 64GB of RAM to 128GB (4x32). The R2 only has 2 slots which makes its limit 64GB.
@@FactsDataTruth true, may I ask which color do you have, I might buy one today and I heard there was a difference between the screens of the black and white one. I think one has Gsync and the other doesn't.
This laptop will be awesome for a camper guy that lives in his home made camper-bus with the root full of solar panels and the trunks (where you normally put your luggage in a long bus trip) full of high capacity batteries for many nights of playtime when he is in middle of nowhere.
YES !!! And if you REALLY want to take advantage of portable high-powered laptops, is to use flexible or roll-up solar blankets you can spread around your campsite or camp vehicle to charge your Li-Ion Batteries or directly use your devices in off-grid situations. See list of best solar blankets: www.mygenerator.com.au/blog/best-camping-solar-blankets/ It seems out of all the one reviewed, the one with the most flexible and rugged design still having high power capability, is the 90-watt Engel Power Film Solar Foldable which has the 3 year warranty on it. It's ruggedness makes it the best of the lot. www.mygenerator.com.au/solar-blankets/f/brands_engel.html The below one is a tad expensive but 4 of them packed away in your camper van could power a LOT of devices even in low light such as in Winter-time Canada or mountainous Montana! www.mygenerator.com.au/engel-power-film-foldable-90-watt.html The KEY ISSUE is ruggedness and low-light capability. THAT are the two features you need in portable/foldable solar cell blankets for direct power use or battery recharge purposes. In my personal opinion, you need AT LEAST 350 watts and preferably 500 watts to adequately live off-grid using solar power only when charging batteries and during direct-power usage. If you can afford it 750 to 1000 watts would allow you to use MULTIPLE devices such as laptop, portable refrigerator, TV, and cell phone all at once for a VERY PLEASANT off-grid experience! .
ahh good video but.. alex pls fix the microphone placement.. when you are leaning and doing stuff your voice seems to fade away.. probably a cable issue but nonetheless :))) edit: really liked the riley jumping in part. i am loving this new formats.. it just shows that LTT is constantly one upping their quality. keep it up guys
I believe they're using an overhead mic, which makes having multiple hosts easier, but has some drawbacks, like mudding audio whenever the host turns their head.
it took me a minute to realized the MSI Trident X is actually a desktop and I was thinking it was a laptop and wondering why Area 51M is in second place, silly me I got mixed up till I corrected myself lol *facepalm myself*
Hi guys, thanks for the vid... Two power cords and two power supplys... heres one for ya: How much power does each one of those power units eat an hour? Can you run the laptop with only 1 cord plugged in? Or are 2 a Must for when your gaming? For the price they wanting to charge (bit over 6k) for your setup its disappointing to hear that the touch pad is of tampon quality... And then ontop to hear that the Fans are going like ceiling fan at max... it dont sound all that attractive to buy... And I was looking to buy one of these... now I am thinking maybe more investigation is needed. Thank you for alerting me to the things that would have had me reaching for the sledge hammer... All this aside: What is a Better alternative that does not have twin power adaptors? If you made vids about em do shoot a link Please...
I do not get it with all the Webcam quality specs, what do you define as excellent or crap? I do not think this webcam is "half decent" regarding todays standards, its 30fps at most and looks a bit blurry to me. Could you please make a video about your objective and subjective testing methods and specs you analyze to compare to components of different machines to each other? 😏 would be interesting.
This is something I've caught onto as well, they *often* make note of and mention the webcams on laptops and I cannot make heads or tails of how they go about reviewing them beyond someone asking if they checked it, and someone else saying "yup it's fine" or "yup it's bad". They need to develop some kind of standard for this as they don't even typically mention the specs. I will say that they generally show an example of the video and mic audio, and perhaps that's the most important part, but some cohesion between reviews would really be nice as sometimes things that look/sound like crap webcams are a "good" to them and while others look/sound great to me they're calling a negative to the laptop. I don't get it and I hope they improve. I'm also not looking for a laptop, so I don't really care about this from a position of personal frustration about not knowing what to buy, I just get annoyed with these sorts of things and then write about it on the internet.
Who would get a gaming laptop just to use the trackpad anyway? I get it, traveling and stuff but there are portable mice too? Maybe laptop makers should just remove the trackpad and just include a mouse instead.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I literally don't need a keyboard or a mouse! I really like the Asus Mothership concept. Just sell a freaking mobile AIO ffs and bundle a mouse a wireless keyboard for people who need/want it! The whole trackpad tradition is wearing think especially on 2000$+ laptops.
@@b2dmastersniper and just 4k is on a big screen like 50" pointless too when you are sitting like idk far away or just using FullHD content or even less most of the time.
I have the r5 17 which is basically the mid range version of this laptop and yalls review was absolutely positive on that laptop. This laptop is a huge improvement over mine in specs and upgradeability....so its all positive in my eyes....its a really good desktop replacement for me aswell. I love mine so much. It's been a joy to use so far. It's only blue screened once in the year ive had it probably due to microsoft and their bs.....I only paid 1800 for mine...I think the r5 is the sweet spot. I know they have the thin laptop out but tbh the r5 has better thermals.
I actually really like the format of this video. Having multiple personalities on a video can actually be a bit refreshing if done like it was here (pros & cons, etc). That's not to say that every video should be like this, but I do you think it's something that should be explored.
Agreed. I'm usually cool with one person spitting out all the information, but it's nice on occasion to have two people bouncing things off of each other and keeping the viewer engaged with multiple voices so you don't drone them out.
Actually I think this will work GREAT for all review videos. Everyone all has their own biases so having others give their opinions on what you'd personally call shit or lit is great for a review!
Yes.
I agree totally, it's refreshing to get two voices in on video. Fantastic!
It also allows them to make more videos about more things, adding variety to the channel
You guys at LTT should mix up the hosts more often. It's really refreshing to have different hosts.
Plus gives Linus a break
Linus was on vacation. We'll get a few more yet this week.
I really liked it yeah, keeps you from sleeping
Or just have Riley do everything :)
@@2buxaslice riley tech tips
Just commenting to show some support for Alex and Riley
Nice
Alex + Riley = Ralex, Ralex is so close to Rolex, CONCLUSION, Riley and Alex are agents of Rolex to secretly sell us random crap. And overthrow Linus.
good call
Alex and Riley did a great job! I'd like to see them more on camera :)
The thing that happens with other yt channels is they just suddenly change hosts but with LTT we know basically the whole team so it’s not like who the heck is this
Linus was on vacation during this, he'll be back.
@@Skylarr
Linus mentioned he will share hosting responsibilitys as much as he feels comfortable with even when he gets back.
There is a Jamaican guy hosting on Dave 2D Lee this morning. It was so random.
we can have yvonne hosting again. XD
"gives it that Synaptics drunken driver feel" LOL wow
savage
B-roll at the start of this was phenomenal
Host swap-up was a lot of fun.
Great job, guys!
Big fan of yo5r work and observe tutorials, it has helped me alot in the past. Great videos man.
Alex looks like he could do with some sleep. Linus must've been keeping him awake to make sure nothing happens to the concrete cooled PC build (a second time).
Alex always looks tired
wake and bake. its Canada.
he is one good looking lad though...
Well, an 85 percenter will keep most guys awake at night :D
Be quiet. Alex is the perfect host.
This format is great. Riley is like the Negatron and alex is the Optimist Prime xD
I felt the exactly same, and I also really love it. More please!
whatever format doesn't matter to them, they don't have a style to cherish, so they can go freely to pursuit their goal
Spot on
N1gatron*
I also vastly enjoyed this kind of duo review. :)
Me: "Yeah but who cares about laptops though"
Video: "This laptop doesn't care about you.
OK...
This comment is historical
Lol
The Reason I Can't Play Minecraft on This Laptop Is Because *I Can't Even Buy One* :v
Sounds like the laptop is made in russia
Alex AND Riley?!?! This is amazing!
Ikr I love them both!
I though he was Ivan :(
Can we have more of those multi writer reviews? This video was truly awesome!
Im using the area 51m right now. Exact same spec (just in black). Yes, the cpu does hit 100 degrees IF you overclock it to 5GHz, I overclocked my to 4.3 and it never goes over 80. The touchpad is fine for me personally, i love the fact that its glass. I find it feels smooth and the gestures work fine for me, they dont feel at all janky. You make it sound like theres no mid-ground between performance mode (much higher fan speed) and quiet mode (much lower fan speed), but there is and you didnt mention it. Theres balanced mode which is the perfect mid-ground, no performance loss due to thermal throttling but also the fans are not too bad (no where near as loud as when in performance). You make it sound like its not portable at all, theres the vindicator 2.0 (alienwares 17 inch backpack) that it fits snugly in, theres even a separate pouch for the power supplies. Also, one last thing, you make it sound like you cant use it with one power supply but you can use it just fine, yes it will be throttled but i can game happily on it with just one power supply or even just on battery.
If you want, I think you can manually install windows precision drivers for an even better experience. Check out Dave2D's video "upgrade your laptop for free".
MinorSeven cheers, ill look into that :)
I also have this computer and it runs like a wood stove. Super hot with just basic games.
good i can't imagine carrying that chunk o stone on your back
Linus is going holiday with his wife and kid, now we got "ALEX TECH TIPS"
@@monkeyturds Yeah this is just production time showing, this is all the stuff they did the week he was away :D
I think he's dead
At least it's not James.
I loved this. So refreshing
I like his employes, dont you?
Alex's voice is really soft and he's really nice to listen to!
I kinda just want him to say "I have a clue" "Oh my clue's pointing over here" -South Park Reference LOL
I think he's taken though.
he sounds like a guy who got a lot of bullying in high school
He's pretty nice to look at, as well...
unlike the other guy known as Linus....
The Acer Predator 21X:
*"Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!"*
It's more powerful, so we can skip the battle.
This is funny cause one of them is really overpowered here lol.
PREDATOR 21X IS WAY WAY WAY BIGGER .....
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PERFORMANCE ...
& ALSO , 21X HAVE A CURVED SCREEN WHEREAS AREA 51M DOESN'T
In games with good sli support and not using latest api like vulcan/dx12 but instead dx11, those dual 1080s in the 21x will beat the shit out of the 2080 in the 51m provided there's no cpu bottleneck posed by that mere 4c/8t 45w garbage laptop cpu inside the 21x.
Acer Sucks!! ASUS ROG is better than that
I love that everyone calls out everyone else for script writing now it's actually hilarious
17 inch laptop isn't a laptop..fuck it.
Really glad that Alex is getting comfortable on camera
good job Alex and Riley. it's nice to have a fresh take in the videos. Hope to see more of the you guys!
omg I get Alex AND that guy from TechLinked in one video?
What a deal!!
russxp06 that guy hahaha
Bro he is RILYE
Riley
ncix
The end credits list Riley as "crazed maniac". (irl?) 😁
Riley*
Who needs Linus? Gimme awkward alex and cringy James all day long (edit: to be clear I know this was Riley in this video, I am referring to James's video prior to this one. The silent PC one)
2 Minute Review stop hating
Uday Vissa wwooooooooshhgh
Riley*
@@defau1tMC lol just hopped in here to say it was riley
@@EverythingiPodTouch damn straight
I remember in much older videos you were nervous, timid, and unsure of quite where to stand in front of the camera. You've steadily become more and more confident, and now this is the first video I've seen where you've played the main role. Well done mate.
He said "I have a 85 percenter" I'm dead..
I love Alex.
LOL that's BIG
can someone explain me what's the meaning of that?
@@wowpsgaming he has a 85% boner
@@wowpsgaming he has a hard on 😂
Linus looks different today. Did he get a haircut?
He also grew a beard
He just hit puberty
He grew taller
No, his hair just moved down to his face.
He became a man and grew a beard.
Asus Zephyrus: I’m the fastest laptop ever!
Alienware Area 51m: Hold my beer.
the Asus Zephyrus is the better laptop. This is a mobile desktop that does not play in the same category.
@@STF_YVR hardly - ITS ALL BGA... aka TRASH
Zephyrus gx703: did someone call me?
Asus Zephyrus: WAIT? WHY?!
Predator helios 700 joined the group
_Any computer is a laptop if you just hold it on your lap_
This dude living in 3019.
Just make sure you have fan grilles equipped.
Super computer on your lap, super laptop.
Good idea try doing that and share your experience with us
I got an 8u, 200lb server you can try that with.
/makes upgradeable laptop/
-its already got the most powerful components that don't need upgrading
/Slow clap/
I guess it's more like a serviceable laptop. If your CPU dies, you can buy one off of Ebay for $20 and plop it in! (Because it'll be so outdated by then).
Long term...........
Have u heard of the term future-proofing?
@@econ2566 It's a joke bruv
@@CaveyMoth they are gonna release new gpus for the laptop, and it's a desktop CPU socket. It's not for replacing them if they fail
I decided to watch this video on my original Area 51m from 2003(?) but it lags when I go over 480p.
Alex: looks great on camera, nice soft voice. You're the calm Yang to Linus's electrifying Ying.
I hope he gets more gigs, he nails this vid. Easy to listen to.
Sorry spelling and grammar annoys me. It’s yin not ying. Have a nice day :)
Yin* (actually)
But yeah, I thought exactly the same, haha.
he is hot, no homo... actually, yes homo
Soon, gaming laptops will have no batteries and ultrabooks will have no ports.
That wouldn't be too bad tho. More space for cooling or extra hardware.
@@hueanao and its almost pointless to use it on battery except to just unplug it for 10 minutes while you move from bed to the couch lol
@@Sloppyjoe96 considering its weight.... daily workout routine?
I wouldnt mind no battery. Without it you can easily fit a 3.5in drive, more cooling, especially more fans, hell I dont know
Joe I have a area 51m, same spec (just in black) and for the most part, thats all i use my battery for too 😂
I LOVE THIS REVIEW! The different perspectives are fantastic.
Guy 1: Specs vs Dude 2: Practicality
AvocadoAtrocity Alex: PERFORMANCE Riley: Actually USING the thang.
Perfectly worded.
Desires v.s Reality
Let this guy host more shows.
He gives me a 95%er, and I am gonna go in dry......but of course, we need some thermal paste.
I need dog
Seriously , I need to stop watching things I can't afford
That's why i watch 18 century cooking.
tis a curse lol
@@TofuRecon lmao xD
Nabajeet Dutta you’ll afford it soon jst pray to god 🙏🏿
Soon as I saw the price I just left
Lol that segway to ifixit was great. Love y'all. Fun to see a duo covering pros and cons
MORE ALEX HOSTING. Man, the hints of Bay accent are deadly.
"D'as jus' garbage!" He talks like my people talk!
This laptop? No thanks
More videos with these two? Sign me up! :-)
that mouse fits perfectly with it!
Linus let Alex do more videos, great work! Look forward to seeing more videos with more of your staff.
Let both of them do more videos! They were great!
These were filmed the week of Linus's vacation. So he made it a sort of test run to see how other LMG employees would do making videos independently.
Because Alex is expert in laptops
any computer is laptop if you're brave enough!
I once brought my desktop to school.
@@kiyotakaayanokoji3065 why?!
@@kataja34 why not?
@@thelastcube. why yes
We had an overnight training in school. It was a robotics club.
I use this one for work. When you are spending a lot of time at two locations for prologned periods of time, having a desktop replacement which you can game on and work on, means you don't need carry your work laptop, dedicated laptop for gaming, and having a gaming desktop back at home. An this thing does crush heavy workloads (compiling, running servers, etc.) So excited that I got it, since it replaces my 2012 gaming desktop. Pair it with a good gaming mouse and good headphones, you got yourself a nice portable gaming desktop. Setup. The power bricks will (other than the laptop) be the two heaviest things in your backpack, but for my use case, for work I can carry just one with me, and leave the other one wherever it is I am staying. Still works damn good with one power brick plugged in (on Ubuntu, for software development). Also, I used to use a Dell laptop for work so always had a USB-C dock to plug into the laptop, and the power bricks from those, are compatible with Alienware 51m - this thing has so much IO you might not even need the old Docks if you had them. The upgredability is nice as well, though I have yet to open it up. Will probably stick to a portable Steam library enclosure for gaming so I have one less thing to carry with me to work and back.
All in all, 8/10 ... any higher and it would've been a desktop.
Great video! Love the debate type vibe between Alex and Reilly. Also Alex is learning the dark side about segues to sponsor spots from Linus.
Finally getting those videos without Linus :D
6:04 🦀Linus is Gone🦀
So true
This format of switching hosts through the episode is brilliant! Keep it up!
1440p is like the best resolution. We need more of that standard in laptops. It really makes it look like 4K without needing all that power
A 4k laptop display of 16" has 275 PPI. A 1440p laptop display of the same size has 165 PPI. Definitely a huge difference in visual quality when your display is smaller like a laptop.
I agree, there are better screens in phones. (the Razer phone)
@@Dee-tc7lo 4k on a 16 inch display? Waste of resolution.
@@Dee-tc7lo delete it
1440p is pretty unpopular resolution.
1920 x 1080 61.19%
1366 x 768 13.18%
2560 x 1440 4.53%
I don't think LTT gets enough credit for being able to have a show that is not based solely one one host as many others are. Many a TH-cam shows have died changing to adding new faces (RayWilliamJohnson comes to mind) yet LTT survives and thrives. So I guess props to your success and here's to all the more.
The accent on words like Garbage, RTX and Hardware is great 😂 Awesome video! Really nice to see the way Linus has introduced all you guys over the years and people like Alex hosting feels like a natural extension of the spirit of this channel.
Alex is amazing. Much prefer his commentary to the other hosts on this channel. He doesn't seem so condescending.
Alex finally hit puberty 😂🤧
now smash linus
His voice is still abit monotone, but hes getting there
glad to see all the other folks do their thing. great job, keep it up
$4,500??? No joke, you could buy a pretty decent gaming laptop, and build a kickass desktop for that!!
But it's has no mobility.
@john m Lan parties are definitely still a thing. Im going to one next week.
@john m Alienware has always specifially targeted people with more money than common sense and people with lots of cash but very niche use cases. This isnt anything new.
Blue Dragon Media i choose clevo P775/P870 hahaha
@john m -If you move often, from apartment to apartment, for work or for studies, you can't really own a desktop, or if you do, it's a nightmare to move it.
-If you go to LANs often, a desktop replacement is ideal.
You guys should do MUCH more videos on this channel because it's great, very informative and educational, funny and fresh as well
Can we actually get more episodes hosted by different LTT members.I really enjoyed watching Alex instead of Linus.I mean it's a welcome change and who knows maybe some of them have undiscovered talent for hosting these.
When Alex's 85 percenter is larger than your 100 percenter :(
I do enjoy jazz thanks for asking
Beanpole McDonkey Dong there...
I wasn't aware that LTT had a channel on Youporn too. Huh, learn something every day.
Lol mere mortals! You guys make me laugh. 😂
Next Video might be
"Water cooling Area 51M"
Harish Aryasomayajula you called it! 🤣
We're living in 2020 while this guy is in 2120
holy shit
Vodka cooling maybe
well I have a good news for you
Wow that really is close to a deskto- FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS?! I could buy two motorcycles or a decent used car for that amount of money!
or a extreme overpowered pc haha
and a desktop aswell
What do you expect? This is a top of the line product featuring the latest technology, on top of it having to be sold at a price point where the company can feasibly make a profit by selling them. There are plenty of laptops out there with great performance that are more affordable. But if you want the best of the best, you have to pay. That goes for Motorcycles and Used cars also.
But can you play mine sweeper in HD on two motorcycles?
@@atomicave3100 I'm tired of these retarded ass jokes, it has been established that such technology won't be available till 2420
Hey let more of your staff host videos pls i still love you Linus
'Cause I know; Somewhere deep down in my heart...I still love Linus.
Linus: "Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwaaaaaaahhhwhaahaoowawaoawawawww...."
$4500 for 1080p gaming? That just doesn't make sense.
1440p would be nice on something this size
@Bjørn Wikan The issue is that your paying premium for 1080p gaming. There are other premium options. 1080p isn't acceptable at that tier.
@@ixionn563 I think its mandatory.
@Bjørn Wikan Not really considering you need a fucking backpacking backpack to carry the damn thing in.
If you don't travel a lot. Yes. If you are always within reach of your house. Yes.
Otherwise, makes perfect fucking sense. Oh and if anyone compares this to BGA gaming notebooks. Please hold your tongue. Just talk to me when your board completely dies and you cannot salvage your CPU easily. I will give you an earnest laugh from the bottom of my heart.
Can This LAPTOP Replace a DESKTOP??
My desktop ?
YES. Please.
The laptop costs over $4000 dollars though. You could replace your desktop for probably $300.
why not can alex replace linus ? so alex tech tips
YES please
Mere mortals! My laptop cost $5000.
@@kiyotakaayanokoji3065 Nice name, gotta have some way of letting everyone know you wasted your money.
Alex! Great job man, you're improving so much with each video. Love it.
awesome format, make more such videos :D with 2 people putting there own viewpoints
1080p :/ should have come with a 1440p 144hz monitor
@Teamgeist well.... this has a 2080.
@Teamgeist well yours is a 1080 not a 2080 plus a 9900k and 32gb ram
for 4000 this laptop sucks
At that screen size, 1080p is fine. It's not like 27" laptops are a thing.
@@Steamrick yeh...but your paying 4000+
i had no idea 2.5 gigabit ethernet was a thing. at 1:42 why did you write "ethernet ipv6"?
editor is stupid
it has nothing to do with ethernet @@jpegxguy
Editor also forgot about the FPS numbers at the Deus Ex benchmark
Alex did wayyy better in this video then past ones. Good job!!
I like your voice. Host more videos
I would just like to say that the two actor system works very well. One for and one against gives you a really good idea of what it's like.
Will there be an A51M R2 review with the launch under a week away? Be interesting to see a comparison on whether the cooling is better along with the 4k screen they are now adding as an option.
The keyboard on the R2 is worse. And they reduced the ram slots from 4 in the R1 to 2 in the R2. That means the R1 can have 128GB Ram but the R2 is limited to 64. I have the R1 and would never trade it in for the R2 even if it was for free.
@@FactsDataTruth but you can't upgrade the r1 right?
Darryl Jack depends on what you want to upgrade. Chances are what happened to the R1 is going to happen to the R2. You can still do plenty of things to the R1. I myself am planning to upgrade from 64GB of RAM to 128GB (4x32). The R2 only has 2 slots which makes its limit 64GB.
@@FactsDataTruth true, may I ask which color do you have, I might buy one today and I heard there was a difference between the screens of the black and white one.
I think one has Gsync and the other doesn't.
For the low low price of 2!
KIDNEYS!
Now *that’s* a deal you could die for!
@@m-yday what a reply!
That’s a neat way of doing reviews.
Just one question: why does the video label on the ethernet port say “Ethernet IPV6”?
> 85%er
I'm now trying to get my insurance to pay for that laptop instead of Viagra. No luck so far, though...
YO! Linus didn't drop a thing! MIND BLOWN
linus dropped himself
This laptop will be awesome for a camper guy that lives in his home made camper-bus with the root full of solar panels and the trunks (where you normally put your luggage in a long bus trip) full of high capacity batteries for many nights of playtime when he is in middle of nowhere.
#vanlife
YES !!! And if you REALLY want to take advantage of portable high-powered laptops, is to use flexible or roll-up solar blankets you can spread around your campsite or camp vehicle to charge your Li-Ion Batteries or directly use your devices in off-grid situations.
See list of best solar blankets:
www.mygenerator.com.au/blog/best-camping-solar-blankets/
It seems out of all the one reviewed, the one with the most flexible and rugged design still having high power capability, is the 90-watt Engel Power Film Solar Foldable which has the 3 year warranty on it. It's ruggedness makes it the best of the lot.
www.mygenerator.com.au/solar-blankets/f/brands_engel.html
The below one is a tad expensive but 4 of them packed away in your camper van could power a LOT of devices even in low light such as in Winter-time Canada or mountainous Montana!
www.mygenerator.com.au/engel-power-film-foldable-90-watt.html
The KEY ISSUE is ruggedness and low-light capability. THAT are the two features you need in portable/foldable solar cell blankets for direct power use or battery recharge purposes. In my personal opinion, you need AT LEAST 350 watts and preferably 500 watts to adequately live off-grid using solar power only when charging batteries and during direct-power usage. If you can afford it 750 to 1000 watts would allow you to use MULTIPLE devices such as laptop, portable refrigerator, TV, and cell phone all at once for a VERY PLEASANT off-grid experience!
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Gotta admit, i went from a 100 to 0 real quick 1:19 xD
Nice vid ;) as always.
Just let Linus drop it sideways and it could pass for a very slim full tower.
ahh good video but.. alex pls fix the microphone placement.. when you are leaning and doing stuff your voice seems to fade away.. probably a cable issue but nonetheless :)))
edit: really liked the riley jumping in part. i am loving this new formats.. it just shows that LTT is constantly one upping their quality. keep it up guys
I believe they're using an overhead mic, which makes having multiple hosts easier, but has some drawbacks, like mudding audio whenever the host turns their head.
@@StrixLuke ahh i see thnx
really like this way of making videos please don't let this be the last time you do it this way
Great job as a host!
When dennis gonna host tho
it took me a minute to realized the MSI Trident X is actually a desktop and I was thinking it was a laptop and wondering why Area 51M is in second place, silly me I got mixed up till I corrected myself lol *facepalm myself*
If you consider the Area 51M a laptop than the Trident X is too a larger monitorless laptop, without the included batteries .
Hi guys, thanks for the vid... Two power cords and two power supplys... heres one for ya: How much power does each one of those power units eat an hour?
Can you run the laptop with only 1 cord plugged in?
Or are 2 a Must for when your gaming?
For the price they wanting to charge (bit over 6k) for your setup its disappointing to hear that the touch pad is of tampon quality... And then ontop to hear that the Fans are going like ceiling fan at max... it dont sound all that attractive to buy...
And I was looking to buy one of these... now I am thinking maybe more investigation is needed.
Thank you for alerting me to the things that would have had me reaching for the sledge hammer...
All this aside:
What is a Better alternative that does not have twin power adaptors?
If you made vids about em do shoot a link Please...
Hey Linus what are your views on i5 9400F is it worth buying over i5 8400?
kinda no because if your gpu dies ou get an iGPU
Why would you want to lose the iGPU for the same price? The CPU performance is equal anyways.
honestly id just get a ryzen 2600.... you can even upgrade to ryzen 3000 later
In my country the difference in price between 9400f and 8400 is 75$
c4wasinoccent.
I do not get it with all the Webcam quality specs, what do you define as excellent or crap?
I do not think this webcam is "half decent" regarding todays standards, its 30fps at most and looks a bit blurry to me.
Could you please make a video about your objective and subjective testing methods and specs you analyze to compare to components of different machines to each other? 😏 would be interesting.
This is something I've caught onto as well, they *often* make note of and mention the webcams on laptops and I cannot make heads or tails of how they go about reviewing them beyond someone asking if they checked it, and someone else saying "yup it's fine" or "yup it's bad". They need to develop some kind of standard for this as they don't even typically mention the specs.
I will say that they generally show an example of the video and mic audio, and perhaps that's the most important part, but some cohesion between reviews would really be nice as sometimes things that look/sound like crap webcams are a "good" to them and while others look/sound great to me they're calling a negative to the laptop.
I don't get it and I hope they improve. I'm also not looking for a laptop, so I don't really care about this from a position of personal frustration about not knowing what to buy, I just get annoyed with these sorts of things and then write about it on the internet.
@@LetsSmokeAboutIt I agree 100%
great format, those two different perspectives!
"I have a 85 percenter"
Finally, no Linus!!! Amazing job you guys!
Very good review, I love how you presented the good and the bad about it using two people. Best tech channel on the web
Next video "Can This DESKTOP Replace a LAPTOP???"
No way I'll be paying this much money to experience "long, smooth strokes",..... on a keyboard.
I really liked the format of this review.
Who would get a gaming laptop just to use the trackpad anyway? I get it, traveling and stuff but there are portable mice too? Maybe laptop makers should just remove the trackpad and just include a mouse instead.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I literally don't need a keyboard or a mouse! I really like the Asus Mothership concept. Just sell a freaking mobile AIO ffs and bundle a mouse a wireless keyboard for people who need/want it! The whole trackpad tradition is wearing think especially on 2000$+ laptops.
How can a man this handsome be so shy :D Good job Alex!
That review was a lot of fun watching!! You should mix it up more often :)
but review a System76 plsssss
or at least try to
But can it replace a laptop too?
Tbh, not really
Not with that battery life and w weight
this is actually one of the most entertaining episodes of Linus Tech Tips. Seriously cool. You guys rock !
Eyecandy but in all seriousness I'll stick with self-built PCs, it's just soooo much cheaper.
same even if i never have room ill find the way to make room for once if i had 4500 for a laptop id just build an amazing pc
The point of laptops is portability. Oh wait...
*has a i9 9900k and an rtx 2080*
*also has a 1080p panel*
dafuq?!?!?
Frame Rate > Graphics
Having a 4k screen in a laptop is pointless. Until your screen is 25"+ You will hardly notice a difference.
@@b2dmastersniper yeah but atleast WQHD if you have a 2080
@@b2dmastersniper and just 4k is on a big screen like 50" pointless too when you are sitting like idk far away or just using FullHD content or even less most of the time.
You are my absolute favorite LTT employee man. You are the most knowledgeable and seem so trustworthy. Also you don't drop stuff.
What about a laptop on a desktop underneath a laptop on a desktop
spongebob squaresans
Alienware laptop, UFO intro. Great.
I have the r5 17 which is basically the mid range version of this laptop and yalls review was absolutely positive on that laptop. This laptop is a huge improvement over mine in specs and upgradeability....so its all positive in my eyes....its a really good desktop replacement for me aswell. I love mine so much. It's been a joy to use so far. It's only blue screened once in the year ive had it probably due to microsoft and their bs.....I only paid 1800 for mine...I think the r5 is the sweet spot. I know they have the thin laptop out but tbh the r5 has better thermals.
why an RTX2080 with an i9 on a 1080 screen :(
100% but i think 1080 this small would be kicking ass too
It's all so you can plug into an external display, I reckon.
"I have an 85 percenter"
- Alex 2019
TacticalIdiot17 can you explain it to me? I’m not american and I didn’t get it
@@francescofact it's a sex joke. He meant that he had an 85% erection.
Made funnier because it's not what you'd expect to come out of his mouth. His partners maybe, but not his.