I'm kind of in the same situation. I have a really awesome gaming PC. I also have a iPhone 15 pro max, along with a iPad mini 6, and a Samsung Tab S8+ with 5g. Each piece has it's uses, work uses my phone and iPad more than any other, but when I need connectivity I can't go wrong with my Tab S8+. I received the iPad as a gift and it's just so useful for notes and tracking my tasks at work. My Tab S8+ is my go to gaming/streaming device when I'm out and about or out of town. I can't really give these up!
I agree with having both. As a tech person of any kind, it’s good to understand multiple operating systems and devices, for Matt the two devices he chose are different enough in many ways to be used for different purposes. As an IT student myself, I have a MacBook for coursework, surface book for on the go windows tasks, and a windows gaming laptop that I use for 3D work and gaming, and I also have both Android and iPhone for my smartphones, I may be indecisive, but I see it as being inclusive of all technology.
I use an msi gaming laptop for more intense applications or basically as my main laptop. But for other normal things i have a 2012 macbook air with macos catalina on it that i got for free from my aunt. So that works pretty good as well.
I'm using a Lenovo V14 Gen 3 with AMD Ryzen 5 5625U I upgraded to a 1TB NVME SSD, and 24GB of RAM running Manjaro Gnome Linux, The hell with Apple, or Microsoft, and if I need to be ultra portable with long battery life, I have a Nokia t20 tablet running Android 13 that I use with a Jelly Comb bluetooth keyboard that acts as a stand. my whole portable setup cost me under 600 bucks.
Respect . I find this battery life thing stupid .if people want more than 3 or 4 hours ,they can just buy a power bank, much cheaper than these mc books
@@ZZ-vl5nd Thanks, and I agree, I might get 8 hours, or so out of my tablet, and that's good enough for me, as a USB C charger is never too far away from me for most of my days, and if my phone last through a day I'm good, as I can charge overnight while I sleep, and not using my phone.
I have a regular PC rig Ryzen 9 5900x and an RTX 3080 and then for a laptop i have the Framework 13in Intel 11th gen (b-stock) running Linux Ubuntu. I can log into my PC rig from the Framework using Moonlight to edit video in Resolve and play games.
I love my M2 Pro MacBook. Went to Mac during Mac OS X Lion 10.7. and have been using different Gens ever since...If I want to play hard core games.. my Windows 11 Desktop is fine.. everything else.. my Mac or a Windows VM for some things for work related.
The surface book 2 with linux-surface is the only option laptop wise for me now lol. Touch screen, pen support, swapping the keyboard can get you a gpu if you absolutely need it. The only issues are that it really sucks to fix if anything internal goes bad and it has no fans in the tablet section.
lol, I’ve switched back to a MacBook again. I had a ROG Flow z13, but I needed a better laptop for editing videos and also because I want to go back to Final Cut after being botched by Adobe for the past five years
I wonder if he tried detaching the surface and using the keyboard separately when sitting down. Like detaching the surface setting it down on the coffe table or anything infront of you (if there's a surface to rest it on) and using the keyboard in his lap. I heard that's really convenient.
I've got a Samsung fold, so I don't need a tablet with 5G as that's basically what the fold is. I have a Steam Deck for most of my gaming and Linux desktop needs and I use a M2 MacBook Air for most web browsing and certain games (BG3. I'm talking about BG3) to save storage space on my Steam Deck. A MacBook is way overkill for just web browsing and media consumption, but it had the best battery life and is useful when I need to do something requiring a fully functional operating system unlike, say, a Chromebook or a tablet OS, so I don't need to bring out another device. I have an M1 iPad Air, but that's almost entirely used as a drawing tablet.
Right now im using an MSI prestige A13M, not my ideal laptop ever but really great deal $800 for 13th gen i7, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd (second ssd slot is open) - Very light - Pretty darn good keyboard - Amazing touchpad - Decent screen (having a dead-pixel esque issue though) - Very good for outdoors - Very bad motion - Very good colours - Very Meh build quality but its repairable - Very portable My ideal laptop would probably be an xps 13/macbook but with more ports
Why not the new zenbook s 16. It has pen support and is very lightweight. Its air vents are on the keyboard. It will have much better graphical performance than the Snapdragons. It also has a 120 htz OLED.
You gotta question the guy who doesn't realize that certain software is better on macOS and and certain software is better on Windows, and some people use the former more often. Questionable comment making
Picking the best laptop can be tasking ngl. Ever heard of Immersive Translate?? It is a tool with meticulously crafted prompts, that allows translations in the technology field become more accurate and professional.
I've got a gaming PC at my desk 12900k, rx 6900 xt etc etc.... And then I have my M3 Pro 14" MacBook Pro for everywhere else. I think it's a good balance. Oh and if I need light Windows gaming on the go; theres Parallels for that.
I've been trying to find a couch pad like that he was at my house and I cannot find it anywhere where do I get the one that you have at Matt cuz take my money now I'm buying it
I'm in Canada but I found cool ones at Best Buy etc. Amazon will also have a ton of the cozy soft ones too. I have mine on my bed right now. It's very similar to Matt's and I love it!!
I've been in the market for years now as well. It just so happened to line up with the Snapdragon launch. I'm definitely looking for a non-16:9 aspect ratio, and haptic trackpad. I really hope this is a turning point for Windows laptops. I'm tired of manufacturers making garbage laptops. I'm tired of x86 inefficiencies. I'm tired of low RAM devices. With that said, I've narrowed it down to the Surface Laptop 7 and Lenovo Yoga. The Surface has haptic but only 16GB RAM. The Yoga has 32GB, but no haptic. Both are about the same price. I'm leaning towards the Yoga since it's designed to be an AI machine, so I'll need as much RAM as I can get. Plus there's a touchscreen, so maybe non-haptic trackpad won't be so bad. All the reviews I've seen barely cover it, but when they do, they say it's pretty good. Let's hope so. Also, let's have sunk be the official past tense of sync for tech.
I have committed to my gaming power house for the time being. I used MacBooks all my life and for work I still have a decent M1 Pro 16". But I was having high hopes for the ARM / Qualcomm and slowly but surely I see that they are just not at "that" level yet. I understand hyped up, but I also do not want to commit to another investment into a MacBook Air 15" M3 as we are waiting for the M4 to come out in the fall, I rather save my rupees and buy one then.
For work I just got the latest high end Surface Pro laptop with co pilot+. I also used a Surface Pro 8 quite a bit in the past so I may consider getting the 11 in the near future. For portable gaming I have a separare Asus ROG laptop with a 4050 Nvidia inside and 32GB RAM and I love my ROG ALLY! For Matt: The new surface laptops are amazing too and I like them better than Macbooks. Matt should get the latest Surface 11 when 5G comes out with it and then get the latest surface Pro laptop with copilot+ He will love them both!!
The surface looks nice and have always had a great build, but.. I really don’t like the built-in stand / keyboard set-up - the iPad Pro and magic keyboard combo is much more useful and has a smaller footprint. The surface pro would be the only windows device that could get me interested, but that formfactor has to change. Furthermore, while I sometimes like my ipad to be a bit more like my mac, the tablet function and apps on the surface don’t even come close to what the ipad has to offer (newspaper apps, magazines, e-reader,… the surface is just not a useful tablet.
Here’s the funny part…M1 Air and a Surface Pro X. Those are my dailies. The Pro X for the pen and LTE connectivity and the Air for everything else. My nightly rig however, is definitely a Windows gaming system lol
That couch tablet lapdesk work situation will definitely kill your back etc. after a bit. I guess you haven't hit 30 yet? Also, I don't understand people who use their laptops on battery on the daily, at a desk. You're getting an inferior experience on most, it'll clock down etc.
0:45 matt said he got an msi and said it was the worst laptop he ever used, I've used dozens of gaming laptops over the past 20 years and I currently own an msi gaming laptop which is the best laptop ever in terms of features, thermal design and laptop thinness 🤔
The only thing I really use is an Apple iPad I don't and my S21 Fe I don't use any other devices and I don't need any other devices and I don't want any other devices
Solution to Matt's iPad Photoshop woes... Just switch to Affinity apps (photo, designer, publisher) they are as far as I can tell just as fully featured as the desktop versions and bonus points, no subscription
i have a desktop pc for work and a MacBook pro for on the go an apple tv for entertainment and a mac mini for desktop mac things and a iPad for an external display an iPhone for calling an apple watch for watch things an airpod pros for music that is my setup
Which laptop should Matt pick?
Me: Watching eating $2 ramen because norhing is a dollar anymore.* He should choose the white one.
Craxy i am 26 and i remember when a soda was 50-75 cents
Matt: Lets speak about the Apple one.
Louis Rossmann entered the chat, 😂
I'm kind of in the same situation. I have a really awesome gaming PC. I also have a iPhone 15 pro max, along with a iPad mini 6, and a Samsung Tab S8+ with 5g. Each piece has it's uses, work uses my phone and iPad more than any other, but when I need connectivity I can't go wrong with my Tab S8+. I received the iPad as a gift and it's just so useful for notes and tracking my tasks at work. My Tab S8+ is my go to gaming/streaming device when I'm out and about or out of town. I can't really give these up!
Noice bro
Sell all your t ablets and get a macbook pro, those things are really good and useful
10:47 BLAHAJ SPOTTED!
After staring at the screen at 10:47 for too long I had to Google "Blahaj to realize you are referring to the deflated looking shark on the couch! lol
Yay blahaj!
Love seeing the payphone in the background!
. Matt: doesn't work Ike a Mac, also Matt: it's basically the same
I agree with having both. As a tech person of any kind, it’s good to understand multiple operating systems and devices, for Matt the two devices he chose are different enough in many ways to be used for different purposes. As an IT student myself, I have a MacBook for coursework, surface book for on the go windows tasks, and a windows gaming laptop that I use for 3D work and gaming, and I also have both Android and iPhone for my smartphones, I may be indecisive, but I see it as being inclusive of all technology.
I use an msi gaming laptop for more intense applications or basically as my main laptop. But for other normal things i have a 2012 macbook air with macos catalina on it that i got for free from my aunt. So that works pretty good as well.
I'm using a Lenovo V14 Gen 3 with AMD Ryzen 5 5625U I upgraded to a 1TB NVME SSD, and 24GB of RAM running Manjaro Gnome Linux, The hell with Apple, or Microsoft, and if I need to be ultra portable with long battery life, I have a Nokia t20 tablet running Android 13 that I use with a Jelly Comb bluetooth keyboard that acts as a stand. my whole portable setup cost me under 600 bucks.
Respect . I find this battery life thing stupid .if people want more than 3 or 4 hours ,they can just buy a power bank, much cheaper than these mc books
@@ZZ-vl5nd Thanks, and I agree, I might get 8 hours, or so out of my tablet, and that's good enough for me, as a USB C charger is never too far away from me for most of my days, and if my phone last through a day I'm good, as I can charge overnight while I sleep, and not using my phone.
1:54 hey he said my name 😂
I'm rocking the G14 and I couldn't be happier with it for work and gaming! XD
Im Currently happy with Razerblade 15 (with a Rtx 3060) atm even though i think i wanna upgrade to a desktop that can do alot more graphically
Would you guys suggest buying one of the snapdragon laptops as a mechanical engineering major? My biggest worry is no dedicated graphics card
I have a regular PC rig Ryzen 9 5900x and an RTX 3080 and then for a laptop i have the Framework 13in Intel 11th gen (b-stock) running Linux Ubuntu. I can log into my PC rig from the Framework using Moonlight to edit video in Resolve and play games.
I love my M2 Pro MacBook. Went to Mac during Mac OS X Lion 10.7. and have been using different Gens ever since...If I want to play hard core games.. my Windows 11 Desktop is fine.. everything else.. my Mac or a Windows VM for some things for work related.
Rog flow x13 or x16? Touch, stylus , gpu, can go on silent mode with g helper
Matt into that upside down pineapple lifestyle 😂
The perfect Laptop is a Framework, Cause you can upgrade it.
RIGHT?!? I freaking love mine! SOOO worth it.
I'm hoping that they will make a tablet that upgradable.
Yeah, for the price of a new laptop lol. The idea of the framework is actually amazing but man those prices are BAD.
Old Thinkpads.
The surface book 2 with linux-surface is the only option laptop wise for me now lol. Touch screen, pen support, swapping the keyboard can get you a gpu if you absolutely need it. The only issues are that it really sucks to fix if anything internal goes bad and it has no fans in the tablet section.
I also like the color teal, Matt. Good choice! Good job This Is team!
I use a surface 7 plus for drawing and its great!
lol, I’ve switched back to a MacBook again. I had a ROG Flow z13, but I needed a better laptop for editing videos and also because I want to go back to Final Cut after being botched by Adobe for the past five years
I wonder if he tried detaching the surface and using the keyboard separately when sitting down. Like detaching the surface setting it down on the coffe table or anything infront of you (if there's a surface to rest it on) and using the keyboard in his lap. I heard that's really convenient.
Xpg Xenia 14 is the absolute best 14 inch for portability and upgrading.
Been using a MacBook Pro M2 13 inch and a Panasonic let’s note NX4
Omg I need that tray! WHAT TRAY IS THAT?
I looked them up and I found lots of similar ones but not the exact one.
I've got a Samsung fold, so I don't need a tablet with 5G as that's basically what the fold is. I have a Steam Deck for most of my gaming and Linux desktop needs and I use a M2 MacBook Air for most web browsing and certain games (BG3. I'm talking about BG3) to save storage space on my Steam Deck. A MacBook is way overkill for just web browsing and media consumption, but it had the best battery life and is useful when I need to do something requiring a fully functional operating system unlike, say, a Chromebook or a tablet OS, so I don't need to bring out another device. I have an M1 iPad Air, but that's almost entirely used as a drawing tablet.
Yo can we get a link to what Austin calls a 'TV tray', but what Matt uses for his couch setup?
Right now im using an MSI prestige A13M, not my ideal laptop ever but really great deal
$800 for 13th gen i7, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd (second ssd slot is open)
- Very light
- Pretty darn good keyboard
- Amazing touchpad
- Decent screen (having a dead-pixel esque issue though)
- Very good for outdoors
- Very bad motion
- Very good colours
- Very Meh build quality but its repairable
- Very portable
My ideal laptop would probably be an xps 13/macbook but with more ports
I'm using a Medion Erazer Beast x40 intel core i9 32gb 2tb RTX 4090 240hz 17 inch
Was this just an Ad for the new surface pro?
What about the surface laptop 7th edition?
Why not the new zenbook s 16. It has pen support and is very lightweight. Its air vents are on the keyboard. It will have much better graphical performance than the Snapdragons. It also has a 120 htz OLED.
dex with a monitor, keyboard, mouse. fold or ultra have pen support. remote into more powerful pc when you need it..... embrace the future
should check out the minisforum V3
They hung the pay phone!
What do you think of Framework Laptop 13?
You gotta question the guy who finds more use in a MacBook vs a windows pc. Questionable decision making
You gotta question the guy who doesn't realize that certain software is better on macOS and and certain software is better on Windows, and some people use the former more often. Questionable comment making
Picking the best laptop can be tasking ngl. Ever heard of Immersive Translate?? It is a tool with meticulously crafted prompts, that allows translations in the technology field become more accurate and professional.
Eyeballing the minisforum v3 👀
I've got a gaming PC at my desk 12900k, rx 6900 xt etc etc.... And then I have my M3 Pro 14" MacBook Pro for everywhere else. I think it's a good balance. Oh and if I need light Windows gaming on the go; theres Parallels for that.
The perfect laptop must have a disc drive.
This reminds me of that reality TV show where the girl has to choose from like the five dudes and then she decides I want Jason and Jackson
I've been trying to find a couch pad like that he was at my house and I cannot find it anywhere where do I get the one that you have at Matt cuz take my money now I'm buying it
I'm in Canada but I found cool ones at Best Buy etc. Amazon will also have a ton of the cozy soft ones too. I have mine on my bed right now. It's very similar to Matt's and I love it!!
How is an ipad pro with a magic keyboard any more portable than a macbook air?!?
I've been in the market for years now as well. It just so happened to line up with the Snapdragon launch. I'm definitely looking for a non-16:9 aspect ratio, and haptic trackpad. I really hope this is a turning point for Windows laptops. I'm tired of manufacturers making garbage laptops. I'm tired of x86 inefficiencies. I'm tired of low RAM devices.
With that said, I've narrowed it down to the Surface Laptop 7 and Lenovo Yoga. The Surface has haptic but only 16GB RAM. The Yoga has 32GB, but no haptic. Both are about the same price. I'm leaning towards the Yoga since it's designed to be an AI machine, so I'll need as much RAM as I can get. Plus there's a touchscreen, so maybe non-haptic trackpad won't be so bad. All the reviews I've seen barely cover it, but when they do, they say it's pretty good. Let's hope so.
Also, let's have sunk be the official past tense of sync for tech.
“It does have active cooling” brother that’s not gonna help me play cyberpunk at 1080p ultra settings 120hz
Por que no los dos?
I always lower the volume on every this is video for 10 seconds on start. 😅
i could have sworn i heard Matt say in a few videos that he daily's a surface tablet?
I love the left guy, such a charismatic gem.
❤
What happened to the LINUX monitor?!!!
I have committed to my gaming power house for the time being. I used MacBooks all my life and for work I still have a decent M1 Pro 16". But I was having high hopes for the ARM / Qualcomm and slowly but surely I see that they are just not at "that" level yet. I understand hyped up, but I also do not want to commit to another investment into a MacBook Air 15" M3 as we are waiting for the M4 to come out in the fall, I rather save my rupees and buy one then.
I think the Perfect Laptop is the one that you can talk to it and its response to your questions and commands. What does Austin Evan think?
Framework dudes
love my Surface Pro 8
The perfect laptop for Matt is the surface book with the the new snapdragon chip. Doesn't exist
is that a new neon sign behind you guys? or am i dumb and just noticed it?
Matt feel a laptop 😂
Love just watching the view count grow
I’m very similar to Matt I guess. I chose a Lenovo think pad x13s snapdragon with 5G. It’s my workhorse.
I think a possible new contender for Matt's attention could be the Minisforum V3 tablet/laptop thing.
2013 21.5 inch iMac and a iPhone 12 mini
I might buy a surface now
Lenovo Legion Slim 5 ,14 inch, AMD
Matt is great!
"Yeah Matt's a Macboy, don't need no PC to get by, but now he's lagging...playing Dead or Alive!" -Bon Jon Dovi
Honestly I am the same as matt, I carry a mac and a light windows machine around with me everywhere.
you know proton for mac's are making giant steps
For work I just got the latest high end Surface Pro laptop with co pilot+. I also used a Surface Pro 8 quite a bit in the past so I may consider getting the 11 in the near future. For portable gaming I have a separare Asus ROG laptop with a 4050 Nvidia inside and 32GB RAM and I love my ROG ALLY!
For Matt: The new surface laptops are amazing too and I like them better than Macbooks. Matt should get the latest Surface 11 when 5G comes out with it and then get the latest surface Pro laptop with copilot+
He will love them both!!
I love matt, he's so funny
Right clicking is GOAT, you cannot argue otherwise
I'm in the camp of having a Mac laptop and a PC desktop.
The surface looks nice and have always had a great build, but.. I really don’t like the built-in stand / keyboard set-up - the iPad Pro and magic keyboard combo is much more useful and has a smaller footprint. The surface pro would be the only windows device that could get me interested, but that formfactor has to change. Furthermore, while I sometimes like my ipad to be a bit more like my mac, the tablet function and apps on the surface don’t even come close to what the ipad has to offer (newspaper apps, magazines, e-reader,… the surface is just not a useful tablet.
Here’s the funny part…M1 Air and a Surface Pro X. Those are my dailies. The Pro X for the pen and LTE connectivity and the Air for everything else. My nightly rig however, is definitely a Windows gaming system lol
That couch tablet lapdesk work situation will definitely kill your back etc. after a bit. I guess you haven't hit 30 yet? Also, I don't understand people who use their laptops on battery on the daily, at a desk. You're getting an inferior experience on most, it'll clock down etc.
well matt, when you got the money, lol you don't need to pick. but I knew you would still be on the mac. Austin's guess was my guess as well
0:45 matt said he got an msi and said it was the worst laptop he ever used, I've used dozens of gaming laptops over the past 20 years and I currently own an msi gaming laptop which is the best laptop ever in terms of features, thermal design and laptop thinness 🤔
Hello and welcome to This Is
The only thing I care about Snapdragon laptops is the battery. I do not care at all about the AI as a music guy.
I searched up gohsr the perfect laptop and got this
Framework laptop
guess he hasnt seen the Thin and Light Business Esk Gaming Laptop xD
who needs 5g? my s9 ultra auto connects my phone for internet when im onot at home, its seamless
2 minutes ago is crazy
The only thing I really use is an Apple iPad I don't and my S21 Fe I don't use any other devices and I don't need any other devices and I don't want any other devices
I don't understand why people hate the touch bar... I use it all the time
Snapdragon X Elite ❤❤❤
nah bro why is logic reviewing laptops😭
Matt can't give up the Mac...shocking.
I like my women like matts laptops
Feelable
No lumps (just the good ones😉)
And quitness
Gotta love those Apple users whos most important specs are how it physically feels and looks over how performance.
SMH
Matt should have checked the Razer laptops.
Solution to Matt's iPad Photoshop woes... Just switch to Affinity apps (photo, designer, publisher) they are as far as I can tell just as fully featured as the desktop versions and bonus points, no subscription
Chinese brand. Chuwi's herobookpro laptop is more attractively priced and has higher sales. Can you review this next time?
Bruh try out a thinkpad or two. join our cult!
Ayo
Why choose? Use them all.
This Is the only "tech" channel that will bring you laptop polyamory.
i have a desktop pc for work and a MacBook pro for on the go an apple tv for entertainment and a mac mini for desktop mac things and a iPad for an external display an iPhone for calling an apple watch for watch things an airpod pros for music that is my setup