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Hey how's it going Dave TD here so CES is rolling right now and all of the players in the laptop game have kind of shown their cards we've seen a whole bunch of devices from the different companies some of them are really good devices some of them are honestly quite poor I'm gonna go through some of the different brands talk about the more prominent good and bad devices so first we're gonna go with Dell slash Alienware they've updated their XPS 13 and now comes in this silver and white color and the webkinz been moved up to the top of the bezel and set at the bottom it's got a small processor bump but no major tweaks it's mostly an aesthetic change which is honestly quite nice the XPS 15 did not get updated that's a bit of a bummer I feel like that old designs been around for over three years at this point it feels like it's really due for an overhaul they could be waiting for a new Intel CPU or more likely a new GPU from Nvidia so obviously not like an RT X card but maybe the like GTX 2050 or GTX 1160 whatever they're gonna call it but it could be possible they're waiting for something at that end to put the stick into that new chassis but no XPS 15 which is honestly quite disappointing the gaming laptops from Dell the g5 g7 have both been refreshed they're now running our checks 20 series cards and we're seeing a completely different design aesthetics I feel like Dell is doing that kind of yearly refresh on the design front which is nice to see em 15 and M 17 from Alienware I really like what they definitely m15 the 17-inch version just looks like it has more surface areas or probably gonna see better thermals like the whole design aesthetic of the new M 15 M 17 looks so much nicer to me than the traditional Alienware 15 and 17 from previous generations now their last big thing is the Alienware area 51 M this is a beast of a laptop it's a big device obviously but the thing that makes it really unique is that everything is upgradable the RAM the CPU and the GPU are all user upgradeable it's using desktop CPU so you can take like the I $9.99 hundred K like that big boy desktop chip plop it into this laptop and the GPUs are also used or upgradable so they're running Nvidia RT X cards but Dell has made them modular so you can swap them out in the future to upgrade the GPU in this particular laptop which is pretty cool it's obviously not for everyone but if you're looking for a really powerful portable gaming device that does have upgrade ability that is now an option razor they have the upgraded razor blade 15 it now supports r-tx GPUs up to the 2080 max-q and the webcam up at the top has been updated to support Windows hello so you can now login to your device with just facial recognition razor blade stealth didn't have any update I was kind of hoping it would have the kind of rumored MX 250 but the stealth remains unchanged I also want to talk about their new monitor so it's the Razer Raptor and that thing looks awesome now it's a $700 display it's super expensive and truthfully most gaming displays don't really differentiate between each other like once you're at that 27-inch 144 or higher refresh and it's got one millisecond response time they all look and feel and play very similar to one another but this display looks really clean and the one thing that I would say would separate this from the rest of the pack is the cable management in the back so Razer has these custom cables that flow from the inputs of the monitors and through these channels to just keep it really clean now once you're out of the channels you still have to connect your regular cables to it but it does look really clean as for whether or not it's worth that price premium cuz it's like two maybe even three hundred dollars more than kind of competing products it really is up to you I think it looks cool and I think it's actually one of the best looking gaming displays on the market asus had a couple really cool devices I made a video on them previously I'll link that below if you haven't seen it yet em aside did an RT X refresh on basically all of their devices the GS 65 is gonna be super popular again running up to an RT X to 20 80 max Q but they also have a GS 75 which has a 17 inch screen so if you're looking for something that's a little bit bigger but still retains that whole fin unlike gaming laptop idea that is now an option Acer they did another update to their swift 7 the thinnest laptop in the world it's super thin I get that they're going for that crown of like the finished laptop title but there's this diminishing return when it comes to thin laptops to the point where the keyboard is difficult to use I've said this in my review of the device it's not for everyone and I really feel like that's a device that just I don't know who's buying that thing I'll be honest they also have a new Chromebook that's running AMD hardware so an AMD cpu and a radeon GPU which is great and $280 it's relatively inexpensive and it seems quite powerful for what that devices it's pretty solid they also have a Triton 900 which feels like a bit of a Miss to me it's got these easel hinges which looks cool and photos and videos but the reality is this is a device that doesn't require that hinge like there's very little utility for the power that this thing has it's obviously a gaming device but very rarely are you using the screen in a manner that you're gonna want to flip it around and just have all this functionality on the screen and that screen is a 4k 60 Hertz panel it's g-sync enabled but again the hardware here supports really high frame rates and you're putting a 60 frames per second screen on there I don't know it's not my top pick the Trident 500 however looks really nice it's blue it's not crazy expensive 15-inch screen it's kind of like that mid to premium tier segment for gaming laptops and I think it's gonna be a big seller for them gigabyte also updated their air 15 to support the new Nvidia RT X GPUs but unlike all the other devices out there they do have this one kind of feature that they slipped in it now supports this as your AI it's something they've done with Microsoft to basically allow the computer to learn your usage to undervolt and over volt the CPU and/or GPU so when you're not using it mantra if you're using the GPU more heavily it'll drop the voltage on the CPU and bump up the voltage on the GPU which sounds really neat when it comes to optimizing performance but I definitely want to check that out in a more thorough review some outliers so Samsung has their new Odyssey laptop this is their third time they've done this Odyssey gaming laptop and the previous two generations have been just trash expensive poor performance and honestly quite ugly this latest one I feel like Samsung doesn't get it at least not for the North American market I do not see why anyone would purchase that it's not priced yet but the design aesthetic on the Odyssey is just but it's not for me the last device is the huawei mate book 13 so here's the device that starts at $1000 it's going to compete quite nicely with any of the 13-inch Ultrabook devices particularly the Mac books like the MacBook Air is a significantly worse value than this but if you're comfortable purchasing from a Chinese brand I think that mate book 13 is looking pretty solid it's just overall well built good performance for the money okay those are the devices that I think are of interest is here from CES the laptops at least I hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs be liked substitute see you guys next time