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hey how's it going Dave QD here so sometimes lesser-known laptop companies send me devices to take a look at and usually they're not great to say the least but once in a while you get something special and this is one of them this is a black book 14 from a company called venom they're a company based out of Australia and they ship around the world this particular model starts at $1,000 the build quality surprisingly good aluminum panels aluminum chassis all anodized black very little screenflex it's on par for build quality with something like the razor blade and it's one hand open bolt but like every other matte black device it shows fingerprints pretty readily for a 14 inch device this has a pretty good selection of quartz there are three use das an audio jack micro HDMI micro SD and USB see this port doesn't support Thunderbolt 3 so you can't connect an external GPU but considering the CPU that's inside here I don't think it's a big deal if you flip around and remove some screws you can access the internals the RAM is soldered on you're stuck with 8 gigs the m2 SSD is removable the 256 gig stick in here is SATA so speeds are okay the processor is a cable a core why and these look disappointing on paper because the base clock is relatively slow but it turbos up nicely and performance for light tasks is quite good but extended heavy CPU usage will cause it to throttle down so depending on what you do if you don't use like heavy applications like photo or video editing and you don't play video games this CPU is a good fit it's fanless it's very energy efficient and it can handle 4k playback easily but if you want to play games don't get this computer the thermals are fine I think it's uncomfortable to use even under load the speakers are located on the sides here they fire downwards which I don't like very much the base is weak but the overall volume is good it's a pretty standard pair of speakers for an ultrabook the battery is a 40 watt hour slab and I'm getting a comfortable eight hours with it this is what the screen at 215 it's doing regular work but if you're doing a lot of 4k video playback you could get significantly longer battery life because of the new cable akin processor they've actually included two charges so you can leave on at home and one charger work and then you only have to carry your laptop back in fourth it's a small detail and I'm sure these things don't cost very much to produce but it's a nice touch and I think more manufacturers should do that like having a second adaptors really convenient they also include a USB key for system recovery the screen is an IPS panel 1080p matte finish not a touchscreen contrast is good and the blocks look pretty block but it could be brighter it's also not particularly color accurate so it's not going to be the best screen for content creation now this is a 14 inch panel and there's a noticeable size difference between this and the more common 13 inch Ultrabook this feels significantly roomier at any kind of text heavy workflow is going to be more comfortable on this bigger screen the webcam up top is 720p looks okay so the keyboard is in my opinion one of the best features on this laptop and it's actually one of the main reasons why I even made this video the layout is excellent I think it's potentially one of the best layouts i've seen on an ultrabook the arrow keys are well placed and it has dedicated home and and page up page down keys the backlighting is three stages but what makes is keyboard is the feel-good key travel quick response and the whole typing experience is excellent and as someone who has spent a long time coding on a laptop before I recognize the value of a good keyboard on an ultrabook and this has one of them the trackpad is okay uses eland drivers but it's accurate enough it doesn't skip around and the gesture controls are accurate button mechanism is good it has a plastic surface good texture but I still wish it was gloss so the black plug 0:14 it's certainly not cheap and it's non divisive built for gaming or even heavy content creation but if you're looking for something with great build quality and excellent keyword and a larger than average screen for just more visual real estate take a look at this one I think vana made something pretty good hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs if you liked it subs of you loves it see you guys next time