WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, this is Austin.We take a look at normal-lookinglaptops all day long,but when Intel reached outand wanted to sponsor a videoon some slightly more unique designs,well, it didn't takelong for me to say yes.First off, we have the HP Pavilion x360,and this might look like a normal laptop,but in fact it's goingto be a full 2-in-1.You can tell it's a 2-in-1 because, well,we can do pretty much anything you wantincluding bending it all the way backward.So what's cool about this isthat you can really use itas sort of the best of both worlds.So if I wanna use it asa standard-looking laptopI can set it here, I've got my touchpad,I've got my keyboard,I've got the touchscreen,but we also do have the additionalmodes the 2-in-1 allows.So say you're on a planeand you don't wannahave a giant 15-inch laptopin your little tray table.Well, you can flip it around like thisand get tent mode to,say, watch some Netflixor some super-cool YouTube videos.And, of course, you're alsogoing to have the flexibilityof just flipping themaround like this if you wantto do like a presentationor, again, watch some video.And, of course, there's goingto be a wide range of 2-in-1savailable most of which are actuallygoing to be smaller than this Pavilion.So especially you have someof them, they're in the 11to 13-inch range, feel much better,especially on the tabletside, but what you'regetting here is somethingthat can do everything.And one of the most importantparts with this HP isthat it does it withoutcompromising on performance.Inside, you're going to be getting aneighth-generation Core i7-8550U.Now, with these new Intelchips what you're getting is anupgraded from dual-coreto quad-core processors,and that is a big deal on something that'sgoing to be fairly thin and light.Essentially what it meansis that you're goingto be getting the mostperformance possibleout of such a thin, light form factor.And specifically with thisPavilion, you're also goingto be getting thededicated Radeon graphics,you're going to begetting Intel Optane tech.There's really a lot to likewith a form factor like this,especially considering thatit is not even the weirdestlaptop that we're going to take a look at.In fact, it's downrightpractical and normal,not even slightly weird.If portability is reallywhat you're after though,you might wanna take a lookat this, the Lenovo Yoga Book,very possibly the smallest legit laptopthat I've ever actually taken a look at.Now, this isn't actuallya brand new product.It originally came out in2016, and back then I did doa video on the Android version of this,however, I now have a Windowsversion and I've gottasay this is, well, it's unusual.At first glance, you're gettinga tiny 10.1-inch laptop,but because it's got thatsignature Lenovo hinge,you also are going to begetting a full 2-in-1.The advantage herereally is in portability.This is so thin and solight that it's easyto just toss it in abag and forget about it.And because it is going to be so small,it actually makes a prettydecent little tablet,especially considering the keyboard,well, it's a little bit different.So this is what Lenovocalls their Halo keyboard,and as you might haveimagined, this actuallydoesn't have any physical press.So essentially you can imagineit as a giant touchpad.So it feels like tapping on atablet and it's maybe not thegreatest experience, but it does allowsome really cool functionality.You can use the included stylus with thetouchscreen like most other laptops.What's interesting aboutthis is that if you goto the keyboard and youpress the little pin button,that's going to disableall keyboard presses exceptfor what you're going tobe getting from the stylus.Essentially what this is goingto turn into is somethingvery similar to a Wacom tablet.You can use this to notonly navigate Windows,but more importantly it'sgoing to be availablein stuff like OneNote toactually allow you to sketchwithout sort of blocking thewhole screen while you do it.Look, this isn't going to be the mostpractical 2-in-1 in the world.Not only is it not goingto be incredibly powerful,it is using an Intel Atomchip as opposed to a Core,and on top of that, the ports aregoing to be pretty minimal.It even uses Micro-USBfor charging and you onlyget a Micro-HDMI out aswell as a headphone jack.But, especially consideringhow much the pricehas come down, if you'relooking for something that'sgoing to be just a little bit different,the Yoga Book definitely qualifies.Next, we have somethingthat is quite possibly oneof the most unique laptopsthat you'll ever find.This is the brand new GPD Pocket 2.As you can see, well, it doesn'tget much smaller than this.With a 7-inch display, yeah,this is going to be tiny.Now, there are definitely going to besacrifices with something like this.The keyboard in particular,even though it's actually goingto be a lot better thanthe original pocket,is still going to bevery small and the layoutis going to be a little bit unusual.But, again, consider.Look how tiny this thing is.It's legitimately pocketable,and this is going to be a full Windows PC.Now, inside this guy you're going tofind a full Intel Core m3 processor.Now, no, it's not going tobe some crazy powerhouse,but what you're gettinghere is actually a prettysurprising level ofperformance in somethingthat's going to be so thin and small.And, no, it's not goingto be a full gaming PC,but considering how tiny it is,it's actually going to bemore than powerful enough forwell, pretty much anythingthat I would ever do with it.Except video editing, Iguess, but I don't think.Oh, whoa, dude, we actuallycould video edit on this!Oh, we shoulda thought about that earlier.This actually would totallybe able to video edit.So it does only have 4 gigs of RAM,which is not going to be aton, but with a full Coreprocessor inside, it actuallymight not be that bad.And one of the cool things about it is,in addition to the nice aluminum design,you've got a solid amount of ports.So you've got two full-size USB-A ports,as well as a USB-C, and a microSD.The GPD Pocket 2 is definitelynot going to be for everyone.So this is really going tobe for someone who wantssomething that's goingto be super pocketable,legitimately actuallypocketable, but is still goingto give you the fullWindows PC experience.So maybe you wanna do alittle bit of web-browsing,you need some specific Windows apps,or you just wanna do a littlebit of tiny gaming on the go,the Pocket's actually not bad at all.Next, we've got the big guy,the Microsoft Surface Book 2.Now, this takes a lot of what makes someof the other systems cool and justadds the whole tablet aspect.There are a ton of different waysthat you can use the Surface Book.Now, the first and themost obvious of whichis going to be using it as a tablet.So it's not every day thatyou get to try a 15-inchCore i7-powered tablet, butonce you detach it from thekeyboard dock it's prettymuch what you're getting here.This is going to housealmost all the internalsof the laptop including it's own battery,the Core i7 8650U, the memory, the SSD,pretty much the only things you're goingto be losing here are goingto be some of the ports.However, as soon as youdrop it onto the dockyou're going to be getting all ofthat back and then some, ifI can line it up correctly.So once you drop it on, notonly are you of course goingto be getting the keyboard, the track pad,as well as a fair few USB ports,SD card, that kinda stuff,this is also going tocontain a much larger batteryand a dedicated Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU.A lot of this is thanks to the hinge.There's a little bit of unusual design.So as I close it, it almostlooks like a vertebrae,and one of the only real issues here isthat it actually does leavethe laptop slightly exposedto stuff like dust and whatnot,but it allows this wholeform factor to actually work.Now, when you use it as a laptopthe fundamentals are absolutely there.You're getting a superhigh-resolution 15-inch displaywith Windows Hello support,the keyboard is backlit,it feels great, the touchpad's there.Really, you're not goingto be giving up anythingbesides a fair bit of money when youpick up the Surface Book.(laughing)There's also going to be a13-inch variety if you wantsomething that is going tobe a little bit smaller.But it's really cool justhow much engineering has goneinto making something like this work.Now, no, it's not goingto be completely perfect.Again, I wish it would actually closejust a little bit more, butif you've got a pricetag,if you've got a budget,if you wanna get somethingthat's going to give you aton of power and a ton offlexibility, it's hard to gowrong with the Surface Book 2.What gets me excited is just how manydifferent designs there are out there.Now, don't get me wrong, you might wannause a standard laptop andthat might be best for you,but as far as I'm concerned,the weirder, the cooler,the more interesting, the better.