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Hey guys, this is Austin.

Inside this box is either one of the best laptop deals that I've ever seen, or something that you should avoid at all costs. So, you may remember a video I did last year on the Walmart gaming laptop. It was a decent laptop with some issues. However, there was a huge backlash and it got severely slashed in price.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, this is Austin.Inside this box is eitherone of the best laptop dealsthat I've ever seen,or something that youshould avoid at all costs.So, you may remember avideo I did last yearon the Walmart gaming laptop.It was a decent laptop with some issues.However, there was a huge backlashand it got severely slashed in price.Now, this time around, Walmart's like,"Oh no, that's fine,everyone forgot about that."So, they've created theirown brand of gaming laptopscalled Motile, Motile, mottle? (beeps)So, if you take a look at the specs,there's a lot going for this.But what really makes itinteresting is the price.So, when this launched,it came out at $500.Not bad, but also not particularly great.However, recently, thisis available for $300,which is a pretty excellent deal,except that a few days later,when I purchased it, it was $400.So, I dunno exactly howto review this thing.If it's a $200 laptop,it's amazing, it's great.$300, it's awesome.At $600 or $500 though, it'sa little bit harder to say.What I'm really curious aboutis what exactly have theydone this time around?Because there's a lot of stuffwhich looks very cool on this.So, you can see, Motile is atrademark of Walmart Apollo,which I'm not sure exactly what Apollo is,but this is definitely aWalmart-specific brand.What was the last one,Overpowered is what theycalled their gaming laptops?So I guess they've, OP, yeah, of course.So, now they've moved onto Motile.So, it's got a decent power brick.It does have an old school barrel plug,but whatever, that's not important.What I'm curious about is the laptop,which is immediately very thin.So, they advertise thisas a performance laptop.And with the Ryzen inside,it is actually supposedlya pretty powerful laptop,given that they spec it out right.There are a lot of things you can do here,which will negativelyimpact for performance.It seems like it's got a decentselection of ports at least,USB-C, USB-A, HDMI.We've got another couple ofUSB ports, as well as ethernet.All right, that's cool.Oh, oh that's, (laughs)in case you're curious,(laughing) it comes with THX.You know what, it actuallylooks pretty unique though.I mean, I actually likethe black surround.It also does have aWindows Hello IR camera.The keyboard, it looks nice, let's see.(keys clacking) Oh, that's not bad.It's a little bit low travel,but something that'sreally jumping out to meis this feels incredibly lightweight.Supposedly, this isalso a backlit keyboard.So far, even at the $400 I spent on it,I'm actually really happy with this.There we go.All right, see what's insideour Walmart mystery laptop.Wow, that is, that's metal (clanging)Oh, what, there's a fewthings that jump out to me.First of all, is the factthat we do have an M.2 drive,although actually, is that?That might be SATA. I'mnot sure if that's SATA.No, that is SATA.Okay, so we have a 256gig SATA drive, fine.It is nice that we havea secondary M.2 slot,but beyond that, there's somereally questionable decisions.First of all, there's this huge gap here,which seems like it's meantfor something like an SSDor another hard drive, but it's empty.There's no port to actuallyplug it in, which is bizarre.The cooling seems to bemaybe not the greatest,just a single heat pipeto what looks to be a fairly small fan.But the bigger problem is ifI lift up this little flap,you'll see that there's onlya single eight gig DIMM here.I just realized something.So, we have our eightgigs of RAM right here,perfectly fine, no problem.But if you wanna installmore memory in dual-channel,which as it's a Ryzen system,you should absolutely do,the SSD's in the way.So, you actually can't rundual-channel memory and dual SSDs.You have to pick one or the other.I'm actually gonna double check this,but if I uninstall our standard SSD.These are the world's cheapest screws.They're all stripping. Well,I would love to be ableto pull that SSD out and show you,but I think the idea is thatif you wanna upgrade this,you need to take advantageof an NVMe SSD on this sideand put in extra RAM.That's, I've never seensomething like this.That's such a dumb decision,'cause there's no waythe extra channel ofmemory would fit there.- So, I foundsomething on this laptop.- What do you mean, you found something?- So, try to changethe wallpaper on it.- Okay, Windows isn't activated.Are you, are you serious right now?You're trying to tell me thatWalmart is selling a laptopwithout a real copy of Windows on it?I refuse to believe that.No, that's not, that's not a real thing.Detecting activation problems.Wait, wait, wait, youmight just be wrong, Ken.It might just activate.What's the problem, huh?What's the problem?We've activated, see,you got me all excited.You're like, "Oh, it's not real,"and then it just, it was one click.That being said, it is very strange thatthat was not done out of the box.However, Windows is fine.We've also got eightgigs of single-channel,2400 megahertz memory, whichas I've already discussed,is pretty much the absolute bare minimum,especially with a Ryzen.Not only does that make adifference to the graphics,obviously, you're almosthalving your performance there,but it also slows down the CPU.Generally speaking, Ryzen definitely needsdual-channel memory and thefastest stuff you can get.So, if we were willing tokinda reorder that SSD,move it over, or get a NVMe drive,bump this up to 16 gigs of fast memory,would cause a huge, hugebump to performance.I'll say having Windows Hellofor facial recognition is a big plus.The keyboard, I think, is fine,especially considering that it's backlit.Let's try that THX action.We have our spatial audio demo.So, they're saying thatspatial audio is better,but I think the spatial audiois just purely an app running.Yeah, it's just headphones.So, there's this thing called bass.It exists, and it makes things sound coolwhen they're actually not.I know they're very happyto put THX branding this.I'm sure they're very happy to saythat the display was tuned by THX.I don't think that matters whatsoever.I'm gonna move on with therest of this wonderful laptop.So, while I get a couple ofthings installing on the Motile,let me introduce you to thebest competitor to this,the Acer Aspire 5.Now, this is something thatwe did a video on last year,and there's a lot going for it,and it's actually fairlysimilar in a lot of categories.So, at about $330, you're getting Ryzen 3,four gigs of RAM, and a 128 gig SSD.Now, that might sound likea little bit less powerful,however, actually, Walmartsells a version of the motilewith that almost exact same spec.And right now, they'reselling it for $349.So, it's broadly sort of similar.And there are actually, obviously,a lot of advantages togoing with the Acer,but all that being said,as many problems as I foundwith this Walmart laptop,there were definitely some thingswhich are very much a redeeming quality.First of all, the screen.Yes, I know, the tuned by THXthing is kind of overrated,and no, it's not the greatestscreen I've ever seen.It's 14 inches, 1080p,it's a matte finish.It gets reasonably bright.Honestly, for this threeto $400 price category,I have zero complaints.It's actually really nice.Now, if you were to spec the Acerto the same degree as the Walmart laptop,it actually becomes a pretty decent deal.So, we're talking Ryzen5, eight gigs of RAM,and a 256 gig SSD costsyou $500 on the Acer side.Not unreasonable, consideringthis is significantly cheaperat the moment and has beena lot cheaper in the past,it actually starts to look pretty good.I mean, again, that screen is great,and a lot of the hardwareactually feels, to me,even though it's notincredibly well built,it almost reminds meslightly of the LG Gramin that is a very lightweight laptopthat's kind of surprising.I don't know what to sayhere 'cause I'm torn.On one hand, it's from acompany which Walmart mayor may not decide todissolve in like 30 seconds.It also has somelegitimately poor decisions,I would say, in its configuration.But, if you were to say, pickthis laptop up from cheap,swap out the RAM and add an SSD,an M.2 SSD as opposed tothe one that's inside,move things around,you actually would havewhat I think is pretty solid system.And especially considering that this thingwill ping pong between three and $500,if you get it toward that$300 side of the spectrum,it's actually a legitimately good deal.- And mostimportantly, no bloatware.- I, personally, much preferthe sort of fit and (coughs)I prefer, (exhaling)I prefer the fit and finishof the Walmart laptop.I will say one thing though,I nearly stripped two screwswhile trying to open this upand replace the SSD, which doesnot fill me with confidenceon the fact that whileyou should upgrade it,you actually would be able to.So, it's a little bit of a hard sell.But generally speaking, it's not bad.I thought I was gonnatear this thing apart.I thought it was gonna be terrible.This is actually a legitimatelypretty decent laptop.Is the fan running at 100% asI install Fortnite right now,fort right, right now, Fortnite right now?Yes it is.Am I going to continue the videoas if I didn't accidentallysay the wrong thing?Yes, I am going to do that.This is not great.Okay so, this is why you wantdual-channel memory in your laptop.So, even at 720p medium, we're struggling.We're hitting 30, butit's a very jittery 30.Look man, there's a lotto like with this laptop,but if you buy it, you shouldnot use it as it is right now.You should upgrade the RAM for sure,and realistically, youprobably want an M.2 SSDto fill up that second slot,'cause the way they've configured it,it just doesn't make a lot of sense.If you're not gaming, it's fine,but what Walmart has done with this,is they're absolutely takinga standard white label laptop chassis,they're customizing a little bit,and they're selling itunder their Motile brand.Now, do you trust that Walmartwill continue to make thislaptop and support it, maybe?If you get it for a great price,I do think that this is a no-brainer,but the problem is, iswhether or not you trustthat this company'seven going to be aroundand whether this laptopwill continue to hold up.It's cool, it'sinteresting, it's different,and it could be a great price,or they might double the price tomorrow,so it's kinda hard to recommend.However, I'm curious,what do you guys thinkabout the Walmart laptop?Let me know in the commentsbelow. I will have a link to it,if I can find it, in the description,if they haven't discontinued itby the time this video goes live,which will be not good, I guess.I'd probably have to makea new video after that.(upbeat music)