The Great Laptop Debate: Tiny vs. Massive

Hey guys, this is Austin, and today we're here to find out how a one-pound laptop compares to a 20-pound laptop. So, with our tiny laptop, we have the GPD Pocket. You may have recently seen that we did a video on this guy, and this is one of the world's smallest laptops. However, thanks to our good buddy Lamarr Wilson, we have something just a little bit bigger.

So, all right, so this is the Acer Predator 21x. This thing is a beast. The box, the whole thing was like 75 pounds. So, this whole laptop, literally this is the box for the laptop. It's a full Pelican case. Also, can we just give a shoutout to how ridiculous this looks right now? Tiny, big. Big, tiny. What are you trying to say? But kind of buff. Yeah, I'm not compensating, what are you talking about? This is what I do every day; I just like, one... Wow, that's -- And see, when you raise that too high, that's why your muscle busted right there.

For real though, this is 20 pounds. That is ridiculously heavy. And this is one pound. (laughs) It's like-- Can you do this? No, you don't want me to do that. I will break your laptop. (laughs) No, no, I will hurt you. So with the GPD Pocket, we're rocking a seven-inch display, versus the Acer Predator 21x has... well, it doesn't really have a traditional screen size because of its massive design.

Okay, okay, let's focus on something else. The specs for the GPD Pocket are pretty impressive considering its small size. It comes with a NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU, 4GB of RAM, and a 32GB storage drive. It also has an Intel Core M3 processor, which should provide decent performance for general use.

The Acer Predator 21x, on the other hand, is basically a gaming PC. We're talking about a laptop that's roughly the size of a small refrigerator. The specs are just as impressive, if not more so than the GPD Pocket. It comes with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU, 64GB of RAM, and a 1TB storage drive. But, we have to keep things fair because this might not have quite the same power as the quad-core i7 with GTX 1080s.

Right, so what are you thinking? Let's do CS:GO, let's do a game that will work on both, and see how they compare. CS:GO on this? No way. The problem with the Pocket is that there's no touchpad, there's no trackpad, which normally is not a big deal because you can use the touchscreen, but with this, you have to use the little nib unless you have a mouse.

Try to walk around, try to do anything with that. I don't wanna go any closer 'cause then I gotta... Okay, this is gonna be horrible. Oh! You know what? What happened was, the mouse got a little hot. And to be fair, you can plug a mouse into either of these. So that's not really totally fair to make fun of.

The difference is, this guy is basically the size of a mouse, whereas you wouldn't even notice a mouse in your bag with this guy. It did work, and I was actually gaming. Yeah. I was surprised. I didn't even think it was gonna load up CS:GO. Now it's my turn. I've got a solid 137 frames per second right now. See? Look at that. You're a pro.

Okay, you know what? But hey -- You died in glorious 2560x1080. It's, you know what? What more could you ever ask for out of life? So with a laptop this big, not only do we have four speakers but it also has two subwoofers. So obviously... Excuse- excuse me? Yeah, two subs. In the laptop. This is overkill.

But the whole thing is overkill, right? No one buys a laptop with two giant power supplies for something practical to take with you every day, right? This is overkill in every possible way, and that's what makes it cool. So would you rather have the 20-pound, $9,000 laptop or the $500 one-pound laptop? Gotta go with the $9,000 one as long as I get it for free, 'cause this brother can't afford that.

That's fair, that's fair. Yeah. I actually do kind of like how small this is.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey, guys, this is Austin.And today we're here to findout how a one-pound laptopcompares to a 20-pound laptop.So with our tiny laptopwe have the GPD Pocket.You may have recently seen thatwe did a video on this guy,and this is one of theworld's smallest laptops.However, thanks to ourgood buddy Lamarr Wilson,we have something justa little bit bigger.- All right, so this isthe Acer Predator 21x.This thing is a beast.The box, the whole thingwas like 75 pounds.- So this whole laptop,literally this is the box for the laptop.It's a full Pelican case.Also can we just give a shoutoutto how ridiculous this looks right now?- Tiny, big. (Austin laughs)Big, tiny.- What are you trying to say?- But kind of buff. Yeah.I'm not compensating, whatare you talking about?This is what I- I do thisevery day, I just like, one-Wow, that's-- And see, when you raise that too high,that's why your muscle busted right there.- For real though, this is 20 pounds.That is ridiculously heavy.- And this is one pound. (laughs)- It's like-- Can you do this?- No, you don't want me to do that.I will break your laptop. (laughs)- No, no, I will hurt you.- So with the GPD Pocket,we're rocking a seven-inch display,versus a curved 21-inchdisplay on the Predator.But what's interesting is,they're actually almostthe same screen resolution.- This is 2560x1080.- No way.- But this is 1920x1200.So this seven-inch laptop actually isa taller vertical screen than this guy,as far as resolution goes.- All right, so it wins.- This obviously,it's scaled down.It's meant for something that's gonna bea little bit more portable, right?- Right.- So you're gonna take this guy,you're gonna throw it in apocket or a purse or something.It's gonna be a much more-I'm not, I'm just sayin'-- Yes. Friday nights when I wear my purse.- (laughs) Whereas thisguy, I mean, come on,it comes in a Pelican case.You're not gonna takethis anywhere, right?Like it almost kind of begs the question,and of course I don't wannaspoil the entire video right nowbut like, who buys this whenyou can just buy a desktop?But it does give you some portability.- Somebody who has a really big lap.All right, on second thought ...- What? Do you have a problemwith the size of your laptop right now?So inside the Predator 21x,we have a quad-coreoverclocked Core i7 processor,64GB of memory, a pair of 512GB SSDs,a 1TB hard drive, and to top it all off,two full GTX 1080 graphics cards.- True.- What do you have in there?- Um, I have, I have memory, too.I have 8GB of RAM.- Okay, okay.- I have a Atom processor thatruns stuff. (Austin laughs)Um, it has excellent graphical, uh, cards-180, not 1080 card.- These are both Windows10 computers, by the way.These are both laptops.They're essentially the same thing,if you squint really hard.- Can this one run Crysis?Okay, so this has very muchof a chiclet-type keyboard.So you can type in it.Now what about yourkeyboard, compared to this?- Okay, this obviously is wherea bigger laptop really shines, right?- Yes.- So not only do we have afull-sized keyboard here,one of the cool things is ifyou don't want the trackpad,you can actually take it outand flip it right over to a number pad.What I really like aboutthis though is it hasa full mechanical keyboardwith Cherry switches.It really does feel exactlylike what you would get with anormal sort of mechanicalkeyboard for a desktop.You're really not losing anything,besides a mouse, obviously.But you're really pretty much getting thesame sort of experience thatyou would get with a desktop.- So at least my power cable is this size.I just plug it right in and(sings) plug it in, plug it in.- One cord only.- Okay, that's fair.That's fair.- What you got over there?- The Predator has, well,it's a revolutionary design oftwo, (Lamarr laughs) twopower supplies. (laughs)(beep)Two full power supplies,with two cables going into the laptop.- Oh.- Because you know, whenwe've got GTX 1080s,we gotta make sure thatwe have all the power.Okay, you win on this one.I will give you this one.- Okay. You got thespecs, I get the portability.- So as a big, giant, expensiveand very, very large laptop,this guy is a bit of a gaming PC.But we should keep things fair,because this might nothave quite the same powerof the quad-core i7 with GTX 1080s.- Right, so what are you thinking?- Let's do CS:GO, let's do agame that will work on both,and see how they compare.- CS:GO on this?No way.- The problem with the Pocketis that there's no touchpad,there's no trackpad, whichnormally is not a big deal,because you can use thetouch screen, but with this,you have to use the littlenub, unless you have a mouse.Try to walk around, tryto do anything with that.- I don't wanna go anycloser, 'cause then I gotta-Okay, this is gonna be horrible.Oh!You know what, what happened was,the mouse got a little hot.- And to be fair, you can pluga mouse into either of these.So that's not reallytotally fair to make fun of.- Okay.- The difference is, thisguy is basically the sizeof a mouse, whereas youwouldn't even noticea mouse in your bag with this guy.- It did work, and I was actually gaming.- Yeah.- I was surprised.I didn't even think itwas gonna load up CS:GO.- Now it's my turn.I've got a solid 137 framesper second right now.- See? Look at that.You're a pro.Okay, you know what?- But, hey-- You died in glorious 2560x1080.- It's, you know what?What more could you everask for out of life?So with a laptop this big, notonly do we have four speakersbut it also has two subwoofers.So obviously-- Excuse- Excuse me?- Yeah, two subs.In the laptop.- This is overkill.- But the whole thing is overkill, right?- Yeah.- That's the point, right?No one buys a laptop withtwo giant power suppliesfor something practical totake with you every day, right?This is overkill in every possible way,and that's what makes it cool.So would you rather havethe 20-pound, $9,000 laptop?Or the $500 one-pound laptop?- Gotta go with the $9,000 oneas long as I get it for free,'cause this brother can't afford that.- That's fair, that's fair.- Yeah.I actually do kind oflike how small this is.- But let us know whichone you guys would pickin the comments, and if youwant more on the Predator,Lamarr and I did a greatunboxing over on his channel,where you can see the giant Pelican caseand all the crazinessthat goes along with it.So definitely be sureto go check that out,and we will catch you in the next one.