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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin.

  • Is this all the laptop that you need?

  • Now that might sound like a weird question

  • but as someone who takes a look

  • at a lot of weird and extreme tech,

  • this is a lot more reasonable for most people.

  • And of course, big shout out to Acer

  • for not only hooking us up with a laptop,

  • but sponsoring this video

  • and let's take a look.

  • So this is the Acer Aspire R15.

  • Now inside, we get the power cable

  • and some lovely cardboard packaging.

  • "Having trouble? Contact Acer first."

  • Seems like perfectly reasonable advice I can't make fun of.

  • So this is the Aspire R15.

  • I'm actually curious to see,

  • I have actually not seen this in person, yet.

  • I like the sort of cross-brushed finish here.

  • It looks pretty nice.

  • But of course, this is a pretty beefy laptop.

  • So inside, we have a full 15.6 inch display.

  • So what's cool is that this is a convertible,

  • so you can use it in standard laptop mode,

  • you have a solid trackpad,

  • and you also have a touch screen so you can scroll like that

  • but when you're ready, you can actually

  • just flip the entire screen around

  • and say, watch a video like this

  • or you can even flip it upside down

  • and get tent mode.

  • It's a pretty cool setup, I've got to say.

  • Like yeah, this is a little bit big

  • to be used as a standard tablet,

  • but if you flip the screen all the way closed,

  • what you get here is what is essentially a 15 inch tablet.

  • This gives you a lot of flexibility.

  • So say you want to use the laptop at a normal situation.

  • You sit down, open it up,

  • and you can use it just like any other laptop.

  • You've got the touch screen,

  • you have your keyboard, as well as your trackpad.

  • When it comes to watching video, though,

  • it's really helpful to be able to flip the screen around.

  • I think that's the big advantage of the laptop.

  • Sure, if you want to use it as a standard laptop,

  • by all means, go ahead.

  • But having the flexibility to just flip the screen around

  • and use it in pretty much any orientation you want

  • is a huge advantage.

  • This guy also has a pretty good screen.

  • So this is a 15.6 inch display with a full 1080p resolution

  • and not only is it IPS, but it also has zero air gap,

  • which especially helps with the viewing angles.

  • Having a good screen is important,

  • as this is a very media-focused laptop.

  • So you're going to be watching video, playing games,

  • and while yes, it would be nice if it had a 4K screen,

  • but that would add a lot to the price.

  • I think this is a good compromise.

  • So the last time Jay and I may or may not have, uh,

  • made a little bit of a mistake.

  • Speakers are also not bad, so that's important.

  • Well sure, you're probably going to want

  • to plug in headphones for video editing or gaming,

  • but it's nice to be able to know that you have speakers

  • that are going to work in pretty much any orientation.

  • Of course, this guy's running Windows 10,

  • but what's cool is that it's the signature edition.

  • What that means is that there's no extra bloatware

  • or junk that you have on the computer

  • when you first get it.

  • And if you're anything like me,

  • you know that you usually have to spend 30 minutes

  • getting rid of all the crap when you first get

  • a brand new computer.

  • But here it's pretty much good to go out of the box.

  • And since it is Windows 10,

  • it means we have things like Cortana.

  • So for example, I can ask it,

  • "Tell me an interesting fact."

  • - Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

  • - You know what's cool about Cortana?

  • I feel like Cortana actually has probably like

  • the best voice of any of these sort of assistants.

  • There's also support for Windows Hello

  • as well as a built-in fingerprint reader and the trackpad.

  • So something as simple as just trying

  • to drop my finger on it,

  • and we're immediately logged in.

  • Now I feel like the more laptops I use

  • that have fingerprint readers,

  • the more I find that it's actually a really useful feature.

  • Inside the Aspire R15,

  • we have a Core i7-7500U, 12 gigabytes of memory,

  • a 256 gigabyte SSD, as well as dedicated

  • Nvidia 940MX graphics.

  • So with that KBA processor,

  • not only are you getting the latest and greatest

  • but it also should be easy on battery.

  • There's also support for Windows Hello

  • as well as a built-in fingerprint reader and the trackpad.

  • So that is 4K ProRes footage playing back

  • inside DaVinci Resolve.

  • Now this is not going to be an amazing editing PC,

  • for that I would really want a quad-core processor,

  • but thanks to those Nvidia graphics

  • you actually can do some fairly light editing.

  • You can also do some gaming.

  • So right now, I'm playing Overwatch at 1080p

  • on low settings

  • and I'm getting a really respectable

  • 60 to 70 frames per second.

  • So I think that's one of the big advantages

  • of the Aspire R15.

  • Not only can you do stuff like gaming,

  • but you can do video editing.

  • It kind of will let you do a little bit of everything,

  • especially because it has that SSD and plenty of memory.

  • And while the graphics aren't amazing

  • or going to blow you away,

  • they're totally not bad.

  • You can definitely do a fair bit of gaming on this guy.

  • So, is this all the computer you need?

  • For a lot of people, the answer is yeah.

  • But what do you guys think?

  • Let me know in the comments below

  • and I will catch you in the next one.

- Hey guys, this is Austin.

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