Did Linus Do It Again? ... Misleading Laptop Buyers
Summary
TLDRThe video script criticizes Linus's review of Snapdragon laptops, accusing him of rushing hype videos without thorough research. It argues that Linus's conclusions on application compatibility, battery life, and performance efficiency are misleading and not supported by his own findings. The script calls for transparency, thorough testing, and clear recommendations, emphasizing the responsibility of influencers in guiding tech buyers.
Takeaways
- 😕 The speaker expresses disappointment in Linus's video on Snapdragon laptops, suggesting that conclusions were not well-supported by research and testing.
- 🏃♂️ The script criticizes YouTubers for 'rushing out' hype videos on trending topics without thorough research, highlighting a wider issue in the tech review community.
- 🤔 The speaker questions Linus's claim of 'shocking day one completeness' for the new laptops, pointing out that many applications and games do not work well with the new architecture.
- 🎥 Linus's video is accused of not disclosing a potential sponsorship with Qualcomm, which could influence the review's objectivity.
- 🕵️♂️ The script emphasizes the importance of thorough testing and real-world usage before making conclusions about a product's performance and suitability.
- 🔋 The battery life and power efficiency claims made in Linus's video are challenged, with the speaker noting that high-performance tasks significantly affect battery life and performance per watt.
- 📊 The speaker points out that Linus's analysis of power efficiency lacks depth, as it does not account for battery size normalization or actual power draw measurements.
- 💻 The script suggests that Linus's conclusions about the performance of different Snapdragon processors are not backed by testing or data, and that performance is more dependent on manufacturer settings.
- 🎮 The gaming performance of the new laptops is deemed unsuitable by the speaker, contradicting Linus's positive portrayal of their integrated graphics capabilities.
- 📉 The speaker argues that Linus's overall positive communication of the laptops' performance does not align with the findings presented in the video.
- 🛠️ The speaker commits to a policy of thorough testing and transparent communication in their reviews, aiming to provide trustworthy content for making informed buying decisions.
Q & A
What is the main concern raised by the speaker about Linus's video on Snapdragon laptops?
-The speaker is concerned that Linus's video may be misleading due to rushed conclusions, lack of thorough research, and not clarifying who should actually be buying the product.
What does the speaker accuse Linus of not doing in his video?
-The speaker accuses Linus of not testing key applications necessary to justify his conclusions, not showing sufficient battery life tests, and not demonstrating the performance hits when running non-native applications.
What is the speaker's issue with Linus's claim about the 'shocking day one completeness' of the new laptops?
-The speaker's issue is that Linus's own findings and their own tests did not support the claim of 'shocking day one completeness', as they found application compatibility issues, especially for specialist applications and gaming.
How does the speaker describe the testing approach of their team compared to Linus's?
-The speaker describes their team's approach as more thorough, using real-world testing as daily drivers before publishing reviews, unlike Linus who tested games in a live stream after publishing his review.
What is the speaker's critique of Linus's demonstration of battery life and power efficiency?
-The speaker criticizes Linus for showing only a single test of battery life with low-resolution YouTube video playback and not demonstrating battery drain during performance tasks or normalizing for battery size.
What is the issue the speaker has with Linus's communication of performance?
-The speaker's issue is that Linus's communication is overwhelmingly positive, which does not match the findings that show the laptops are behind in single-core performance and unsuitable for most gaming.
What is the speaker's opinion on Linus's statement about the gaming performance of the Snapdragon laptops?
-The speaker believes Linus's statement about the strong gaming performance is misleading, as their tests showed the laptops are not suitable for most gaming due to compatibility and performance issues.
What is the speaker's view on Linus's assumption about the performance of different Snapdragon Elite SKUs?
-The speaker views Linus's assumption as unfounded because he did not test or provide data to back up his claims about the performance differences between different Snapdragon Elite SKUs.
What does the speaker suggest is the responsibility of influencers when reviewing tech products?
-The speaker suggests that influencers have a responsibility to be transparent, clear, and thorough with their advice, ensuring that their research matches their conclusions and that they clarify who should be buying the product.
What is the speaker's commitment to their audience regarding their review process?
-The speaker commits to performing every task on the laptops they review as part of their daily routine before publishing reviews, and not rushing out videos to chase hype, ensuring their content is trustworthy for making informed buying decisions.
Outlines
😕 Disappointment in Tech Reviews
The speaker expresses disappointment in the tech review community, particularly calling out Linus for his video on Snapdragon laptops. They argue that some YouTubers are releasing videos on trending topics without thorough research or clear advice for potential buyers. The critique focuses on the lack of transparency and the rush to publish content, which can mislead consumers. The speaker uses Linus's video as an example, pointing out discrepancies between his conclusions and their own findings, as well as the lack of testing for certain applications and games.
🔍 Questioning Claims on Battery Life and Efficiency
This paragraph delves into the specifics of battery life and power efficiency claims made in tech reviews. The speaker challenges Linus's assertion that Snapdragon laptops have incredible battery life, pointing out that his testing was limited to a single scenario of playing a low-resolution YouTube video. They argue for a more comprehensive approach to testing, including performance tasks and power draw measurements, which were not addressed in Linus's video. The speaker also criticizes the lack of normalization for battery size across different laptops when comparing efficiency.
🚀 Commitment to Thorough Testing and Transparency
In the final paragraph, the speaker pledges to maintain a commitment to thorough testing and transparency in their reviews. They emphasize the importance of performing real-world tasks on the laptops under review to provide an accurate depiction of user experience. The speaker also promises not to rush out videos to capitalize on hype, aiming to produce content that viewers can trust to inform their purchasing decisions. They conclude by reiterating their dedication to providing 'largely Flawless' reviews, in contrast to the perceived shortcomings in Linus's approach.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Snapdragon laptops
💡Co-pilot plus
💡Research matches conclusions
💡Application compatibility
💡Performance hits
💡Battery life
💡Power efficiency
💡Unsponsored
💡Gaming performance
💡Multi-core performance
💡Trust
Highlights
Disappointment with Linus's video conclusions on Snapdragon laptops, suggesting a wider issue of YouTubers rushing hype videos without thorough research.
Concern about influencers' responsibility to provide transparent, clear, and thorough advice on tech products.
Critique of Linus's declaration of being unsponsored, pointing out a previous sponsored video about the same topic.
Findings of application compatibility issues on new architecture laptops, specifically for specialist applications and gaming.
Lack of testing on professional applications like SketchUp Pro, Virtual box, and Record box, which may not work on new laptops.
Misleading claims about the gaming capabilities of Snapdragon laptops, with many games not running or performing poorly.
The importance of real-world testing before publishing reviews, as exemplified by Linus's follow-up live stream.
Performance hits when running non-native applications on Snapdragon laptops, affecting overall efficiency.
Battery life tests' limitations, with a need for more comprehensive testing during high-performance tasks.
The misleading portrayal of battery life efficiency without normalization for battery size.
Lack of power draw measurements, which are crucial for assessing true efficiency.
The discrepancy between Linus's overwhelmingly positive communication of performance and the actual findings.
The overemphasis on gaming performance despite the Snapdragon laptops' unsuitable nature for most gaming.
Unfounded assumptions about the performance of different Snapdragon Elite SKUs without testing.
Call for transparency and thoroughness in tech reviews, especially from influential figures like Linus.
A commitment to performing every task on reviewed laptops to ensure reliable content for viewers.
A promise to not rush out videos, prioritizing thoroughness over timeliness in tech reviews.
Transcripts
I just watched Linus's video on the new
co-pilot plus Snapdragon laptops and I
had to hop on today because I'm pretty
disappointed his conclusions differ
significantly from our own which by
itself is totally fine but I feel this
video highlights a wider issue on
YouTube right now YouTubers are rushing
out hype videos on trending topics
without spending the time to ensure that
their research matches their conclusions
and without clarifying who should
actually be buying the product that they
are pitching in his video there were
many examples where his conclusions were
missing key tests necessary to justify
them or where his own test results did
not support what he was claiming laptops
are major purchasers and we as
influencers have a responsibility to be
transparent clear and thorough with our
advice with great power comes great
responsibility even from the moment his
video opened up I felt uncomfortable he
started with this giant Hooper about how
his video was unsponsored so he can say
whatever he truly feels gone are my
sponsor obligations to Qualcomm about
their new Snapdragon ex Elite chips I
can say everything I want folks you are
smart people he was literally sponsored
by qualcom to talk about these very
processes in another video that went
live 3 weeks before do you think that
whether Qualcomm is paying for that
specific video keeping a paying customer
like them happy may affect the way you
speak about their products come on so
like lus fallacy number one these
laptops have shocking day one
completeness one of the first major
points that lonus implies in his video
is that most applications work as they
should in fact he States it three times
throughout his video including in the
all important intro and conclusion
shocking day one completeness shocking
lack of Jank for a first gen product has
been largely Flawless his own findings
did not match these bold statements and
neither did ours we found application
compatibility for this new architecture
was lacking for those who use specialist
applications and or enjoy gaming he
mentioned testing solid works but he
didn't cover testing any other
professional applications we tested a
ton everything from SketchUp Pro for
interior designers to Virtual box for
cyber security folks all the way to
record box for DJs we found that there
were many of these applications that did
not work even many of Adobes
applications used to advertise some of
these laptops right now do not work and
when it comes to gaming lus spends a
good amount of the video stating that
many games do not run on these laptops
requires avx2 support simply won't open
or if a game has kernel level antiche
League of Legends the game I personally
play does not work he even did a
follow-up live stream a day after his
video was published to test the games in
that stream many games failed they even
saw physics issues in games that
technically ran but ran poorly doing a
live stream to test compatibility is a
great great idea 100% we did one but
shouldn't he have done it before
publishing his review where he stated to
over a million people how largely
Flawless these laptops are that's what
we did in fact at the end of his video
he asked you to like the video for him
and Alex to switch to these laptops as
their daily drivers like if you guys
want to see Alex and I switch to these
laptops fulltime for a month we use
these as our daily drivers before making
our video how else can we tell you what
they are actually like and by doing that
we discovered issues that real world
users may experience for example on a
web conference call our surface laptop 7
just completely Switched Off black
screen I would not have found that issue
if we just did a quick test of its
webcam anyway in his video he continues
to demonstrate that there are
significant performance hits when
running non-native applications ones
that must be translated his results were
indeed similar to ours showing a far
greater performance hit than what early
stage YouTube videos showed like Dave
2DS but again
how can lonus conclude so confidently
that these laptops have shocking day one
completeness especially at the opening
of his video which we know a lot of
people will drop after watching lineus
policy number two these laptops have
incredible battery life and power
efficiency and the battery life makes
every other processor company blush to
justify his claims he showed us a single
test of running these laptops on battery
playing a low resolution YouTube video
he did not show us any example measuring
battery drain during performance tasks
one of our biggest findings with these
laptops was that when you run high
performance tasks on them their
performance per watt becomes much worse
closer to an Intel processor rather than
an apple one and this significantly
affects their battery life instead he
highlighted the excellent battery life
of the HB Omni book but he didn't show
you that the Omni book significantly
throttles its performance when on
battery in fact the day after he
launched his video HP issued us a note
that there is currently an issue with
the Omni book around performance on
battery one that may be fixed in the
next Windows update he should have
noticed this in his testing and not
highlighted the Omni book as an example
of great battery life our HP omnibook X
able to crack 15 hours and here's what
we said this is if you take out the
omnibook result by the way that laptop
is an exception because its performance
is dropped by a ludicrous amount when on
battery furthermore when it comes to
comparing the power efficiency between
these laptops processors when on battery
that is you need to normalize for the
size of the laptop's battery these
laptops all have different sized
batteries only then can you start to see
how efficient they actually are he
didn't do this at all in fact he didn't
even measure power drawer not even when
plugged in he just shows you that
Hardware info doesn't work which again
is in conflict with his conclusions that
these are largely Flawless instead he
assumes power draw based on the
manufacturer specifications this is a
nice Thumb in the air which we used in
our early stage Snapdragon video but
there are two issues with his analysis
firstly many laptops boost their
processor's power drawing more wattage
than what the manufacturer specifies so
this analysis could be incorrect and
secondly it isn't really an analysis he
doesn't show you the power draw of the
other laptops that he's comparing this
one with if he did you'd be able to see
how much more power the MacBooks are why
didn't his team just do what we did and
go and buy the tools necessary to
measure power draw from the wall I'd be
shocked if he didn't already have such a
tool in his giant lab how can you claim
so confidently that these laptops are so
efficient without running these tests
there's no denying both the sheer
efficiency and the shocking day one
completeness of the entire package the
final issue that I want to raise is how
performance is communicated he com
across overwhelmingly positive but his
findings don't really match that yes he
does show that these laptops have very
strong multi-core performance but he
also shows that they are behind Apple's
M3 in single core and Apple's M4 is
right around the corner and he also
demonstrates that these laptops are
really unsuitable for most gaming at
least right now either games just don't
run or the laptop's performance is too
low to be viable but they don't seem to
come through in his overall excit M for
these products for example at one point
he emphasizes the strong gaming
performance of these laptops integrated
Graphics now the raw performance of the
Snapdragon chips very impressive
rivaling both AMD and Intel's integrated
Graphics out of all laptops right now
both those with just integrated and
those that have dedicated these laptops
are probably the worst to buy if you are
a gamer and on performance he also made
assumptions about the various ex Elite
SKS he implied that laptops with
qualcomm's lowest end xelite chips have
poorer performance due to their lack of
dual core boost this is the slowest
variant of the ex elete chip which
entirely lacks dual core boosting and
has the lowest multi-core speed but he
didn't test this or have any data to
back it up we did test it what we found
is that these laptops performance is far
more dependent on how much power the
manufacturer feeds to them you should
not be buying one of these laptops
expecting more performance just because
it has a higher tier Qualcomm XLE
processor look I'm not saying we do
perfect testing either of course not we
are a small team and we like Linus's
team are human beings but we try to be
transparent with you these results are
not statistically significant we
definitely need to do more testing but
they're the best we've got for you right
now at this early stage and I'd call
them directionally correct he did the
opposite at the beginning of his video
he stated following our lab running
their most rigorous tests look I want to
be Crystal Clear we do like these new
Snapdragon laptops for many types of
buyers but not all and we do agree with
many parts of Linus's video like how
close to useless AI on laptops is right
now
this is the number of times that we used
AI outside of explicitly testing it for
this video but for a lot of people a
laptop is a big purchase all of us
YouTubers owe it to you to be as
thorough in our analysis and as clear in
our recommendations as we can rather
than just broadly hyping up a piece of
tech with sweeping statements with
little justification lonus is a leader
and a Pioneer in this industry and he
has more resources at his disposal than
any other Tech YouTuber and that is why
it's just so disappointing for him to
come out with a video like this that
just feels half-baked and is pretty
misleading for a lot of buyers
especially as Gamers Nexus just called
him out on this sort of thing a mere 10
months ago and with that said I'm going
to end by just turning my focus to my
own team to ensure that we can do the
best job that we can as that is
something that I can control as laptop
reviewers we will continue with our
policy of Performing every task that we
do on the laptops that we are reviewing
that way we can tell you about our
experience using them whether it's
writing our scripts editing our videos
playing our favorite games or coding our
custombuilt website and we will not rush
out videos other than perhaps this one
so continue to expect that our videos
will come out a week or so after the
hype tuber ones we want to keep creating
content that you can trust trust to make
the right buying decisions or as lonus
would say largely Flawless till next
time go do something awesome with your
day and I will catch you later
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