Видео

Hi Art, I'm still struggling with this red hue on left and grey on right unless you use uniformity which ruins brightness and contrast. currently using it with M3 Max. Any tips pls, this is an investment for me and it saddens me to face this now. thank you :)

You are amazing

Hi Art, I just got the 3255u using it with M3 max macbook pro. Although the uniformity option is ok, i don't like the how the brightness go lower. Without it, there is a grey hue on the right corner and red on the left corner. I'm little bit disappointed as the price is an investment and I ordered it international shipping. Tips? help? please :) Thank you for the wonderful work

Thanks

Is the Lightroom CC import the same as Classic?

Thanks for this video, I was wondering what you would reccomend, I am a weddig photogaper so mainly importing/editing/exporting. I also have final cut for some basic video stuff etc. I currently have the M1 Pro with 16gb and 8 cores. I basically want to see be best results when using develop mode without trying to spend a fortune. Not sure if even the M1 pro with 32gb ram would be a big difference? I was thinking the M1 Max with 32 or 64gb ram. but then I could also look at the M2 Pro with 32gb ram. Any advice would be really appricated. Great Video!

11:50 I just bought one that came in the same cardboard "eco" packaging and I'm afraid that I got a refurbished one (listed as brand new) because other unboxings show similar packaging to that full sized one that you have there.

are they gonna release oled 120hz 24 inch version that would be a no brainer for me .

Microsoft works with many OEMs whereas Apple does not. It's not everything you can or should compare. (OOBE)

I was so mad when my lenovo wasnt compatible with any adobe stuff which is what i use daily 😢

Professional review honestly thanks, it would be great if you could make some updates weeks later as they optimize stuff

Can expect these tests again when there's native support?

Hi. I have a pc and I only have the hdmi from my sw240. My pc does not have usb c or type B ports.

I agree with the conclusion that creators should look at the other options from intel or AMD but you saying even for daily task just doesn't hold up. Almost every reviewer (even those which are critical of QC) are of the same opinion that these are equally good as m3 air for daily usage. Lenovo 7x slim even beats m3 in such situations. In video you have mostly run tests for specific workloads which in comparison to what most people can be considered niche. All in all I just wanted to say that the conclusion must be specific to what was tested.

i'll take them 2 years to reach where mac app devs are right now

Thanks for the comprehensive testing 💪 Which power profile did you use on the Surface machines? The "Best performance" profile is necessary to get the most out of these chips. I have a Surface Laptop with X Elite (X1E-80-100) for testing and found "Recommended" limits performance to around 60% of the max potential 😅

I'm seven minutes into this video and I can already hear his Apple fanboyness in his annoying whiny voice.🤦🏾‍♂️

Great and very thorough analysis. Although it is starting to get a bit old that 99.9% of YT videos cite creative work as the single source of professional use, while it's really one of the least use cases when it comes to business. A CEO who spends his day in mail and spreadsheets is a pro, even if he doesn't use Capture One. Same for the countless other people who basically just run their ERP in a browser window and the coder who types away in VS Code. Mind you, I do understand that you test the software you're familiar with, but the framing feels unnecessary.

So, don't buy if you use Lightroom?

One of best and honest reviews. Thank you

Some of us professionals hate using the MacOS, and I for one cant wait to switch back to a photography oriented laptop with more ports (USB-A and USB -C) but with powerful windows file management and UI in win11.

Another great review Art. Excellent! Keep up the great work man.

Great Review ! BenQ if you hear me, please release this screen in 4K+ 16:10 or 3:2 aspect ratio 🙏

Thanks for the review. This seems like a great display. I wish we had a 27" 16:10 ratio monitor in 4K resolution. I am using the SW240 since past couple of years and it's a solid display. I use Dci-P3 colour mode, but it's too saturated and high contrast. So, I have to reduce "vibrance" and contrast to have a soothing look. I wish the SW242Q was available back then. The jump in resolution and USB-C is really advantageous.

Can’t give them a pass because they are taking peoples money today. Don’t do the massive launch event if the hardware/firmware/software isn’t done. What a disaster.

This is going to help for alot of people.

Great content, thanks for putting this together

So basically X Elite with more power consumption, a fan is slightly faster than M3 with low power consumption, and no fan. The whole point of arm chip is power consumption and the X Elite power consumption is similar to low power x86 cpu defeats the purpose

Question regarding "If you get it looking great on a matte display, it will look amazing on a glossy display." One concern I have: if I get it to look good on the matte display, won't it look over-processed on a glossy display?

Do you know how much does and M3 pro cost vs what you pay for one of these X Elite machines? There is people like you out there who compare a Vision Pro to 400$ meta quest

So... I feel like this video should make much clearer that it is almost entirely based on results from Adobe programs. A company that has been incredibly slow to support ARM on Windows, and hasn't done a particularly great job at it. If you look at results from other programs, they are much better. Windows in general and productivity software run excellent on them, and the battery life is much improved. I certainly agree that if you are in Adobe programs 90% of the day, it's too early for Copilot+ machines to make sense. Likewise for gamers. But for many of the rest of us, these machines provide incredible performance in Windows with excellent battery life at a great price.

People who utilise multicore performance will not go either x elite or m3 they will look at more higher end

Nothing’s wrong with these SD X Elite, the software needs to catch up, those tested AI & HDR merge tasks need to be updated to use the NPU of the SoC, it’s bad right now I can only assume they’re running CPU only via Prism.

All the creative cloud apps work just fine, you just need to download them manually since they don't want you to use them.

It is really early for these machines, there will be a lot of updates coming in the next months. I don't think Apple will see this as "stiff" competition, but depending on what you use the computer for and what power plan you have loaded the Qualcomm X12 performs reasonably well, but I am not a creator, more your average power user using it for system administration. There will be updates to software, and I am happy with my big rig and use this laptop to enjoy some time in the sun room or deck. With the premium screen (120Hz) and the excellent support for external screens it has all I need (Laptop 7, 15" X12)

SSD: Okay, but you can adjust most of them. Samsung 990 Pro M.2 2280 SSD had 7600 read and 6900 write speeds. RAM: Not adjustable, but great speeds. 8440 Mhz/s. CPU: Excellent speeds and battery life. M chip Macbooks are #1, but Snapdragon X Elite chips are #2. GPU: Massive disappointment. This effects gaming and video editing. App compatible: Massive disappointment. Even old printers 🖨 don't synch.

even the x plus beat the m3 air. only in multhithread which is good. but their gpu is not great, can't wait for nvidia gpu jump in the arm wagon for windows!

Love to see your thorough and scientific approach to testing these machines.

Thanks a lot for the very professional review!

Would be nice to have these tests on some other workflows, maybe data oriented, not specifically adobe suite

Super interesting review. I bought the first ARM based Windows PC, the Surface RT. It worked for what I bought it for until only IE browser made it unusable, but watching how Microsoft seemingly didn't want ARM-based machines succeed I've stayed away from Windows on ARM since then. A lot have changed now, but they still don't look like mature products. I really hope that will change, but so far it looks like it will take another generation. I'd like to be surprised though and maybe software updates from Microsoft, Adobe and others can make this generation more competitive.

Another well done review. Although I did not plan to buy a Surface, but your tests clearly shows it is a little early to jump in. I feel the style of programming of Adobe and CaptureOne is different, thus the odd results. I think Apple did a good job try to get Adobe work nicely with its products, because they know photographers. Qualcomm does not know as much about the photographers needs, so the workloads could be off. CaptureOne may be more aligned with Qualcomm workload. This means there is a potential for Windows, or Qualcomm to optimize to Adobe. However, I don't know if that requires a new generation of chips or some kind of OS update. I agree with your conclusion, photographers should hold off jumping in, but we should keep an eye on it. More competition is always good for the customers.

couple of comments. first I don't see Adobe releasing an ARM version of LRC for windows. Also as you mentioned one thing is a "Native"app yet the apps have not been optimized. Here's the catch 22 in all of this app developers are going to wait and see how many Snapdragon systems actually sell and the flip side is buyers are waiting for more native / optimized apps.

excellent. I would like for Apple to hurry up and put M4 on all their machines. It's annoying to see non discounted M2 machines when the ipad runs the M4

Hi Art, I have some questions to ask. Thank you for your help. 1) I'm using Spyder X to calibrate my SW240. The Spyder X has a small flashing light. Should it flicker or not during calibration? Mine doesn't flicker during calibration. Is this normal? 2) What is 'xy' and u'v' in Pallet Master Ultimate software? Which one should I choose? 3) I select V4, Absolute Zero for black, gamma 2.2, white point 6500k, brightness 120 and Panel Native in the settings. Are they correct? 4) What is the black and white mode of the SW240 screen used for? Can it be interpreted as a black-and-white interpretation of a color image? Or should I stick with the b&w mode in Photoshop as a true black and white interpretation of a color image? 5) Can the black color of the screen background be considered Maximum Black? Can it be considered also the maximum black in Photoshop?

amazing video, instant sub! thanks!

How does one calibrate HDR using this, for example what should be chosen for gamma curve, when the only options are SDR such as 2.2, BT-1886, sRGB.

How can I have My Macbook pro sound?

Should I consider this model instead of BenQ EW3280U considering insignificant price difference between them? Pls suggest.

Always helpful, somehow went without using the calibrite software