For example, you could drag an email app to the bottom screen and have it open, so you can keep an eye on incoming messages while freeing up the main screen for other applications.Īs the Screenpad Plus is a touchscreen, you can use your fingers to move or select open apps, or use the included Asus Pen stylus, essentially turning the Screenpad Plus into a drawing tablet – making it a tempting choice for digital artists.Īsus has also included its own software that can be used with the Screenpad Plus. The 3,840 x 1,100 resolution means that apps can feel a little cramped, and they may resize themselves when brought down from the 3,840 x 2,160 screen above, but it works quite well. It means you can easily drag windows and apps down onto the Screenpad Plus and display them there. Windows 10 treats the Screenpad Plus as a second monitor, so when you drag the mouse cursor to the bottom of the top screen, it will then appear on the bottom screen – and the reverse happens when you move the mouse to the top of the second screen.Ī special menu gives you access to apps and settings for the Screenpad Plus (Image credit: Future) You can increase the default brightness of the screen to better match the top screen, but it still can’t reach the heights of the larger display. The fact that the top screen is so good – especially when it comes to brightness and vibrancy – means that the second Screenpad Plus screen looks a bit dull in comparison. ![]() ![]() The 5mm thin bezels on either side gives the ZenBook Pro Duo a more modern feel (despite the thickness elsewhere) and ensures the upper screen remains the main focal point. The top screen is a gorgeous looking 15.6-inch 4K OLED touchscreen, and that OLED technology coupled with the 3,840 x 2,160 resolution results in simply stunning image quality.Ĭolors are vibrant and contrast is excellent, and the top screen alone means this is a laptop that you should consider if you’re looking for a machine to edit photos and videos on. The dual screen setup of the ZenBook Pro Duo is by far its biggest selling point, and its most noticeable feature. You can use the second screen to write and doodle on (Image credit: Future) Are two screens better than one? It’s a layout similar to Asus’ ROG Zephyrus gaming laptops, like the Asus ROG Zephyrus S GX531GX, so we’re sort of used to it, but if you’ve never used a laptop in that position before, it might be a bit strange at first. While this allows you to move almost seamlessly between the upper and lower screens, it does result in the keyboard being pushed further down, to the front of the bottom half of the laptop. The screen, which has a 14-inch diagonal size and 3,840 x 1,100 resolution, is placed directly below the main screen. Forget the slim Touch Bar of the MacBook Pro, the ScreenPad Plus is an impressive addition. That second screen is the main reason why, on opening the laptop, the ZenBook Pro Duo feels like a futuristic laptop, despite its size and weight. ![]() So, the extra weight and size has to be down to the second screen, and it means that it’ll have to demonstrate that it’s a useful addition that makes the compromise to size worthwhile. The extra size and weight (Image credit: Future)Īsus can’t blame the size of the laptop on the powerful components of the ZenBook Pro Duo, as professional laptops like the MacBook Pro have demonstrated, you’re still able to have a powerful pro laptop that’s thin and light. The MacBook Pro comes closest with its Touch Bar, but as we mentioned earlier, it’s no competition. Those two laptops come with similar specs – though its worth noting that neither have a secondary 4K screen like the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo. While these specs make the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo a pretty decent gaming laptop, Asus has definitely pitched this at professionals – especially creatives, and the price is pretty comparable with the 15-inch MacBook Pro ($2,399/£2,399/AU$3,499) and Razer Blade Pro 17 ($2,499.99/£2,399.99/ AU$4,299). ![]() We’re following up with Asus to get official Australian prices.īoth models come with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU, a 15.6-inch OLED 4K touchscreen, a choice of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB of RAM (your choice here will raise the price of the laptop) and up to 1TB SSD storage.īoth units also have the 14-inch 4K ScreenPad Plus. Meanwhile, there’s also a version with an 8-core Intel Core i9-9980HK processor, and that sells for $3,299 (£2,999, around AU$4,900). For the model with a 6-core Intel Core i7-9750H processor, the price is $2,699 (£2,499, around AU$4,000).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |