Lastly, let’s see what’s on the bottom panel on this notebook. Another possible downside for drawing our sketching would be the super-wide aspect ratio.
In our experience, however, the pressure detection of either the Pen or the display is a little narrow.
#Zenbook duo software#
Additionally, the manufacturer states that it has worked closely with Corel in order to optimize their pixel, vector and motion-manipulating software for the ScreenPad Plus. What is great about it is that it works with ASUS’s dedicated Pen. You can assign shortcut icons, use it for multitasking, transform handwriting into digital text, and more importantly (for content creators), put your toolbars, timelines or even working boards on it, so you can do whatever you need. In terms of versatility, you can do practically everything on this display.
The second display works best in “Extended” mode, but you can also duplicate your screens or use them only by itself. On the bright side, the accuracy is great, as are its dedicated buttons. It is a kind of weird navigation with a portrait-oriented touchpad through a landscape-oriented screen. However, that doesn’t make it more comfortable. So, it is definitely not the first laptop we’ve seen with it, as there are a bunch of gaming notebooks out there that share the same principle. Moreover, the location of the touchpad is horrendous. Additionally, despite the good size of the arrow keys, they are just crammed in the other ones, making it difficult to press the proper one without taking a peek at the keyboard. Not to mention the time you would need to get used to this keyboard. This results in a quite unnatural positioning of the wrist, which leads to exhaustion. It all starts from the location.Įven though it has a good tilt, the proximity to the bottommost part of the laptop is just too tiny. While it is a very decent board with a bright backlight, good key travel, and clicky feedback, we don’t think it is particularly comfortable. Let’s give you a quick tour of the keyboard and then we are going to discuss the second display.
Then at the base, is where the magic happens. By the way, not only has ASUS provided enough space for a camera above the display, but it also has IR face recognition sensors inside of it. Because of that, this laptop is one of the few ZenBook devices that cannot be opened with a single hand. One of them is the redesigned ErgoLift hinge, that now gives the laptop a tilt of 5.5 degrees, which is quite drastic when you view the laptop from the side. We mentioned that this laptop has some extra features. Hence, the laptop has a height of 20mm, yet it weighs only 1.50 kg. However, in order to fit everything inside this chassis, they had to make it slightly bulkier than what we are used to when we see a ZenBook. It incorporates aluminum predominantly in its body, while obviously the second half of the base is covered by glass. In terms of build quality, the ZenBook Duo UX481 is built like a tank. You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: However, let’s keep some of the details for later. It comes with the latest Comet Lake CPUs from Intel and can be fitted with a GeForce MX250. There is more to it than “just” the ScreenPad Plus. In fact, it is exactly the same length as the main 14-inch display and thanks to some software enhancements it should work super intuitively and seamlessly in combination with the main panel itself. It takes the entire top half of the base of the device and measures 12.7″ in size. In fact, it rethinks the way laptops work, as it includes a beefed-up version of the ScreenPad – the ScreenPad Plus. They were too little and their options were too limited. Amongst laptops that have second displays (like the HP Omen X 2S) or use their touchpads as an additional screen – as ASUS’ own ZenBooks all of them had a certain flaw. However, little did we know what the ZenBook Duo UX481 was about to offer us. With the last ZenBooks we tested, we told you that ASUS is bringing the innovation game to another level.
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