Asus Zenbook Pro Duo Review

Introduction

These days, everyone wants to get their hands on a prosumer laptop, whether it’s a MacBook Pro or a Dell XPS 15. However, Asus has taken a different route here, more specifically with its new Asus Zenbook Pro Duo has taken laptops to a whole new level with a second “Screenpad Plus” display above the keyboard. With Intel i9 and Nvidia RTX 2060, this laptop is a beast with a unique design.

Price

As of now, no price information is available about this laptop, However according to reports, it will start shipping in July itself. Though it is pretty obvious that with the kind of specs it’s packed with, it will be a pretty expensive piece of technology.

Display

A first glance at the Zenbook pro duo , you’ll be immediately struck by a stylish finish and a premium design construction. The body is all aluminium to make more sturdy and increase its durability. Though what makes it unique is the second screen that stands out the most. This screen is a 14-inch 4k panel. This screen has a lot of uses, For example, the photoshop users can use this screen as a control centre to access various tools and improve productivity. For gamers, this screen can be used to display stream chat or a view of there ongoing recording. Moreover, this screen also has the support for the stylus which designers may find interesting. Apart from that the whole structure of this laptop also has ergonomic improvement to ensure a comfortable position while you are using it.

Performance

The Zenbook pro duo has up to an 8-core Intel Core i9 processor paired with RTX 2060 GPU and 32 GB of RAM. Furthermore, it also has 4 microphones and an echo style blue light that activates on voice command. Besides this, it has one thunderbolt 3 port, 2 USB- A ports, a full-sized HDMI port and a headphone jack. Given the amount of internals it has, it’s fairly a heavy laptop at 2.5 kg. Overall it’s certainly going to be a fairly expensive laptop whenever it launches. However, with this kind of hardware internals, it does make it pretty reasonable. Furthermore its also exciting to see another company apart from apple to move forward with a new approach towards a secondary panel for increased productivity.

Key Specifications –

• Screen
 – 15.6 inch 3840×2160 resolution display
• Processor
 – intel i9, 8-core processor
• RAM
 – 32 GB
• Internal Storage
 – 1 TB SSD
• Weight
 – 2.5 Kg
• Graphics – 6 GB Nvidia RTX 2060
• OS
 – Windows 10