CES 2024: ASUS ZenBook Duo Goes Nuts with Literally Two 16:10 Displays
Jan. 10, 2024Instead of redesigning the previous version, Asus has taken a hint fromLenovo’s Dual Screenlaptop design, which we have used before. Now, two dedicated displays make up the ZenBook Duo.
The Ergosense keyboard and touchpad are available to the user in a physical formseparatefrom the laptop, so they technically work via Bluetooth instead of a wired, internal connection.
The ZenBook Duo packs dual 14-inch OLED Panels with 3K resolution(2880×1800) and a120Hz refresh rate. The bezels are quite slim, and the laptop has a 91% screen-to-body ratio, according to Asus.
This bringsIntel’s NPUfor accelerating AI on the device. The inbuiltIntel Arc graphicsalso accelerates performance in graphics-intensive workloads and even features hardware-based ray tracing support. The laptop is alsoIntel Evocertified.
For RAM, the new Asus ZenBook Duo usesLPDDR5memory with up to 32GB capacity. The memory speed is an astonishing7467MHz. Storage options go up to2TBof NVMe Gen4. The laptop comes with Wi-Fi 6E. The battery is a modest 75WHrs, and the laptop weighs 1.65kg, which is quite portable given the amount of hardware here.
The laptop camera is an FHD one, also supporting Windows Hello for a quick login to your PC. Speaking of the port selection, it has 2x Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C ports supporting power delivery. There is also 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, and also a 3.5mm headset port.
Overall, it is a great laptop with little to no compromises. However, I do not think everyone will love this design. The previous-gen ZenBook Duo offered everything in one package, and this new one separates the keyboard and mouse using up all the space of theactual laptopfor its dual displays.
Speaking of price, the entry-level variant starts at$1499with a Core Ultra 5 125H processor paired with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 1080p displays.
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