ASUS ZENBOOK PRO DUO REVIEW: TWO-SCREEN DREAM

WAS SKEPTICAL WHEN I FIRST STARTED USING THE ZENBOOK PRO DUO

When everything works right, moving things down to the ScreenPad Plus is as straightforward as hauling a window down to an outside presentation (with the distinction, obviously, being that the showcase isn't generally "outer" here). Asus likewise has some custom programming that will offer a simplified problem area when you're moving a window around to consequently send it to the lower show. Finally, there are physical equipment fastens that take into account rapidly swapping the whole substance of the upper and lower screens or to incapacitate the ScreenPad Plus completely.

My typical arrangement when working with the ZenBook Pro Duo was to have my top showcase completely drawn in with whatever undertaking I was doing (like, say, composing this survey), with Slack, Twitter, and iTunes windows open on the ScreenPad. That way, they're off the beaten path enough that I could center, yet they're in that spot for fast looks to ensure I wasn't missing anything significant.

It's extraordinary for diversion, as well: I could put a full-screen Netflix or YouTube video up on the principle board, while as yet having the option to peruse web based life, talk with companions, and even look into the name of that entertainer I couldn't recall without wrecking the stream.

Because of the ungainly angle proportion of the ScreenPad Plus, utilizing it for various applications one after another is for all intents and purposes basic. Having three windows open would in general be my favored arrangement, with two at a flat out least. Put a solitary window down there and boost it, and it looks kind of strange, regardless of what substance it is. The drawback is that in the event that you are parting your showcase into three, you'll likewise need to contract the textual style down to get any usable measures of content.

THE WHOLE SETUP IS SURPRISINGLY USEFUL

It's not impeccable using any and all means. I kept running into issues where the ScreenPad would out and out not turn on when waking the PC, and the product that Asus uses to oversee applications and windows isn't exactly there yet. I had regular issues where windows would lose their set widths or neglect to snap to their areas or Asus' dispatch just wouldn't close.

I'm additionally not sold on the ergonomics of the ScreenPad. Indeed, even with the additional couple of degrees that the screen pivot (which lifts the whole back of the base of the workstation off a work area) gives, it's out and out hard to peruse the frustratingly level presentation, particularly if your office has a great deal of overhead lighting. I frequently ended up extending my neck and chest area over the PC just to peruse a Slack message, which likely isn't the best thing for my stance.

I don't know what a decent arrangement is here: raise the edge significantly higher, and the console winds up difficult to utilize, even with an included palm rest. Perhaps something like Intel's wild double pivot Honeycomb Glacier idea is the appropriate response. In any case, up until this point, no organization has made a generation workstation like that yet. In any case, it's a charming method to utilize a workstation, one that I trust different organizations will keep on investigating going ahead.