Asus’ new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard

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Asus’ new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard

Asus’ new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard

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The new Zenbook Duo takes aim at Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i with a pair of 14-inch OLED displays for a total of 19.8 inches of screen real estate. 

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The Asus Zenbook Duo with its two 14-inch displays in Dual Screen mode.

Asus is back with another Zenbook Duo, the latest device in its range of dual-screened laptops. But rather than including a small secondary display above this laptop’s keyboard like previous Duos, the revamped version for 2024 has two equally sized 14-inch screens. They’re both OLED, with resolutions of up to 2880 x 1800, aspect ratios of 16:10, and a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz. Between them, they offer a total of 19.8 inches of usable screen real estate.

It’s a similar approach to the one Lenovo took with last year’s dual-screen Yoga Book 9i, albeit with a couple of tweaks. Like Lenovo, Asus gives you a choice of typing on the lower touchscreen via a virtual keyboard or by using a detachable physical Bluetooth keyboard. But what’s different here is that Asus’ keyboard has a trackpad built in, so you don’t have to use it in combination with an on-screen trackpad. 

Asus envisages you using the new Zenbook Duo in a few different configurations. There’s a standard laptop mode, where the bottom screen is entirely covered by a traditional keyboard and trackpad. Or you can rest the keyboard on your desk and have the two screens arranged vertically for “Dual Screen” mode or horizontally for “Desktop” mode. Finally, there’s “Sharing” mode, which has you ditch the keyboard entirely and lay the laptop down on a flat surface with both its screens facing up and away from each other, presumably so you can share your work with a colleague sitting across the desk from you.


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With its Bluetooth keyboard attached, you could almost mistake the Zenbook Duo for a regular laptop.

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Asus has built the laptop’s trackpad into its physical Bluetooth keyboard.

Naturally, having launched a year later than its competitor, the Asus Zenbook Duo is also packed with more modern hardware. It can be specced with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor and 32GB of RAM, up to 2TB of storage, and a 75Wh battery. Connectivity includes two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB-A port, HDMI out, and a 3.5mm jack, and the laptop can be used with Asus’ stylus. The Bluetooth keyboard is designed to be carried between the two screens when the laptop isn’t in use and can charge by attaching to pogo pins on the edges of the lower screen.


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Here’s how Dual Screen mode looks from the side.

The Zenbook Duo (2024) is just one of the many laptops Asus has at CES this year. Alongside it, the company has new Vivobook laptops, including the 15.6-inch Vivobook Pro 15 OLED, which can be specced with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor alongside a dedicated Nvidia RTX GPU as well as up to 24GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. It also has 15- and 16-inch Vivobook S series laptops, which are also available with OLED screens and come with a choice of the latest Intel and AMD processors but no mention of dedicated GPUs.

Finally, there’s a handful of TUF-branded gaming laptops, including new TUF Gaming F16, A16, and A15 models. The F16 has an Intel Core i7 13650HX processor and Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU, while the A16 gets you an AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX and RTX 4070. Both have a choice of 16-inch 165Hz LCD displays (though exact resolutions vary), up to 32GB RAM, and 2TB storage. Meanwhile, the smaller TUF Gaming A15 is available with an AMD Ryzen 8000-series processor with an RTX 4070 GPU, a 15-inch 2.5K LCD display with a 165Hz refresh rate, up to 32GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage. All three laptops can be upgraded with more RAM and storage.

The Zenbook Duo (2024) is expected to start at $1,499 in the US, while in the UK and Europe prices start at £1,699.99 and €2,099.99. Meanwhile, in the UK, the Vivobook Pro 15 OLED and Vivobook S series will start at £1,599.99 (around $2,034) and £999.99 (around $1,271) respectively (we’ve followed up for official US pricing information).

Update January 10th, 3:21AM ET: Updated with US pricing and release information for the Zenbook Duo.


到府收購蘋果推出升級為 M3 晶片的新一代MacBook Air。包括13、15吋兩尺寸,新款沒有漲價,13吋售價35,900元起、15吋則42,900元起,台灣正式開賣時間尚未公布。(圖/Apple)

蘋果推出搭載M3晶片的新一代MacBook Air系列、13吋與15吋兩款
到府收購筆電機型,已於上週五(3/8)率先於美國及28個國家上市,台灣上市開賣日期目前還尚未公布。

據國外 YouTube 頻道《Max Tech》在取得13吋的M3版MacBook Air
到府收購筆電後,於最新發佈的實機拆解影片中指出,蘋果除了為MacBook Air換上了效能運算速度更強大的M3晶片之外,同時並針對內建SSD硬碟的讀取寫入速度性能,帶來了比前代M2版明顯有感提升的升級體驗。

其主要的關鍵之處在於,在拆解 M3版MacBook Air 機身內部的過程中,發現到蘋果此次改回採用以兩顆128GB SSD 晶片組成的架構,當在啟用文件檔案的讀寫速度時,兩枚晶片可同時處理請求,得已發揮更快的讀寫傳輸效率。

對比前代M2版僅使用一顆256GB SSD晶片,以運行5GB文件檔案為例,《Max Tech》實測數據結果顯示,M3版的MacBook Air 於寫入速度方面,比M2版提升33%。此外,在讀取速度則是比M2版最高提升高達82%。

對此,外媒9to5Mac報導表示,蘋果在2022年推出的M2版MacBook Air時,曾因採用一顆256GB的SSD硬碟晶片的作法,在執行處理檔案容量較大的影片檔時,讀取寫入速度性能因比M1版MacBook Air(採兩顆SSD晶片)要來得慢,遭受到不少用戶的詬病。此次,新一代M3版MacBook Air因蘋果再度重新回歸、用上兩顆SSD晶片的架構,此舉也讓SSD的讀寫速度性能獲得提升。

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