Taipei, Taiwan, May 27th, 2019 — ASUS recently announced ZenBook Pro Duo (UX581), a groundbreaking laptop featuring the new ASUS ScreenPad™ Plus, a revolutionary 14-inch full-width secondary touchscreen that expands and enhances the interactive capabilities offered by the original ASUS ScreenPad.
The reveal definitely excites me for someone who have been video editing for a long time, having this kind of laptop would greatly benefit me and the likes who requires working on more screen space offering endless creative possibilities as well as allowing productivity-enhancing workflows and easy multitasking.
The ScreenPad Plus integrates seamlessly with the primary display, and the built-in ScreenXpert software includes a wide selection of useful apps, tools and utilities that allow users to easily enjoy the efficiency benefits of ScreenPad Plus. These include handy quick controls such as App Switcher, ViewMax and App Navigator that enable intuitive interactions and easy cross-screen referencing between the main display and ScreenPad Plus. Task Group lets users lock instantly into work mode by opening multiple tasks with a single touch.
Users can also drag discrete apps, toolbars or menus onto ScreenPad Plus to reduce clutter on the main screen and enhance work efficiency. Creators can dock their tools such as video previews, timeline controls, code windows or audio mixer panels onto ScreenPad Plus to optimize their workflow. Social communications apps placed on ScreenPad Plus allow users to keep up to date and respond instantly to messages while working, without having to switch between windows.
Here’s a quick specs of ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo (UX581)
- Up to 9th Generation Intel® Core™ processors
- Up to 32GB RAM
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 GPU,
- Up to a 1TB PCIe® 3.0 x4 SSD
- Intel Wi-Fi 6 with Gig+ (802.11ax)
- Full set of I/O ports includes a Thunderbolt™ 3-enabled USB Type-C™ (USB-C™) port.
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) OLED touchscreen
- 4K (3840 x 1100) ScreenPad Plus
- ASUS NumberPad dual-function touchpad
The full-width, high-resolution 32:9 aspect-ratio touchscreen sits directly above the laptop’s keyboard, providing a greatly enlarged visual workspace while preserving the standard laptop form factor.
ZenBook Pro Duo features the latest version of the ASUS NumberPad, an LED-illuminated numeric keypad integrated into the touchpad. There’s also Amazon Alexa voice support, with a dedicated light bar at the front of the laptop that illuminates to indicate it’s listening.
Using the bundled stylus — or any other active stylus — enables yet another layer of interactivity for users, with ScreenPad Plus offering a superbly stable platform for writing or drawing. A bundled deluxe palm rest enhances the ErgoLift tilting keyboard design even further for the most comfortable drawing or typing experience ever.
The brand new Celestial Blue color also gives ZenBook Pro Duo a sophisticated air of timeless innovation. It’s also decorated with a unique asymmetric version of the iconic Zen-inspired spun-metal finish: an intriguing design detail that gives ZenBook Pro Duo a totally unmistakable identity.
Meet the Family: ZenBook Duo (UX481)
For users requiring a smaller and more affordable ScreenPad Plus laptop, the ultraportable 14-inch ZenBook Duo (UX481) is the perfect choice. It supports the same great ScreenPad Plus features as its larger sibling, but in a lighter and smaller chassis. Powered by up to an Intel Core i7 processor and GeForce MX250 graphics, it has an FHD NanoEdge display and an FHD ScreenPad Plus.
*Prices and availability in the Philippines will be announce really soon.
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