Asus is the most recent PC maker to unveil a dual-screen laptop computer.
At CES 2024, Asus unveiled its new Zenbook Duo, a laptop computer with two 14-inch 3K OLED shows powered by Intel’s newest chips, as much as the Core Extremely 9. Together with two screens, the Duo has a removable Bluetooth ‘ErgoSense’ keyboard and touchpad for typing. Like different dual-screen laptops, the Zenbook Duo can be utilized in a wide range of kind elements, together with like a daily clamshell laptop computer, a ‘desktop’ mode with the 2 screens oriented side-by-side and extra.
Together with the Core Extremely 9, the Zenbook Duo sports activities as much as 32GB of RAM and as much as 1TB of SSD storage, making it a powerhouse. And because of the brand new Intel chip, the Zenbook Duo options onboard AI capabilities, too. I’m excited by seeing how the Zenbook Duo stacks as much as one thing like Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i.
Whereas the Duo definitely stole the present, Asus unveiled a number of different units too. That features the Zenbook 14 OLED (which I wrote about earlier this year) and a brand new AMD model of the laptop computer, the super-slim Zenbook S 13 OLED, the Vivobook Professional 15 OLED and Vivobook S sequence, and a brand new high-performance TUF Gaming lineup.
The Zenbook S 13 sports activities a brand new Intel Core Extremely 7 chip in an ultraportable chassis with a 1cm profile that weighs in at 1kg. The laptop computer sports activities as much as 16GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and is made with post-industrial recycled magnesium-aluminum alloy and eco-friendly ‘plasma ceramic aluminum.’
Asus TUF Gaming sequence
Asus’ Vivobook Professional 15 OLED additionally sports activities Intel’s new Core Extremely 7 chip together with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop computer GPU with low-latency MUX swap, 16GB RAM, an a 1TB SSD. The Vivobook Professional 15 sports activities Asus’ ‘IceCool Professional’ cooling tech and a 120Hz OLED panel. Becoming a member of the Vivobook Professional are three Vivobook S laptops at 14-, 15.6- and 16-inch sizes. The Vivobook S sequence consists of AMD Ryzen 8040 and Intel Core Extremely chip choices and a novel reminiscence allocation function that lets customers dedicate as much as 8GB of reminiscence to the built-in GPU.
Lastly, the TUF Gaming laptops embrace the F16, A16, and A15 laptops. The F16 sports activities an Intel Core i7 13650HX, whereas the A16 sports activities a Ryzen 9 7940HX CPU. Each embrace an RTX 4060 Laptop computer GPU. The A15 additionally sports activities Ryzen 8000-series CPU choices and RTX 40-series Laptop computer GPU.
Canadian pricing and availability
- Asus Zenbook Duo – Obtainable on the Asus eShop beginning February 2024 beginning at $2,199, with extra fashions to return later within the yr.
- Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED – Obtainable on the finish of Q1 2024 on the Asus eShop and at choose retail companions for $1,599.
- Asus Vivobook Professional 15 OLED – Obtainable beginning in Q1 2024 on the Asus eShop and at choose retail companions beginning at $1,999.
- Asus Vivobook S sequence – Obtainable later in Q2 2024 on the Asus eShop, no beginning value shared.
- Asus TUF Gaming F16, A16, and A15 – Avaialable in late Q1 2024 on the Asus eShop and at choose retail companions, no pricing shared.
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