Completing the package are a pair of Thunderbolt 3-compatible USB-C ports, a full-size USB 3.1 port, HDMI output, WiFi 6, a 90Wh battery and, of course, that second screen. This time, ASUS went with a larger 14-inch 4K panel to serve as the ScreenPad – more on that in a bit. Of course, the large amount of things that ASUS has compressed into this thing means that it may be more suitable for sitting in one place – it only weighs a hair of less than 5.3 pounds.
For those looking for something a little more portable, there is the ZenBook Duo 14 and its 1080p 14-inch touchscreen. It is not as powerful as its big brother, although you can configure it very well anyway – it comes with Intel’s integrated Xe graphics card, but you can choose an NVIDIA GeForce MX450, and you can choose a Core i5 -1135G7 or one of the 11th generation Intel 17-1165G7 processors. The Duo 14 also comes with up to 32 GB of LPDDR4x RAM, up to 1 GB of storage, two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports, a full-size USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, HDMI output and a microSD card slot.
ASUS put it all together with a 70Wh battery in a body that weighs just over 3.5 pounds. This may be worth it if you’re a fan of the 12.6-inch ScreenPad Plus screen just above the keyboard.
Now, on the second screens. One of the big shocks against the original ZenBook Duo and the Pro Duo’s secondary screens was the way they were oriented – they were aligned with the rest of the laptop’s bodies, and although the bottom half of these machines were tilted slightly upwards, it can still be difficult to see ScreenPad Plus at a glance. Not this time. On both new ZenBook Duo models, the ScreenPad itself rotates upward to sit a little cleaner in the line of your eyes – think of a 9.5 degree angle for the Pro Duo and a 7 degree angle for the smaller Duo .