Dual Screen, Perfected?

For notebooks, the most common trade-off is between display size and portability. ASUS, however, appears to have broken this immutable rule with the Zenbook Duo UX8406.

- KENNY YEO

I found that it has all the benefits that you'd think a dual-display notebook would have but with nearly none of the usual drawbacks.. What's incredible is that despite having two displays and a fullsize keyboard, the new Zenbook Duo UX8406 remains truly portable. Sure, at 19mm it's a little chunky, but it only weighs 1.35kg - that's about the same as a 13-inch MacBook Air and about 400g lighter than its predecessor. The twin displays are impressive to look at. Both are 14-inch OLED displays with a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800 pixels and a high refresh rate of 120Hz. They are also Pantone-validated and support 100% of the DCI-P3 colour space. When combined, form a display size almost 20 inches across that can be used either in landscape or portrait modes. You can use the two displays in a few ways. My favourite is Dual Screen Mode, which makes use of the integrated kickstand to elevate the notebook so that you can put its two displays one top of the other in landscape orientation. I only wish you could attach the detachable keyboard to the bottom of the notebook and elevate it so that you can type at an angle – like how Microsoft’s Type Cover keyboards work with Surface Pros.