![]() While the battery life is generally excellent, the second display will cut into your time away from an outlet. There are a couple of other things to be aware of. The hinge lifts the keyboard at the back. The raised back end of the keyboard helps here, though, as my wrists more comfortably rested on my desk while typing. Also, since it is at the bottom, there is no keyboard deck and, hence, no palm rests. It does have a couple of keys that are reduced, like the Enter and Backspace. ![]() The keyboard feels a bit cramped to me, but it might just be that it feels like I'm being shoved to the left by the touchpad. Desktop users or anyone using a mouse regularly will have an easier time of it. If you're moving to the Duo 14 from a typical laptop layout with the keyboard at the top and the touchpad at the bottom, muscle memory will not be your friend. And there's the matter of it being to the left of the keyboard. First, the touchpad is small and narrow and I frequently hit the right arrow key instead of the touchpad's left button. The trade-off for the extra display, though, is the keyboard and touchpad. The keyboard and touchpad certainly feel cramped compared to a normal 14-inch laptop. Even if you never use it for anything other than seeing messages that come in or changing your music, it's nice not to have to constantly switch between windows when you're working. The 12.6-inch display turned out to be handier to have than I initially thought. Even if you're not using Adobe apps, the ScreenPad is a great place to put tool palettes for other creative software. It's sort of like a supersized Touch Bar on a MacBook Pro, but considerably more useful and with greater flexibility. Open Photoshop, for example, and it'll load a tool deck of your own design on the ScreenPad. I was a bit worried about putting too much pressure on the ScreenPad with my hand while writing but the metal hinges held firm and you can easily disable both the touchpad and keyboard while you use it.Īlthough the hinge design lifts the rear of the laptop up some, Asus also includes an attachable stand to lift it even higher that folds flat when not in use.Ī new Control Panel app for the ScreenPad Plus gives you customizable dial, slider and button decks for Adobe Creative Cloud apps. You can also write on it with the included active pen if you need to jot down a quick note, sign a document or just want to doodle. You can, for example, launch a number pad or, with a three-finger tap, turn it into a giant touchpad. There's also a dedicated button above the touchpad to move windows up and down.Īsus also has a bunch of utilities for the ScreenPad Plus available through an onscreen touch bar. You can also flick windows between screens with your fingertip, which is kind of fun. Asus' ScreenXpert 2.0 software can automatically resize up to three windows on the ScreenPad to fit evenly across it. For instance, I put Slack, Outlook and Spotify on the ScreenPad Plus while I worked on the main display. ![]() It's great for anything you'd typically lose sight of while you're working on something full screen on the main display. Windows recognizes the ScreenPad Plus as a second display, so you can use it for whatever you would use a second screen for. It's not seamless, but because the frames on both screens are slim, it's similar to working with two external displays side by side.Īpp windows can flow from the top display to the bottom. It gives you a better viewing angle but also increases airflow and creates a smaller gap between it and the main display. Now, with its new hinge design, the screen angles up to 7 degrees. On the Duo 14's predecessor, the smaller screen, officially called ScreenPad Plus, was flat on the body so you had to crane your neck some to use it. Both panels have a 400-nit brightness, but the 12.6-inch screen has a matte finish and looks a little dim by comparison unless you're looking straight down on it. The Duo 14 has a 14-inch, 1,920x1,080-pixel touchscreen paired with a 12.6-inch, 1,920x515-pixel touchscreen. Thunderbolt 4 USB-C (x2), USB-A (3.2 Gen 1), HDMI 1.4, 3.5mm audio jack, microSD card slot ![]() IEEE 802.11 a/g/n/ac/ax wireless, Bluetooth 5.0
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