Asus has retained the dual-screen concept with the new Zenbook Pro 14 Duo that features a fast 120 Hz OLED display and a new Alder Lake H processor from Intel. Optionally, there are also models with dedicated GeForce RTX graphics cards, but our test device only comes with the integrated GPU.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-Pro-14-Duo-in-review-Dual-screen-laptop-with-a-fast-120-Hz-OLED-display.625739.0.html
It is nice to see that they matched the horizontal resolution of the displays. They missed that detail on one of the 16" models, with 2560 connected to 3840. That would be less big of a deal if Windows released a patch to make extended display setups and their configurations properly account for DPI scaling settings from an alignment perspective, but having them match is probably better either way. In any case, it's a shame the particular matte finish they used makes the bottom display look so grainy. I can only imagine they did that because the display points straight up towards the sun or ceiling lights.
Secondly, this OLED+LCD setup might also bring one of Windows' small but noticeable visual bugs to light: when the taskbar is set to auto-hide, using the mouse cursor to reveal it can cause it to temporarily show up on the top of the screen below, which is a bit cheap feeling from a UI perspective. With the OLED, users might set the taskbar to auto-hide to improve longevity -- if it isn't already set that way out of the box. (Or one could just set the bottom display as primary so that it shows up there instead).
Hi,
Thanks for a detail review. I am wondering how do you compare this model with ZenBook Pro Duo UX582? Specially from display and thermal perspective. You mentioned poor image quality on the ScreenPad Plus; is it also true for the UX582 model? Is the 120 Hz main display much better than previous one if not for gaming? Also, is the new hinge design better? Thanks!