Asus Zenbook Duo (2024) review: A fun way to boost your productivity
₹1,59,990, the Zenbook Duo offers fantastic value. The top-end variant, which I reviewed, maxes out at ₹2,39,990. Nonetheless, it’s a good price for a laptop of this stature.
Asus has taken a leaf out of Apple’s playbook. Wait and watch, and then attack. While Asus has tinkered with dual-screen laptops, it’s never launched a device like the Zenbook Duo (2024).
This laptop has a robust hinge, a physical (and removable) keyboard, and two gorgeous OLED displays. Here’s another use case scenario. You’re a journalist with a side hustle of trading the stock market.
The two screens come in handy as you can just have the chart up on screen, while you finish your article on the other screen. The Zenbook Duo, when closed, looks like any other 14-inch laptop, with a good selection of ports. There are two Thunderbolt 4 ports, one USB 3.2 Type-A, a full-size HDMI 2.1 jack and even a 3.5-mm audio jack.
The laptop may be a little chunky, but it isn’t bulky, weighing 3.6 pounds and measuring 0.78 inches thick. For comparison, the brand-new Dell XPS 14 weighs 3.7 pounds and is 0.71 inches thick, with just a single display. The magic unfolds when you look at the keyboard magnetically attached to the chassis.
Pull the keyboard away and the screen real estate is doubled. The two screens are gorgeous, and they can be used in several modes. If you’ve ever seen/used a Microsoft Surface device then the kickstand will not be new to you.
The laptop kickstand here is solid and unnoticeable when closed. It allows the screens to be used as a portable dual-monitor set-up. There’s the stacked setup, with one display above the other, and this is the one I used the most.
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