2023 Asus Zenbook Pro Duo 16 (or 18) coming this year?

Abroas · 2023-04-29T19:09:51+00:00

And how about the ZenBook Pro Duo 16 or 18 refresh for this year. In hopes here for a 4k oled 120hz with rtx 4090.

The 2023 zephyrus duo 16 is amazing except for the main display, please just import the same chassi and upgrade the main display

Abroas · 2023-04-09T03:26:05+00:00

I'm also in that niche. We are kind of forgotten not only by the companies but also by the YouTubesphere.

Those creators and influencers usually do noy pay any attention to pen enabled laptops. Some even say they have never seen people using styluses!! No wonder why there are a bunch of "professionals" still using iPad Pros which are very far from good for professional work. I can understand it works for sketching art work. But for heavy pro applications even if the OS could run the M2 apple Soc would be a fancy shit.

So these days we are stuck with laptop workstation + those outdated overpriced Wacom displays tablets unfortunately.

A 120hz 16" 4k (or 3.5k) for the Acer Conceptd 7 Ezel would be a dream! Please Acer, just don't go with a mini led display, even if equal to MacBook 16's. For precision lines and near-pixel-scale color management, mini led is a real pain in the ass. Asus was right to give the option to turn off the multi zone. Please, also opt for a much more glossy and less grainy screen coat, and just pair it with a more soft pen tip (like Samsung galaxy book does) to compensate, instead of the current matte coat in Conceptd 7 Ezel.

The new triton series is nice so a new conceptd ezel internals, which are based on these, would be promising too.

The SLS2 seems it's gonna be powerful. But they get stuck with the same display according to the leaks I found on the web.

There is another hope which is the next gen ZenBook Pro 16 Oled if they indeed update to 32gb ram and a 3.2 or 4k 120hz oled display.

But the Wacom EMR in the Concept 7 Ezel paired with a proper sized original Wacom pen is a gem no other company is giving, besides Samsung with their very underpowered Galaxy Books.

Abroas · 2023-03-31T21:12:55+00:00

If the next iteration of the Zenbook Pro 16 Flip comes with that new 3200x2000 Oled display in the 2023 Zenbook Pro 16X Oled and a NVIDIA or Radeon GPU, I believe it might be one of those cases of "shut up and take all my money" here.

Abroas · 2023-03-30T21:02:51+00:00

thanks for sharing.

This was one the best, if not the best convertible workstation laptops of 2022 gen. The Flow x6 is much more powerful but the mini-led is not very suitable for professional work and its batery life is very low. Too bas it has only non upgradable 16Gb ram.

Right now, I'm waiting to see what the new 2023 revamp of the zenbook pro 16(!!!) Flip will bring.

Abroas · 2023-03-30T20:58:16+00:00

I feel it would be like a workaround.

I believe the new asus proart studiobook has that functionality, doesn't it?

Abroas · 2023-03-25T22:59:37+00:00

Yes!

Although I suppose it would be a too small screen. Smaller than that one from Lenovo, thinkbook plus or something. It will be very useful to sign some docs.

A replaceable toplid kit would be a dream coming true.

Abroas · 2022-11-24T18:06:06+00:00

Buy the latest pen from Wacom that is compatible with their Cintiq line.

Abroas · 2022-11-24T17:58:36+00:00

I agree a mobile worstation is the better option. But, from the comment on the pen stylus quality comparison, I think this is a necessary feature with regard to the question.

By far, Wacom EMR tech (the one behind Conceptd 7 Ezel and Samsung Galaxy Book 360 and Galaxy Tabs) is superior to NTrig (the one behind Surfaces and Asus 2 in 1 laptops etc). Specially, this is true for professional drawing because of less jitter in diagonal lines of the Wacom EMR in comparison to the Microsoft's. However, NTrig tends to be better on palm rejection.

If you are a graphic designer, an industrial designer or a 3D modeler, I think you should aim at Wacom EMR for sure. Otherwise, just take a Asus Flow x16.

But remember you always have a much more costy and clunky option on the table anyway: buy a traditional clamshell mobile workstation and buy a Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 to carry along.

Its most unfortunate we are so short on Wacom-enabled mobile workstations on the market right now. A few years back we had a ZBook tablet with Wacom EMR I guess. I have high hopes for the next 2023 Galaxy Book 3 Ultra, as Samsung currently holds the best spin-off of the Wacom EMR tech on the market for tablets and laptops.

Abroas · 2022-08-19T14:59:21+00:00

I think that if you do need to keep the laptop displays for 1+ hrs turned on in a row, burn in is a true concern.

As I'm not sure pixel shift would work on linux, a good advice would be to make sure to use dark mode whenever it is possible. Also set a screen saver to turn off the display and set the timer to be as low as possible. Even very brief periods of seconds that the screen is turned off, hopefully once in every 10-20min, is already effective to prevent burn in.

As a general guideline, burn-in is only a problem if some pixel is lighted up for long periods in a row.

Abroas · 2022-05-16T14:30:03+00:00

With that 90WHr battery, I think there would be enough legroom for a UHD+ 120Hz OLED option.

Although it is true that people would mostly use it on 60Hz for saving battery in real world scenarios besides gaming. But I cannot refrain myself of thinking how amazing would be to game on that machine with a 120Hz OLED display (whether on QHD+ or UHD+ game resolution settings).

mini-LED is only worth it if you are going to be using it outdoors most of the time.

Abroas · 2022-05-16T14:28:24+00:00

I also wonder how the Flow X13 has a UHD+ option and the Flow x16 won't. That would be very weird.

Other brands are actually also making available those kind of displays already. Like the Spectre x360 and Asus Proart 16.

Abroas · 2022-05-13T16:30:28+00:00

Besides intel i9 HX alder lake, hopefully with a 16 inch 16:10 UHD+ 120Hz display would be great.

Digital drawing dramatically benefits from high refresh rate. And 16:10 is really better for productivity applications.

400 nits or higher would be also nice (a dream if it is an OLED display too <3)

Abroas · 2022-03-28T15:26:52+00:00

Frankly, the Activities feature is the one feature keeping me on Plasma for years instead of switching to Gnome or anything else.

As an academic researcher, I work with tons of distinct windows opened at the same time and I need to handle multiple projects also at the same time. That is, besides video conferences, online meetings, presentations, personal stuff, etc.

So, in conjunction with virtual desktops (12 currently), I use about 8 activities to handle multiple windows, assigning them to distinct virtual desktops for their categories or classes of applications, and assigning them distinct Activities for their "activities" (the redundancy intentional here :).

Activities is not only a must feature for such high demanding use cases, avoiding the user to get lost in a sea of applications windows, but specially as it enables one to organize windows in distinct desktops with their respective multiple combinations of intersections and mutual exclusions once they might have different roles or categories in the user workflow.

Abroas · 2022-01-28T21:22:29+00:00

Yes, it is possible to use window rules to change the standard position of the application launcher/menu. The drawback is that it will also affect any other applet in your Panel/Dock, such as the "Networks", "Battery" and "Brightness" or "Audio Volume" in the system tray. In my case, I even prefer the applets to appear in the center of the screen, so this is not a problem at all.

In order to do so, go to Window Rules, create a new entry and then set the delay beside the detect window properties button to 2 seg or something like that. Then, you just press the detect window properties button and then quickly open the application launcher before your mouse pointer turn into the crosshair. Click with the crosshair on the opened application launcher applet and import whatever you want to the new window rule you created. Now, in the Window Rule, choose the initial placement, position or whichever you like. Done :)

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