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  • lazarpandar - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    Is there a less premium (and less gaudy) asus laptop with the same screen and the same internals?
  • Retycint - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    Given the fact that Asus seems to pump out several dozen variations of the Zenbook 13/14 every year, the answer is likely to be yes
  • Umer - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    Gone are the days when ZenBook was newly out and its design would put the competition to shame, now they just put themselves to shame with these. Sigh.
  • Zingam - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link

    You can do only so much with a rectangular shape.
  • anon_anandtech - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    Beam me up scottie
  • HStewart - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    I am not sure how useful this screen is going to be, personally I hardly ever used the touchpads on laptop. I just prefer a mouse. And this reminds with of little screens on Logitech gaming keyboards which I rarely used - only try it out and did not care.

    But I seen some stuff about new version of portable devices coming out with Dual screen, always connected and using the hybrid Lakefield processor for late 2019 or likely 2020 time frame. Maybe Asus is trying to jump the bandwagon on this technologic with this laptop.
  • PeachNCream - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    The second screen looks like a gimmick, but I am curious as to why your usage or non-usage of a touchpad due to the presence of an external mouse would influence the utility of the things displayed on the touchpad/screen. Just because it isn't your primary pointing device doesn't really mean it will also be pointless (pun intended) as an additional display.
  • Zingam - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - link

    No gimmick at all! You could watch BBC, CNN or other type of porn on the touch pad!
  • Hifihedgehog - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    Am I the only one who keeps thinking Star Trek when I see that insignia on the back? I suppose that these are officially approved by the United Federation of Planets.
  • PeachNCream - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    You're not alone. Though I worry about being randomly blasted with disruptors when a bunch of Romulans decloak from nearby and unload on me because I'm on the wrong team.
  • Lord of the Bored - Saturday, June 8, 2019 - link

    I'm sure after the Asus Transformer Prime lawsuit, their lawyers have made a long trek to ensure that insignia is legally distinct from any alliance of planets, federated or otherwise.
  • mobutu - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    that is one UGLY lid
  • zodiacfml - Friday, June 7, 2019 - link

    Ok but that charging cable is atrocious, could have employed USB-C PD
  • Lord of the Bored - Monday, June 10, 2019 - link

    Odd, I thought it was a thing of beauty. Why make do with a flimsy data connector for charging when you can use something actually designed for the task?

    I get the desire for USB charging on phones, where space is at a premium and power draws are small. I simply don't understand it on a machine with space for multiple full-size USB ports and an HDMI port. Barrel connectors are nice, simple, robust devices. They do one thing, and do it well.
    ...
    And honestly? I'm scared of the USB PD spec. A hundred watts through that tiny piece of crap is concerning. We used to have power connectors designed by electrical engineers. Now they're designed by marketing and they make safety sacrifices for size and aesthetics.

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