ASUS intends to release an SDK for the ScreenPad and serve apps through the Microsoft Store and launch a dedicated website to showcase the available ScreenPad apps. The whole thing can still act as a trackpad, and you can set a custom background in it or turn off the screen entirely - all by cycling through with the F6 key. Read: Why the 2-in-1 PC's next big thing will be dual displays The only vaguely useful aspect of the ScreenPad at launch is a Chrome plugin that lets you send a YouTube video (but only on ) to the trackpad screen while you keep doing other things on the main display. It's all just underwhelming and confusing, not to mention unbelievably lagging for being attached to a Core i9 CPU.
The most useful is, in theory, the app launcher, in which you can set a set of apps and tap to open. ASUS built a few compact apps into the ScreenPad, such as a calculator, calendar, or music player.
Essentially, they've replaced what would've been a simple and acceptable multi-touch trackpad with a 5.5-inch HD display. Okay, let's talk about the ScreenPad now.
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ASUS is pitching the ZenBook Pro as a machine for creators, be they artists or developers or video pros, and people like that want speed all-around, especially on the storage drive when it comes to opening large apps and saving large files. We're talking about up to a hexa-core Intel Core i9 processor paired with a monster GTX 1050 Ti GPU, and a 1TB PCIe SSD with four lanes. Available in a 15.6-inch or 14-inch design, the ZenBook Pro offers a powerful set of specs. It's Beauty and the Beast, all rolled into one. The rest of the laptop is really nice, though.īefore we get to that "ScreenPad" as ASUS has dubbed it, let's talk about the rest of the laptop. But ASUS has taken things to a whole different place with the new ZenBook Pro announced at Computex 2018, replacing the whole trackpad with a touch-sensitive display panel. So how is a manufacturer to differentiate their product? We've seen plenty of struggles with that, from the Microsoft Surface Book's unique hinge and detachable design to the Apple MacBook Pro's questionable trackpad. The processors are fast, the RAM is plentiful, and the SSDs are oh so spacious. It's hard to recommend one that's truly bad - and the good ones are really good.