Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581 (15.6-Inch, 2019)

Useful extra screen ; 10-hour battery life ; Stylus support

Sharp fold-under hinge ; Clunky touchpad ; No Thunderbolt 3 ; Weak GPU isn’t worth it

The Asus Zenbook Duo has two displays: a 14-inch 1080p matte screen and a 12.6-inch IPS panel called the ScreenPad 2.0. The Zenbook Duo is the best laptop if you must have more than one display — just make sure you really want the extra screen.

Unique ScreenPad Plus second display simplifies workflows. Main display is an OLED panel. Excellent design and build quality. Intel Core i9 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 offer computing muscle. Included stylus and wrist rest.

Cramped keyboard and touchpad. No SD card reader. Heavy. Short battery life.

Bottom Line: The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo is a thoughtful, albeit pricey, reinvention of the laptop, with a second screen in the keyboard base and an Intel Core i9 processor that should appeal to creative professionals with resource-intensive workflows.

Two beautiful 4K touch displays; Great overall and gaming performance; Dual-screen functionality easy to use; Speedy SSD; Stays cool when gaming ; Chunky and heavy; Short battery life; Weak audio ; The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo offers a Core i9 processor,...

Chunky and heavy; Short battery life; Weak audio ; The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo offers a Core i9 processor, Nvidia graphics and two 4K screens ready for multitasking.

The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo offers a Core i9 processor, Nvidia graphics and two 4K screens ready for multitasking.

Full-width secondary IPS touchscreen ; Superb 4K OLED main touchscreen ; Core i9 CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU ; Wi-Fi 6 support

Poor battery life ; Separate add-on wrist rest ; Awkwardly located touchpad ; Short on ports and slots ; Heavy ; Expensive

Dual Screen for multi-tasking ; 4K Touch display ; Powerful computing and gaming-grade graphics ; Optimized cooling ; Built-in Alexa with light bar

Bit bulky ; Average audio ; Quite expensive ; Short ; Heating up some times

Excellent screen quality ; Thumbs up for computing power ; Quite operations ; Good keyboard

Cramped trackpad ; No additional storage slot ; Heavy ; Costly

Innovative dual-screen design;Solid performance in applications;Robust exterior;Decent battery life

Cramped keyboard and trackpad ;Underwhelming graphics core;Heavier and thicker than rivals

This is a real dual-screen experience ; Great keyboard ; Brimming with power ; Great for gaming ; Incredibly rich 4K OLED screen ; The touchpad is better than you’d guess

ScreenPad Plus integration is wobbly at present ; Around 3-3.5-hour real-world battery life ; Costs a bit doesn’t it?

With a superb 4K OLED screen, a keyboard as good as any put into a laptop, a trackpad that's almost confusingly usable, and an RTX 2060 graphics card, there's a lot to love about this slightly barmy laptop. The second screen often fails to live up to...