Okay Asus, you've intrigued me: The ROG Zephyrus Duo may lastly persuade me that twin display laptops are a good suggestion
No, there isn’t any want to regulate your set. Our Jacob already identified a few of the virtues of the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo earlier within the week. However he is sitting at house within the rain, whereas I am in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada—and I’ve lastly bought my arms on one.
I will be sincere, I’ve by no means actually bought twin display laptops. The ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 of yesteryear was undoubtedly a cool experiment, however eh, that slim second display did not precisely mild my world on fireplace. This new one, although? I’ve to say, it is an awfully good machine to expertise in individual.
The highest configuration must be mighty highly effective for gaming, too, because the Zephyrus Duo may be specced to the rafters with an RTX 5090 Cellular and the brand-spanking-new Intel Core Extremely 9 386H. Given the comparatively slim backside deck all that {hardware} is contained inside, I might think about it’s kind of of a hairdryer at full tilt—however hey, that is high-powered cellular gaming gadgets for you.
Rolling the Zephyrus Duo round in my arms, I could not assist however be impressed by the match and end of the factor. The separate keyboard magnetically attaches on prime of the underside display for conventional laptop computer utilization, or can be utilized wirelessly when the 2 display halves are in an upright place.
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The magnetic power holding it on is loads highly effective (whereas additionally being simple to take away), and the hinge connecting the 2 screens feels constructed to final. It does not really feel like a prototype, or a throwaway thought. You may inform there’s been thought put into the design and materials decisions right here, and that is pleasing to see.
It is a bit of a chonk, although. The burden’s not terrible by gaming laptop computer requirements, coming in at 2.85 kg, however no-one’s going to name it super-portable. It’d undoubtedly weigh my backpack down greater than the 2021 Razer Blade 15 Superior I am typing on proper now, for instance, and that is not precisely the lightest machine.
And, when used as a standard laptop computer, the Zephyrus Duo’s backside deck turns into fairly hefty with the magnetic keyboard on prime. It is a fairly elegant trying system when unfold open, however clamshell it again up and it all of a sudden looks like a lot much less of a high-tech machine. As for worth? We’ve not had it confirmed but, however I might anticipate it to be teeth-clenching.
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Nonetheless, regardless of these apparent flaws, I could not assist however wish to take the Duo house with me. It is a massive, daring, forthright-feeling system that is aware of what it’s, and I am a sucker for that kind of {hardware}.
However, we had been all fairly smitten with the Asus ROG Stream Z13 after we first noticed it at CES 2025—however when it got here to residing with one, our Jacob was removed from offered. A part of me thinks the identical could be true with the Zephyrus Duo. However, regardless of some niggling doubts, I nonetheless felt compelled to ask for a assessment pattern.
Asus likes to play with moveable system codecs, and I like that. In some unspecified time in the future, one among nowadays, it could nicely discover the recipe that makes common gaming laptops look quaint. Will that recipe come within the type of the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 2026? Keep tuned to seek out out.