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Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen

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Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen

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Post by systems »

that is very confusing

i am sure the next step, someone will replace the physical keyboard, with full size touch screen and software keyboard

and future laptops will come with two screens and no keyboard ... and they will be like tablets with double screen,

and then someone will sell a physical keyboard accessory to the two screen laptop

and .. it will be very confusing

Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen

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Post by lando2319 »

systems wrote: post #2

that is very confusing i am sure the next step, someone will replace the physical keyboard, with full size touch screen and software keyboard and future laptops will come with two screens and no keyboard ... and they will be like tablets with double screen, and then someone will sell a physical keyboard accessory to the two screen laptop and .. it will be very confusing

Also looking on Amazon, there's at least some Asus Zen books already out which have a touchscreen, so what?, then you'd have a touch screen and a small touch screen over your touch pad...

Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen

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Post by marcelluspye »

Didn't razer do this some time ago?

I think this kind of thing is pretty cool, but ultimately, a touchpad below my keyboard is akin to the ones on the dashboard of many modern cars (though a lot less dangerous) in that I don't want to look there.

Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen

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Post by analog31 »

When I was looking for an inexpensive touch pad for a product idea, it appeared that small touch screens were only marginally more expensive -- and worked better -- than available off-the-shelf touch pads. That was without even lighting the display up. But of course the temptation to use the display for something would have been irresistible.
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