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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 Larrikin »

tambourine_man wrote: post #54

>Unlike Apple’s limited and unhelpful MacBook Pro Touch Bar… I’m not big fan of the touch bar either, but to state an opinion as fact is just bad journalism.

The most stressful thing about starting my next job is that I've got to choose a new laptop only for work. I've only used a Mac for years and this is the first time I've ever considered switching because there are no computers they make that I actually want.

Apple has really dropped the ball on their entire line and the touchbar eliminating a lot of useful keys is a pretty bad idea compared to replacing the touchpad.

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

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Post by yedpodtrzitko »

yeukhon wrote: post #38

I thought I would hate the TouchBar. But after two days of using it, I like it. I have been using Pro version for about 3 months and I still love the TouchBar. I don’t know how to explain this, but I just no longer feels the need to press an esc key, and no more tapping for adjusting volume/brightness. I can also adjust font size or color in Words using the touchbar. My I can choose an emjoi in hipchat client using t…

> Constantly having to look down instead of looking at the bigger screen so you can control is so backward to me

...unlike doing the same thing with TouchBar (?)

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

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Post by mwill »

avcdsuia wrote: post #53

I think Asus's Project Precog[0] deserves more interests than this. We programmers always complain about display size , ratio and amount. Using this dual screen laptop vertically with your beloved external keyboard could be sublime. It's like having two Surface Pro tablets right in front of you, or a dual screens desktop setup that fits in a backpack. As long as my way to interpret this product works, I don't care wh…

There's a picture with the exact setup you describe[0] and it's all I want now. I hope it makes it actually makes it to a launch.

[0]:https://cdn.pocket-lint.com/r/s/660x/assets/images/144750-la...

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

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Post by TomK32 »

jeswin wrote: post #13

I think this is a wonderful idea, given that touchscreen responsiveness and power optimization have been a focus of research over the last decade. At worst it's a touch pad, at best it's so much more. Of course a lot depends on how software developers will embrace it - and I hope Linux users get some love. (I wish Asus and reviewers will stay away from gimmicks like watching movies on it.) In any case, far better tha…

I'd like to run a terminal output on the touchscreen. Launcher sounds okay, but the one I have with Enlightenment 22 is just so much faster with the keyboard than any pointer device ever could be.

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

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Post by deniska »

kjeetgill wrote: post #60
jeswin wrote: post #13

I think this is a wonderful idea, given that touchscreen responsiveness and power optimization have been a focus of research over the last decade. At worst it's a touch pad, at best it's so much more. Of course a lot depends on how software developers will embrace it - and I hope Linux users get some love. (I wish Asus and reviewers will stay away from gimmicks like watching movies on it.) In any case, far better tha…

> I think this is a wonderful idea, given that touchscreen responsiveness and power optimization have been a focus of research over the last decade. Are you familiar with the state of the art? Is this thing going to be as responsive as a regular touchpad?

IIRC touchpads and capacitive touchscreens use the exact same technology, so there shouldn't be any difference.

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

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Post by TomK32 »

jeswin wrote: post #13

I think this is a wonderful idea, given that touchscreen responsiveness and power optimization have been a focus of research over the last decade. At worst it's a touch pad, at best it's so much more. Of course a lot depends on how software developers will embrace it - and I hope Linux users get some love. (I wish Asus and reviewers will stay away from gimmicks like watching movies on it.) In any case, far better tha…

Re linux support, my bet is that the small screen is just another eDP and easy peasy to use.

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

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Post by platinumrad »

tambourine_man wrote: post #54

>Unlike Apple’s limited and unhelpful MacBook Pro Touch Bar… I’m not big fan of the touch bar either, but to state an opinion as fact is just bad journalism.

Plenty of publications have always straddled the line between reporting and reviewing. The Verge in particular gives its writers a lot of freedom to editorialize, for better or for worse.

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

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Post by sundvor »

yeukhon wrote: post #45
Gigablah wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looking forward to your review after two days of using it.

I said 3 months. Please read.

Ambiguous.

Better: "But after only two days of using it, I liked it; I have been using Pro version for another ~3 months now and I still love the TouchBar."

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