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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
#172I was walking through a computer store recently and I couldn't help but notice how tacky all the computers looked. The Touch Bar may be frivolous, pretty useless and a waste of money, but it blends into the design of the laptop and most importantly, is subtle. Now, Asus could certainly prove me wrong and implement some beautiful, understated software for the touchpad, but judging by the demo photos, that isn't the ca…
I’ve been trying to find a cheaper MBP replacement after 10 years with 3 MBP. Everything else is ugly. Some decent choices end up at the or worse price point as Apple.
Which model are you currently on because my top of the line 2013 15 inch MBP is still running like a champ.
If you are willing to try out windows, the surface pros are actually pretty sweat. I got one for my gf for grad school and will probably get one for myself if my MBP ever dies.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#173Killer app for this is full screen Nintendo ds emulator (any desmume dev here?)
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#174Dave 2D had a great video review on this product. What makes this totally different from the touch bar is with the touch bar, you have to wait for developers to add support in their products (or as a dev, write your own tooling). Apple has the muscle to simply make everyone support their crappy bar. The ZenBook screen is usable right away by anybody. You can just drag any window there. It can be your Steam chat while…
I was here at computex and I could try a preview unit before the announcement. It’s pretty cool bu ASUS has a bit of work to do on the response times. The interface is a bit laggy, but I think it’s totally fixable in software before they’ll come out. Trying it in person, it struck me as a pretty cool concept. I could totally see apple taking a similar approach.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#175This looks like an interesting feature. I wonder though if you would get some neck strain since you are looking downwards at the track pad for a long amount of time.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#176I 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'm actually surprised it hasn't been tried before. It sounds super cool but I wonder if it's still a bit of a gimmick (and you end up just using it in touch pad mode all the time). It still has the problem where you have to take your eyes off your screen in order to interact with it, so I imagine there'd be some effort involved in getting used to actually looking at the touch pad while you poke at it. That said, if…
I can see this being useful for things like chat windows, especially if you're using an external mouse.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#177Off-topic: I had to whitelist javascript on the AMP page to get it to load properly, where it promptly pulled down nine JS scripts:
Wasn't the whole point of AMP to stop this crap?
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#178How realistic is it that the screenpad will actually be a "drop in" real phone one day?
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#179Dave 2D had a great video review on this product. What makes this totally different from the touch bar is with the touch bar, you have to wait for developers to add support in their products (or as a dev, write your own tooling). Apple has the muscle to simply make everyone support their crappy bar. The ZenBook screen is usable right away by anybody. You can just drag any window there. It can be your Steam chat while…
I was here at computex and I could try a preview unit before the announcement. It’s pretty cool bu ASUS has a bit of work to do on the response times. The interface is a bit laggy, but I think it’s totally fixable in software before they’ll come out. Trying it in person, it struck me as a pretty cool concept. I could totally see apple taking a similar approach.
I think Apple may replace the entire bottom half with touch screen. The touchpad is getting bigger and the keyboard flatter.
Re: Asus replaced the touchpad on its new ZenBook Pro with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
#180How realistic is it that the screenpad will actually be a "drop in" real phone one day?
I think it's more realistic to think there would be an app to let your phone act like Apple's Magic Trackpad without needing to house it in the laptop chassis.