I was "meh" until I saw the 90 degree rotated dual tall screen setup. That seems genuinely useful for coding.
Asus Zenbook Duo 2024
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#112If you already carry a an iPad in your laptop bag, but use Windows or Linux on your laptop, you can use the iPad as an external monitor using: - a cheap HDMI USB capture device ($5 from Temu) - a short HDMI cable to connect that to your laptop's HDMI output - a USB to lightning or USB to type C adapter (depending on your iPad model) - a free app to display the UVC camera input full screen, e.g. https://apps.apple.com…
Or just buy a portable monitor (i.e. Asus Zenscreen).
It's bigger (15 inch), cheaper (less than $150), easier to use (just one USB-C cable).
And if we compare it to the Zenbook Duo, when your laptop becomes obsolete you can just buy any new laptop and still use your portable monitor.
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#113I was really tempted by this but I hesitate to move my workflow over to Windows. I hear WSL has gotten pretty good, may be worth a shot.
Just get a USB-C portable monitor (e.g. Asus Zenscreen) and you can use it with any laptop.
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#114Vaguely related question for the gurus: are all Windows (/ Linux) laptops still hopelessly behind Macbooks in terms of speed? (since Apple announced the M1 and followups I mean)
I’m trying to figure out if a laptop like this one is worth the lower cpu speed
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can buy GaN chargers of up to 180W nowadays, they weigh half as much as regular power bricks and are fairly affordable if you need them. You don't even need to cover the peak power usage and can go with a smaller charger covering regular usage and let the battery come to help when momentarily drawing more power (this is what I do with my Zephyrus G14 + 65W Voltme).
I've been looking at charger delivering 130W on a single port (100W won't unlock the full GPU) and they're not that many. UGreen and Anker's offerings start at 70 bucks and they're not well reviewed. Docking stations start a triple that and Dell seems to be only reputable maker going these lengths. To complicate things, many chargers will tout 140+ watts, but only split on multiple ports. Single port output will ofte…
My understanding is that 130W is a proprietary extension of USB C, the spec only goes to 100W.
Re: Asus Zenbook Duo 2024
#116I have an earlier DUO model, one with the half-screen between the main and the keyboard. While shopping for a replacement for a laptop that had been dropped a few too many times, manic me bought it as a gimmick and when it arrived I feared it would just be that. I have found it genuinely useful in various ways though: during dev with various small utility tabs on the lower screen, messaging on bottom screen with full…
Ditto for me all the way till ExplorerPatcher.
I found the side trackpad less ergonomic, so use a separate (vertical) mouse.
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#117Vaguely related question for the gurus: are all Windows (/ Linux) laptops still hopelessly behind Macbooks in terms of speed? (since Apple announced the M1 and followups I mean) I’m trying to figure out if a laptop like this one is worth the lower cpu speed
to my knowledge, high end windows laptops are catching up and are even more powerful than Macs in terms of graphical compute power. However MacBooks are still the best for performance per watt and battery life.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been looking at charger delivering 130W on a single port (100W won't unlock the full GPU) and they're not that many. UGreen and Anker's offerings start at 70 bucks and they're not well reviewed. Docking stations start a triple that and Dell seems to be only reputable maker going these lengths. To complicate things, many chargers will tout 140+ watts, but only split on multiple ports. Single port output will ofte…
My understanding is that 130W is a proprietary extension of USB C, the spec only goes to 100W.
The gen3.1 PD standard goes up to 240W [0]. 140W should be available with it.
Of course it also requires gen3.1 cables, so the "which cable do I have" game is still going on.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been looking at charger delivering 130W on a single port (100W won't unlock the full GPU) and they're not that many. UGreen and Anker's offerings start at 70 bucks and they're not well reviewed. Docking stations start a triple that and Dell seems to be only reputable maker going these lengths. To complicate things, many chargers will tout 140+ watts, but only split on multiple ports. Single port output will ofte…
My understanding is that 130W is a proprietary extension of USB C, the spec only goes to 100W.
The spec only goes to 5A, but as of 2021 the maximum voltage has been raised from 20V to 48V to permit 240W charging. 28V charging at up to 140W is probably the most common mode above 100W; most systems shipping with a power brick beyond 140W are still using proprietary connectors.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you're using a mac you can extend your screen wirelessly to the iPad. I found the image gets compressed a bit but it's still plenty usable for showing a browser during web development.
Yeah I was talking specifically about Windows and Linux, because I figured that people running MacOS would already know about Sidecar. Note: you refer to 'mac' (the hardware) but Sidecar is tied to MacOS (software). A Mac running Windows or Linux won't support Sidecar. A non-Mac running MacOS (aka hackintosh) probably will. If you're running old Mac hardware like a MBP 2015, you can install Ventura (and user Sidecar)…
Just assuming that some mac users don't know about Sidecar or Universal Control. And that most windows and linux users don't know that MacOS can take advantage of an iPad fairly seamlessly as an external monitor.