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Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by olliej »

This seems much more useful than the plethora of folding phones from a year or so back. Like doubling the size of a phone's screen doesn't get it to a size that is more useful imo - I don't watch tv/video on my phone, so I realize the value may be different for others.

But being able to have 17" of real-estate without having a 17" rectangle seems like a big deal, and I can see the half size also being more useful.

I remain worried about creasing, etc but I think those are technical things that are going to be resolved eventually. Making a device that is useful when switching between two screen sizes is the product issue, and on face/marketing image this looks like a great concept to me.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by anyfoo »

lizardactivist wrote: post #518
mmanfrin wrote: post #494

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know literally nothing about me except that I've had a bad experience with a brand, so you come to the conclusion that I'm "simply using them wrong"? Unbelievable. A $400 Asus router I bought had a broken 2.4ghz band, was that 'using [it] wrong'? I had a motherboard fry itself, do you think I was in there 'mishandling' the motherboard? An Asus monitor I bought would periodically shut off and not turn on again unl…

I apologize if it sounded like I was judging your character, or if my comment was otherwise clumsy. What I meant was it's most likely broken third-party power-supplies, using sockets without proper grounding, or problems with the electrical wiring. You mention a fried motherboard -- this is not caused by the board itself, but from too much current being put through the board.

> You mention a fried motherboard -- this is not caused by the board itself, but from too much current being put through the board.

Though one leading cause of too much current being put through the board, besides too much voltage at the inputs (in case of a power supply fault), is the motherboard drawing too much current. Which can well be caused by failing components shorting out, for example. Or a voltage regulator on the board producing too much voltage.

Saying a fried motherboard is generally not caused by the board itself is not true.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by charlie0 »

sgerenser wrote: post #396
tokamak-teapot wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind sharing which one you have please? I’d like to drop one in my laptop bag sometimes.

I'm using a very similar setup for when I want to work away from my 27" 4K display but still need a second screen to be productive (e.g. doing almost anything coding-related). Like the previous poster, I set it up with the external screen directly above my laptop screen which for me is much more comfortable than trying to put it beside the laptop, and ends up at a perfect eye level. Bought this LG Gram 16" Portable d…

This is exactly what I am looking for.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by zamadatix »

timnetworks wrote: post #515
mmanfrin wrote: post #494

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know literally nothing about me except that I've had a bad experience with a brand, so you come to the conclusion that I'm "simply using them wrong"? Unbelievable. A $400 Asus router I bought had a broken 2.4ghz band, was that 'using [it] wrong'? I had a motherboard fry itself, do you think I was in there 'mishandling' the motherboard? An Asus monitor I bought would periodically shut off and not turn on again unl…

It truly is rare that someone may have so much bad luck, since QC is automated these days. Perhaps you may want to check your home's circuitry for noise or spikes, or install a power conditioner? I'm not a lawyer doctor or electrician, full stop. Anecdotally, however, I've used ASUS for a couple of decades, and it's been above average in my experience. p.s. $400 is like a lot of money for a router?

I'd hazard to guess the router was something like https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Rapture-Gaming-Router-GT-AXE1100... not your typical 2x2 wifi AP + gigabit router combo. I say this because I once returned such a top end ASUS model 3x (twice to swap, 3rd to refund) as they were all just some form of DoA. I felt like I was going crazy to the point I took the 3rd one to work to unbox it thinking. Based on the number of 1 star DoA reviews at the time vs the reviews now they seem to have figured it out.

Overall their support is a bit lacking for the high price point stuff if you turn out to need it, the low end or normal stuff I have no complaints on.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by darkteflon »

lostlogin wrote: post #404
liminal wrote: post #392

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That must be the problem I had. I gave up using an external monitor because it turned my macbook into a toaster

Was that an Intel toaster or an Apple one? I think the Apple ones don’t get so hot.

The Apple Silicon models can handle it just fine for desktop use. It’s when you’re using Blender or Unreal or whatever that it becomes an issue.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by opan »

elxr wrote: post #389
citizenpaul wrote: post #293

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IDK if ASUS has been doing it longer than others. However I find that this is common practice now days for most companies. I exchanged some sony headphones the other week and the ones I got back literally had dirt smeared in them, like some construction worker or mechanic had them and returned them. I had some issues with a corsair power supply a couple years ago I had to do 5 returns before they finally sent me one…

> I had to do 5 returns before they finally sent me one in a box that was not already opened. Before this year, I've never had a defective electronic device (laptop, phone, monitor, camera, etc.) or encountered any issue that made me return a device. But a few months back, I had a similarly terrible experience with returns. I bought a new lenovo yoga, it came with a defective spacebar. Got a replacement, it came with…

ThinkPads are the only good thing Lenovo ever put out, and they just bought them off IBM. I would never recommend the brand (or almost any brand) as a whole.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by opan »

Pxtl wrote: post #302
jacquesm wrote: post #110

The responses to this are more interesting than the device itself. It's innovative, it's done by a brand that has a reasonable reputation for reliability and for standing behind their products and it may well fit a niche. Innovation is always going to be risky, and Asus stands to lose some of their credibility if the device does not hold up over time. So I'll be more than happy to let them do their thing. As for sust…

I used to be a fan of Asus devices but their quality has gone down over time, and it wasn't that high to begin with. At this point the only product of theirs I stand behind is their routers, and that's only because the quality standard of the router industry is even worse.

Funny you mention their routers, I specifically avoid ASUS routers as they usually use Broadcom chips, which means horrible software support and no chance of OpenWRT working well. I look up individual models and can't recommend any whole brand, but the Netgear R6220 is pretty good, and I think there are a couple other Netgear routers with good support. TP-Link has some as well, like the Archer C7.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by liketochill »

sgerenser wrote: post #396
tokamak-teapot wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind sharing which one you have please? I’d like to drop one in my laptop bag sometimes.

I'm using a very similar setup for when I want to work away from my 27" 4K display but still need a second screen to be productive (e.g. doing almost anything coding-related). Like the previous poster, I set it up with the external screen directly above my laptop screen which for me is much more comfortable than trying to put it beside the laptop, and ends up at a perfect eye level. Bought this LG Gram 16" Portable d…

Thanks for sharing

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by Pxtl »

opan wrote: post #527
Pxtl wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to be a fan of Asus devices but their quality has gone down over time, and it wasn't that high to begin with. At this point the only product of theirs I stand behind is their routers, and that's only because the quality standard of the router industry is even worse.

Funny you mention their routers, I specifically avoid ASUS routers as they usually use Broadcom chips, which means horrible software support and no chance of OpenWRT working well. I look up individual models and can't recommend any whole brand, but the Netgear R6220 is pretty good, and I think there are a couple other Netgear routers with good support. TP-Link has some as well, like the Archer C7.

I had one of the early Archer C7 versions and it soured me for the whole brand. I've heard the newer ones are better but bad wifi is so exhausting they don't get a second chance.

Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED

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Post by opan »

KptMarchewa wrote: post #216
iasay wrote: post #32

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The reason that there is no non-Apple alternatives to the MacBook Pro is because everyone is too focused on blue sky innovation rather than actually doing the best job of stuff that already exists. Quality is the feature that apple sell. I don't think anyone else gets near them.

Which is funny because while current 14' and 16' MBPs are very ahead of competition, previous generation was dogshit in terms of quality, and had a lot of this "blue sky innovation" that decreased usability - like the touch bar.

#' is feet and #" is inches, fyi.
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