[Laptop] is a device that seems to have undergone no significant "shape change" since its birth, and it will always be the structure of the lid and the interaction of the screen, keyboard, and trackpad.
This is different from mobile phones, which were in different shapes in the early days, and were later unified by Apple and Android into a straight touch screen, and now they have evolved into a folding screen form.
In recent years, notebooks have not sat still, and they have launched a variety of "PC tablet 2-in-1" products, such as Microsoft's Surface Pro series, but none of them have become popular.
Why can't the product form of notebooks be changed for a long time?
Today, we will use a computer that is trying to change it, and briefly analyze the reasons:
ASUS Zenbook 14 Dual Screen
Left side of the fuselage
The right side of the fuselage
It is configured as follows:
Ultra 9 185H processor
32GB LPDDR5x 7467MHz 内存
2TB SSD
14.0-inch 2880×1800 resolution, 100% P3 color gamut, 120Hz refresh rate, OLED mirror touch screen
(Dual screens with the same specifications)
The battery capacity is 75Wh
厚度 15.0~19.4mm
带键盘厚 19.7~20.3mm
Weight 1.38kg
The magnetic keyboard weighs 322g
The adapter weighs 179g
The reference price is 15999 yuan
Its advantages and disadvantages are as follows:
Merit!
1. Dual-screen design, novel form
2. The screen specifications and quality are very high
3. It comes with a stand and a magnetic keyboard, which feels good
Shortcoming!
1. The price is more expensive
2. The adapter temperature is too high
3. The design of "small warp with hinge" affects the sense of unity of the dual screen
【Upgrade Suggestions】
This laptop is very troublesome to disassemble, there is a high risk of disassembly, and there is no room for upgrading, so it is not recommended to disassemble it yourself.
The dual-channel 32GB LPDDR5x 7467MHz memory meets the needs of most applications, and the memory is onboard and cannot be replaced.
The SSD has a capacity of 2TB, the model is Western Digital SN740, supports PCIe 4.0×4 and NVMe, and the machine only has one M.2 slot.
【Purchase Suggestion】
1. It has high requirements for screen quality
2. I like digital products with a sense of science and technology
3. Have a prominent social status
ASUS Zenbook 14 Dual Screen has two screens, and the quality of the panels is almost the same, both are high-score, high-brush, and wide color gamutOLED screens, so there is no distinction between the main and secondary screens.
In terms of screen, the measured color gamut volume is 122.0%DCI-P3, the color gamut covers 100.0%DCI-P3, both screens support color gamut switching, taking DCI-P3 as a reference, the average ΔE is 1.01, the maximum ΔE is 2.86, the maximum brightness of the screen is 371nits, and the local peak brightness is 622nits after HDR is turned on;
The screen is PWM dimming below 40% brightness (40nits) of the system, DC-like dimming above and full-brightness DC-like dimming when HDR mode is turned on.
In terms of interfaces, there are two Thunderbolt 4 on the left side of the machine (both support 65W PD charging and DP1.4 core video output), a USB-A 10Gbps, and an HDMI2.1 (TMDS) and 3.5mm audio jack on the right side of the machine.
In terms of battery life, the test score of daily application simulation script is 6 hours and 40 minutes.
In terms of noise, it has a decibel level of 47.0 dB at full load and 50.3 dB in "waterfall mode". (34.3dB ambient noise)
ASUS Lingyao14 Dual screen has two SKUs on sale,The core configurations areU9+32GB,The screen quality is also the same,Only the solid-state capacity is different,1TB and 2TB,The price is 13999 yuan and 15999 yuan respectively。
So if you want a dual-screen notebook that tends to be practical, then this Zenbook 14 dual screen can be considered.
But if you don't want this fancy design and prefer a traditional thin and light laptop, then this computer is not quite for you.
【Heat Analysis】
The picture above is a real shot of the ASUS Zenbook 14 dual display, a combination of dual fans and dual heat pipes.
Room temperature 25 °C
Reflectance1.0
BIOS版本：UX8406MA.302
For standard pressure processors, we use the Stress FPU for stress testing.
In the full load state, the high-efficiency mode is turned on, the CPU temperature is up to 99°C, stable at 83°C, the power consumption is 35W, the P-core frequency is 2.6~3.1GHz, the E-core frequency is 2.2~2.3GHz, and the LPE core frequency is 1.6GHz.
Stand up the machine and change it to "waterfall mode" for baking, the CPU temperature is up to 101°C, stable at 79°C, power consumption is 35W, P-core frequency is 2.8~3.1GHz, E-core frequency is 2.2~2.4GHz, LPE core frequency is 1.6GHz.
Swipe left to see the temperature on the back
Oven back temperature
The surface temperature is shown in the graph above, with keyboard keycaps up to 38.8°C on the number "6" key, WASD keys at 36.4°C, arrow keys at 32.3°C, and left wrist rest at 31.8°C. Remove the magnetic keyboard, the center point of the lower screen on the C side is 38.9°C, and the maximum temperature is 45.4°C. Back center point 33.7 °C.
Overall, the cooling performance of the ASUS Zenbook 14 dual screen is decent, and the C-side design of the screen will squeeze the heat dissipation space, and the performance release is at the level of sufficient for thin and light laptops.
【The Pig King's Conscience Conclusion】
I still remember that when the mobile phone first appeared "folding screen", the price was tens of thousands of yuan, but there are still many consumers who pay for it, and now there are more and more consumers who are willing to accept the folding screen, and the folding screen mobile phone is not particularly expensive.
But laptops are different, since Microsoft released the Surface Pro, it has been the 10th generation, and now almost no OEMs are willing to waste time with Microsoft, and the "ultimate form of laptop" advocated back then is doomed.
Why is this happening?
1. Weight/performance cannot be taken into account
The weight of the mainstream performance is out of control, the performance of the light weight is weak, and the "new form" computer has more complex structural parts, and the weight control is very difficult.
Even the Surface Pro 10, a new form product with a relatively simple structure, has 1.16kg with a keyboard + pen, which is not as heavy as the weight of less than 1kg of the traditional super strong book.
2. A vicious circle of costs
Any new mentality product will fall into this dilemma, the new product will be launched because of the high R & D cost, small production quantity, high average cost and so on, resulting in expensive prices, and finally [the less sold, the higher the average cost], the price will never come down, and it is impossible to popularize.
3. The system does not support it
The biggest difference between mobile phones and laptops is that the operating system of the computer is strictly controlled by Microsoft Windows, which does not allow various manufacturers to change various OS/UI by themselves like Android, whether it is Lenovo, HP, Xiaomi, Huawei, they all use the same Windows11 operating system.
Microsoft has made a lot of money by selling operating systems, but with this pitiful degree of freedom, manufacturers simply have no room to innovate.
To sum up, laptops are different from mobile phones, automobiles and other industries, with "performance, energy consumption" on chips, "profit and R&D" on cost, and "security over innovation" on systems.
This is the magic weapon that the laptop has survived to this day, and it may also be the culprit that it will always fall behind in the next wave of the times.