PerfectRec’s portability rating takes into account the volume and thickness of the laptop as well as its weight.
General Use Screen Quality:4.4 The general use screen score is based on the screen technology, contrast ratio, resolution, brightness, color gamut and color accuracy. This score does not take into account specialized display features for specific use cases, such as high refresh rate for gaming.
PerfectRec’s Battery Life rating is based on hours of battery life in typical usage scenarios.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, chassis rigidity, and overall reliability.
Our assessment of build quality includes many details that are difficult to quantify.
Our laptop experts use their best judgment to produce the final score.
The ASUS Zenbook Duo boasts a high-quality CPU and ample RAM ensuring smooth performance for everyday tasks, along with a dual-screen setup that enhances multitasking, and it is designed light and slim, making it easy to carry around. While its screen quality is top-notch for crisp visuals, the trade-off comes in the form of shorter battery life due to its dual displays.
PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software development.
In addition to a strong emphasis on overall performance, this score also places very high importance on screen quality. Heat management, storage, keyboard and speaker quality are also incorporated, with fan noise rounding out this score.
PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, and video editing work.
In addition to a strong emphasis on overall performance, this score also places very high importance on screen quality. Heat management, storage, keyboard and speaker quality are also incorporated, with fan noise rounding out this score.
The ASUS ZenBook Duo is equipped with a high-performance CPU, ample RAM, and a powerful GPU, making it well-suited for demanding engineering and design tasks that require robust processing and graphics capabilities. Additionally, the high-quality screen enhances visual clarity for design work, though this comes with a compromise on portability and potentially more operating noise due to the high-powered components.
PerfectRec’s Operating Noise Score is based on fan noise measurements. Laptops with a fanless design, such as Macbooks, receive the maximum score.
The Keyboard Quality score is based on the PerfectRec experts’ assessment of tactile feedback, typing comfort, keyboard reliability and typing noise.
The ASUS Zenbook Duo comes with a dedicated GPU that can handle gaming and 3D tasks, but it may not match the performance of specialized gaming laptops, particularly for newer, resource-heavy games. Its unique dual-screen setup enhances productivity with additional screen real estate but the refresh rate might not be as high as gaming-optimized displays leading to less fluid visuals in fast-paced games.