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00:04I'm Tomatek Jap and this is actually the only one of these laptops in all the UK right now
00:09So I should probably be careful with it, but as soon as very kindly sent me this engineering sample
00:15So this is not a final model of the new ZenBook Pro Duo OLED the UX 582 and I've also got this guy
00:21It's little brother the UX 482, which is a 14-inch laptop, but they both have these screen pad pluses
00:28These are both dual screen laptops. So what exactly is new with this because from the outside
00:33It doesn't look an awful lot different to before. Well, really it's a bit of a
00:38Evolutionary upgrade one. The first things will notice is the screen pad plus now pops up a lot further
00:43And we've got this new a a s plus hinge. It's a whole new a design of hinge
00:48So when it's fully open the whole base of the laptop is lifted up a little bit
00:51It's what Asus call their ergo lift technology, which helps with airflow
00:55But also the screen pad is now at a more comfortable angle
00:58so not only does that help make it look like we've just got this one tall screen where they kind of blend into each other as
01:03You can't really see the bottom bezel of the main screen anymore
01:06But most importantly it just makes the screen pad a lot easier to see and therefore use and also crucially
01:12It's a lot brighter as well. That's one of my issues with the previous gem
01:15I think it peaked at about 280 nits for the screen pad now. It's up to 400
01:19So it's a lot easier to use it is still LCD as opposed to the OLED on the main screen
01:24Which is partly down to cost but also it does help reduce reflections because this is a matte screen. This is glossy
01:31So the panels do look a little bit different, but I think it's a smart decision
01:34So whole new hinge better airflow, which also means better cooling
01:38We're also getting a bigger battery in here for up to about 28% longer battery than the previous gen
01:43Which is a big upgrade because previously I was getting about four and a half hours from this kind of laptop
01:48As I say, this is an engineering sample, so I can't give you final figures
01:51But I'm looking at probably around six hours with this which is still not fantastic
01:55But considering you're getting two 4k screens and some pretty beefy specs as well
02:00Isn't bad at all and speaking of the specs one of the big upgrades is the fact that you'll be to get this with up
02:06To an RTX 3070 an i9 10th gen processor up to 32 gigs of RAM and up to 1 terabyte of storage
02:13I do kind of think that since this is a more productivity based laptop that having 64 gigs of RAM or 2 terabytes of storage
02:20Options would have been nice to see but still this is an incredibly powerful laptop
02:24Although I wouldn't really buy this one if gaming is your priority because for that if you want the ultimate gaming experience
02:30Then that's what the ROG Zephyrus Gero 15 is all about slightly more powerful specs up to a 3080
02:37High-res screen options. So for gaming, that's the one you want this one while still a pretty decent gaming laptop
02:43I mean 3070 is no slouch
02:45But I think this is more oriented towards creatives designers and it's getting work done
02:50So new graphics cards new processors a slight redesign with an all-new hinge, which makes the screenpad more comfortable
02:57Which is also brighter now as well
02:58I'm also getting updated screenpad software because previously while this was a cool idea
03:04The UI and the actual experience of using the screenpad wasn't the best
03:08It was quite buggy as soon as have gone to some length to actually improve that make it more responsive and just work better
03:14So while those updates will also be coming to all the models of this which is great to hear
03:18I think the software side of things is just as important as the updated hardware
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03:56The big question with these kind of laptops is what am I going to use this second screen for now for me is a video
04:03Creator I spent half my life in Premiere Pro. So for me, this is one of the best use cases
04:08I've got all my video files my media browser down here
04:11So, let me show you what I did if I reset the work layout here, you can see by default
04:16It's not really using it
04:17But then what I did was bring the media browser down here and you can see it doesn't
04:23Auto-scale because this is within the app
04:25So I kind of had to manually adjust the size of this which is a little bit awkward
04:30Now I can maybe expand this a little bit bring that down and so I can scroll through my timeline
04:36I can then maybe bring in the videos from below and it's all nice and fast and well when this has the updated specs
04:42This should be a lot smoother as well
04:44So don't take this performance to be indicative of how it will be for the retail model
04:49So that would be my video editing setup, but let's say I want to bring up a bit of Spotify
04:53There's no real point of it taking up my full screen
04:56So I can hardly use the touchpad my mouse or my finger to then bring it down to the screen pad
05:02Which automatically fills up the screen, but then I can minimize it and like the Windows snap feature
05:07I can then split it into two halves
05:09I could then maybe have
05:10Discord on the other side or I can bring this over and split the screen into thirds and then maybe bring the web browser down
05:16As well, so I've got Spotify discord YouTube going on so I can maybe even switch that to twitch
05:22Let's say even full screen twitch put it into theater mode
05:26And then maybe I could fire up the same game at the same time or watch one of my friends streams on discord
05:31So I could be playing it and I've seen what they're looking at as well
05:33If you're a student and you're writing or researching a paper
05:36You could bring Google Docs or I've got word here down to the screen pad
05:41And then you could bring up your notes or some articles or web browsers
05:45whatever you like so I can have my research and my different tabs open on the main screen and then my essay or whatever I'm
05:50Doing on the screen pads and the best bit is if you then set all this up when you have exactly how you like it
05:55You can then bring up the command center down here and create a new task group and essentially save this layout
06:00And so then with a single press it will bring up everything you've saved to that task group
06:04We've also got the screen navigator which shows you which apps are assigned to the screen pad and then which ones are for the main
06:11Display, so if I were to tap this PC
06:13I can then choose to move it down to the screen pad or I can just tap this and it moves it same with say
06:19Spotify here I could push this up
06:21So this is just a really easy way of telling the laptop where you'd like the particular program or app to display
06:27Main screen or screen pad. You've also got a quick hide button, which then just clears everything on the screen pad
06:33You can also link your phone and connect it to my ASUS if you want to you can also lock the keyboard
06:38So, let's say if I'm gonna be drawing or using the pen or using my hands. This is now locked
06:44So this isn't gonna do anything and I can then use it as a palm rest essentially and do all my finger gymnastics
06:50Or whatever is I'm doing on the screen pad
06:51So that's quite a handy feature and then you can just unlock it again to use the keyboard
06:55But you've got the usual range of apps as I say handwriting
06:58This isn't really new but this could be useful if you want to assign documents or do some handwriting to text recognition
07:04You've also got number key if you want a calculator. What else have we got here?
07:08I've put Windows Explorer in so quite often. I like to just have my documents down here
07:12But one of the coolest new features is this control panel. This is part of the new screen expert 2.0 UI and you have this
07:20Customizable control panel which should make using some apps that support it just easier to use
07:26You can basically move things around you can adjust what each tool does
07:31So that's great
07:31but I don't seem to be able to actually use the
07:35Proper control panel within a program and also it's limited to just Photoshop
07:39This should show a whole range of Adobe apps. So some issues there this being a pre-release engineering sample
07:45So if I pull up to one side and bring in the UX for a to this is a final release version
07:50And you can see the control panel is working correctly
07:53In fact, if I bring up the control panel settings here
07:56You can see that we actually have a whole bunch of options here after effects Lightroom classic
08:03Photoshop Premiere Pro they will expand on this over time. But for now, it's just these Adobe apps you can see here
08:09I've got my timeline zoom. So if I were to rotate this in I can well zoom in on my timeline
08:15I've got time axis adjustment so I can very slowly frame by frame
08:19Go through my video and I've just got quick shortcuts and just gives you this really professional feeling interface
08:25Which you can totally customize all just to make me faster and more efficient on this screen
08:30But when this is released and it has all this file software
08:32You'll be able to have this on here, which should be a really nice experience particularly with this bigger 4k screen size
08:40And also the additional brightness which brings me to my next question of which one should you go for the 482 or the 582?
08:47Well, I was a final judgment for my full review because this is a pre-release model of this
08:52But they are fundamentally quite different laptops because the 482 is obviously a lot smaller. It's more portable lighter weight
08:59It's also full HD across both screens and also matte and LCD
09:04Whereas on this guy we're getting a bigger 15.6 inch main screen also a bigger 14 inch
09:10Screenpad they're both 4k. Also. This is an OLED panel
09:14So with that you're getting the much better almost well a million to one contrast and also support for display HDR 500
09:20But of course you are getting that extra bulk. It isn't the end of the world thick and heavy
09:25It's about a hundred grams light to and about two and a half mil thinner than last year's UX 581
09:30So they have slimmed it down a little bit but weighing 2.4 kilograms and at about 21.5 millimeters thick
09:37It is quite a big laptop. So you'd have to obviously keep that in mind if you are traveling with this
09:42So I think the 582 is much more of a sort of desktop replacement. Whereas this is more of a traditional travel laptop
09:49So you're either looking at this thinking that's the best thing in the whole world
09:52I can think of a million reasons why I'd like to use this or
09:55You're thinking why not just plug it into a external monitor or a second screen or something because that would just be easier
10:02Which you would but then if you're applying to use this as a laptop, you know
10:06Portable then I think this really does help because I can imagine the scenario where I'm back traveling again
10:12It seems like a million years since I've been anywhere
10:14But if I'm in a hotel room editing a video being confined by a regular 15-inch laptop screen
10:20Isn't the best when I'm trying to edit and color correct and bring in tons of files
10:23I can definitely see myself using this if I was working on the go
10:27So I don't think it's a gimmick at all really and also I do appreciate the upgrades
10:31We're getting this year with the new hardware the better hinge the improved
10:35Screen pad and while I still don't love the keyboard on touchpad and this particularly is a pretty hefty device
10:41Considering the extra functionality you're getting particularly with the new control panel
10:45Which I can't wait to try out properly on this when I get my review sample
10:48It all adds up to make this a stunning laptop and I think one of my favorite devices of the year so far
10:56But what do you reckon would you be tempted to buy one of these and also how would you use the second screen?
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