Asus Zenbook Pro14 Duo OLED (UX8402)

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PRICE Core i9, £2,083 (£2,500 inc VAT)

from scan.co.uk (available September)

There are two obvious reactions when you see the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED for the first time. “Whoa, what is that? I want it and I want it now.” Or: “Whoa, what is that? Who in the heck would want such a ridiculous design?”

I’m not here to advocate for second screens in laptops, and doubt that I could persuade the doubters anyway. But as we’re now in the third iteration of this design, it’s clear that a bunch of people do indeed want it; otherwise Asus would surely have stopped production long ago.

There are numerous ways to take advantage of the second screen. If you use Adobe Photoshop, Premiere or Lightroom, you can load up the pre-selected tools – such as a virtual scrubbing wheel for Premiere – on the ScreenPad Plus while having the source material on the main