Asus Stretches Second-Display Touch Screen to 14 Inches on $3,000 ZenBook

Asus continued to shake up conventional laptop design Monday, introducing a high-end 15-inch model with ScreenPad Plus, a larger version of the secondary display it has employed in other ZenBook PCs. The 14-inch-wide ScreenPad Plus touch screen is positioned above the laptop’s keyboard and interacts with the 4K OLED HDR NanoEdge main display. Solid-state drive capacity is up to 1 terabyte; ports include a Thunderbolt 3-enabled USB Type-C, HDMI, two USB 3.1 type A and an audio jack. The array mic has Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support working with a Harman Kardon-certified audio system. Connectivity includes 802.11ax Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0. The 6.4-pound ZenBook Pro 15 UX580GE comes in two versions based on an Intel i9 processor ($2,999) and Intel i7 processor ($2,499).