Asus’ new Zenbook Pro 16X OLED raises the entire keyboard tray when you lift its lid
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Z1HX)
Image: Asus In 2017, Asus wowed us with an ultra-thin gaming laptop that got thicker when you opened the lid, opening a giant hidden trapdoor to keep its uncharacteristically large GPU cool. But the original Zephyrus also committed the cardinal sin of joining the keyboard-in-the-front club - and the new $2,599 Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED, announced today, might finally right that wrong.
Instead of lifting the entire laptop like the Zephyrus or, say, lifting a big strip of touchscreen like the ZenBook Pro Duo, the new 16-inch laptop lifts its entire keyboard tray when you lift the lid.
Image: Asus; GIF by Sean Hollister / The Verge The lift is mechanically connected to the hinge.Asus says this fancy hinge gives the...