As I compose this post on the AceMagic X1, 2 things stick out the majority of. The very first is its benefit– having the ability to compose on one screen and view specifications and info about the laptop computer and a chat window on a 2nd integrated screen. The 2nd is that with each aggressive keypress, that practical secondary screen is wiggling simply enough to sidetrack me and rattle my nerves.

I typically utilize smooth, small-screened ultralight laptop computers, so I discover dual-screen laptop computers interesting. The dual-screen laptop computers I’ve consumed till this point have actually featured a substantial caution, though: no incorporated keyboard. That’s what makes AceMagic’s X1 stand apart to me. Not just does its secondary screen swing out from the system horizontally (rather of vertically), however the laptop computer handles to consist of 2 13-inch screens anda conventional keyboard and touchpad.

The rather precarious method that Screen B hangs off the left side of Screen A, drifting above my tabletop, shows that even an incorporated keyboard can’t fix all the restrictions of dual-screen laptop computer styles.

Some background

For the unknown, AceMagic is a PC brand name owned by Chinese business Shenzhen Shanminheng Technology Co., Ltd. AceMagic offers other laptop computers besides the X1. If you understand AceMagic, it’s most likely since of their Mini PCs– or due to the fact that of the malware that was found inside of some of its Mini PCs (AceMagic has actually reacted to this).

With this current history in mind, what makes the X1 most intriguing isn’t its specifications or benchmark outcomes, however rather among the most unique and smart techniques to providing laptop computer users additional screen area.

How the screens work

The X1 has 2 different 14-inch IPS non-touch screens, each with 1920 × 1080 resolution. This varies from other dual-screen laptop computers on the marketplace. Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i has 2 13.3-inch OLED touchscreens with 2880 × 1800 resolution in each screen.

The Yoga 9i– and practically every other laptop computer with 2 laptop-sized screens– utilizes a clamshell laptop computer kind element however with the keyboard/touchpad changed with a screen. They include removable Bluetooth keyboards that undoubtedly have shallow secrets. Utilizing the X1 feels more like utilizing a regular clamshell, down to the tactile keyboard. AceMagic (in addition to Windows 11’s Snap designs) streamlines usage of the double screens and makes excellent usage of the X1’s deck, with functions for managing which of the 2 screens is on.

Getting to any screen, however, needs opening the cover and after that opening Screen B, which is folded on top of Screen A like a book cover. As soon as you turn the secondary screen out to the left, you can utilize one screen or both screens, divided by a striking hinge system.

The hinge supports approximately 360-degree motion, indicating the secondary screen can turn all the method back, like the cover of a spiral note pad, and snap onto the back of the cover, permitting somebody behind the laptop computer to see it.