Lenovo tapped into every area of the tech game this year whether it was the personal or business side of computing or the ever-evolving gaming landscape.
They showed off a ton of laptops ranging from their ThinkPad X9 Aura Editions, ThinkCentre neo 50q QC desktops running Snapdragon or their powerful M90a Pro Gen 6 but two devices really caught my attention. Those would be the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable and the Yoga Book 9i Gen 10.
Each of them brought something different, fun, and exciting to the portable laptop space that is quite possibly needed.
ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable AI PC
Some time back Lenovo put a rollable PC as a concept and now it has become a reality and works in a couple of ways. You can extend the 14” 120Hz OLED display to 16.7” by either doing a hand gesture to the camera or pressing a dedicated key. The same thing can be done to lower it. It will have given consumers more screen estate when needed but still be able to carry about a compact device. Lenovo made sure it will have the latest Intel Core Ultra processors as well as AI features. It still manages to keep a slim profile at 19.9mm and weighs up 4lbs(3.74lbs). Of course, with this innovative technology it does come at a price. It will carry a hefty price tag coming in at $3,499 to start. Availability is in June.
Yoga Book 9i – Gen 10
Catering to a different audience will be the latest dual screens by Lenovo. Each one will be 14” 2.8K PureSight OLED touch displays pushing 500nits and viewable from multiple angles. Whether you want to use it as a s Smart Reader like a book, one display at a time or even use one screen as a keyboard it’s all possible. The color on this device is so vivid it looks impressive. All this will be backed by the latest Intel Core Ultra chipsets with AI riding alongside them. There are even four speakers for Dolby Atmos. Pricing will start at $1,999.
Now on to Lenovo Legion gaming..
Legion Go S
As for gaming there was a lot of buzz about Lenovo’s new Legion Go S devices. As they are both 8’1 gaming handheld device each distinctly support different operating platforms. With one being the usual Windows but also the other being the first to an officially licensed handheld with SteamOS.
They will both have 8” WUXGA 16:10 120Hz PureSight touch displays, up to 32GB RAM and a 3-cell 55.5Whr battery and weighing under 2lbs(730g). There will be processor options with either an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor or exclusive AMD Ryzen Z2 Go processor.
I did some gaming on more so on the Windows version only because more games were downloaded on there. But it feels nice and smooth playing Forza via Windows and TMNT via SteamOS. The handheld itself feels nice in hand, and I can see myself holding it for longer periods than its bigger Legion Go sibling.
Speaking of Legion Go we also got to hold the prototype for the Legion Go 2 coming in at 8.8”. It felt better in hand and liked the fact that Lenovo rounded off the corners of the controller making it more pleasant to grasp. Lenovo stated you should be able to use newer detachable controllers on the older model and vice versa but we will see when final production happens. On the power side it will have AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme with RDNA 3.5 graphics and 32GB RAM.
They also had new Legion laptops, PC towers, and even a gaming tablet called Legion Tab. Powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It felt light with it being under 1lb(350g). They also had a curved 34” gaming monitor which was eye catching.
