Lenovo has updated its ThinkBook range for CES 2021, slotting in-between its dedicated consumer and ThinkPad business lines for smaller businesses and home workers. Both AMD and Intel processors feature, along with a new wireless charging pad, optional OLED screens on some models, and features like noise cancellation for video calls.
If you find yourself in need of both a laptop and a tablet with an emphasis on portability, Lenovo has you covered with its new ThinkPad X12 Detachable, a tablet that can rapidly transform into a laptop-like device for those times you're stationed at a desk. The X12 Detachable features a 12.3-inch screen and stylus for taking notes, presentations, and anything else you may do during the workday.
Lenovo is back with its latest installments in the X1 ThinkPad lineup, revealing the 2021 ThinkPad X1 Carbon, X1 Titanium, and X1 Yoga laptops. There's a lot to like about the new line, which builds upon the company's previous successes with its incredibly popular X1 series, the most interesting model being the X1 Titanium Yoga laptop with its thin profile and titanium shell.
Last year saw a surge in PC demand and sales thanks to remote working arrangements imposed by COVID-19 measures. As the world continues to shift, adjust, and even recover, workplaces are shifting to hybrid setups where people come and go more often than stay in the office. Notebook PCs are, of course, at the center of these new arrangements, and at the virtual CES 2021, HP is introducing its 2021 lineup that it says is designed to let people work together even when far apart.
It seems like a lifetime ago that we were last live and in-person at the Las Vegas tech event called CES. The year 2020 threw the whole world into chaos - and tech events like CES were no exception. Here in the year 2021, CES is an all-digital event, which essentially means we'll have a LOT of the same content, with slightly less hands-on action. We'll also have more "smart masks."
Lenovo and NEC have updated the LAVIE Pro Mobile notebook, with a revamped version for CES 2021 that promises longer battery life and more performance. Turning more than a few heads last year with its handsome and restrained styling and slender profile, the LAVIE Pro Mobile dresses its hints of Surface Laptop in an unusual navy blue finish, and now taps Intel's latest chips.
Lenovo and NEC promised something big from their collaboration, but the LAVIE MINI is actually unexpectedly small, in the best possible way. A tiny convertible PC, it's designed to be both an 8-inch go-anywhere miniature notebook and a portable PC gaming system, complete with a detachable controller.
Samsung is adding to its Chrome OS range, with a new notebook, the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2, joining the line-up as a more affordable option. Adding to, rather than replacing, the existing high-end Galaxy Chromebook launched last year, this second model trims the starting price to under $700 but introduces features like a QLED display for the first time.
Lenovo is revamping its IdeaPad range for 2021, debuting a handful of new laptops and convertibles for CES 2021, along with a new Tab P11 tablet. Among the features likely to prompt most excitement are optional embedded 5G in select models, along with 2K display options and a pair of new monitors. However, those in North America may not be entirely pleased with Lenovo's news today.
It's CES season again, this time virtually, of course. It's that time when manufacturers, big and small, try to show off their wares and it won't really be a surprise if a good number of those try to help consumers cope with a world still revolving around the threat of the COVID-19 virus. Just like last year, computers played an important role in adapting to new work and academic settings and LG is positioning its new generation of lightweight Gram notebooks as the perfect companion when you need to quickly move between home, office, and everywhere in between.
Dell has a whole bunch of new laptops and desktop computers in the mix this year, and at least one tiny, yet highly innovative new feature. The feature was announced this week on the Dell Latitude 9420 and 9520, two laptops with what might at first appear to be a standard webcam. But this webcam has an automatic shutter called SafeShutter.
Once upon a time, the LG Gram made a name for itself by having a thin and lightweight design that went below a kilogram (not a gram, of course). The laws of physics and the market, however, eventually made that distinction obsolete but LG's laptops still try to avoid breaking your back or arms. Its next generation of LG Gram notebooks does have one configuration that still fits the bill but it won't be the one that will interest buyers the most.