Giant companies aren’t identified for taking dangers. That is as true on the earth of shopper {hardware} as anyplace. Annual updates are largely incremental, with small adjustments to issues like display screen decision or picture high quality.
It’s a phenomenon that Lenovo is very happy to buck when it showcases the newest updates to its PC line yearly. The choices are usually some mixture of product and ideas, the latter of which can properly by no means see the sunshine of day, however they function a constant reminder than it’s nonetheless potential for PC makers to assume outdoors the field.
CES 2025 marked the rollable laptop computer’s transition from idea to product. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 will arrive later this 12 months, for the low, low value of $3,500. The product’s centerpiece is a show that mechanically expands as giant as 16.7 inches. It’s not an on the spot transformation — in truth, the precise unrolling course of is refined. However you’ll solely have to attend round 10 seconds for it to get from level A to level B.
The best reply to the “why” of the product is “because it’s neat.” Extra pragmatically, nevertheless, is the power to port round a considerably bigger display screen in a comparatively small type issue. From that standpoint, it’s comparable in precept to foldable telephones.
A couple of different merchandise showcased at CES are nonetheless firmly within the idea section however warrant point out right here. First is a large-screen desktop, which makes use of onboard movement monitoring to observe the consumer round. It adjusts peak or strikes to the left or proper. It’s basically the desktop model of the shifting Auto Twist AI PC the corporate confirmed off in September.
Notably, the case and base of the system have been constructed out of a mix of bamboo and corn, in a bid to maneuver towards extra sustainable {hardware} manufacturing. The system was on show with a wi-fi keyboard that solely prices utilizing the monitor’s ambient gentle.
