It looks like Lenovo’s next ThinkBook Plus laptop will have a rolling screen. According to photos shared by prolific leaker Evan Blass, Lenovo’s sixth-generation ThinkBook Plus will feature an extendable, rolling display that’s based on the “rollable” laptop concept the company first introduced in 2022.
The leaked photos show a laptop with a traditional, if slightly longer than average display, that can be extended and opened until you effectively have two screens on top of one another.
Lenovo’s photos show a video call open on the upper portion of the display, and what appears to be something like a PowerPoint presentation underneath, but one can imagine that the possibilities for what you could use the extra screen space for are pretty much limitless.
Blass didn’t share any other technical details about the new ThinkBook Plus, but with CES 2025 just weeks away in January, it seems likely that the new laptop could make an official appearance soon.
Lenovo has been playing around with the concept of a rollable laptop for a few years now, and this new ThinkBook Plus looks like a direct descendant of the company’s previous concept device. Lenovo is also a master of making weird laptops.
The Lenovo Auto Twist from CES 2024 had a display that could rotate and fold on its own, and the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i from 2023 combined two separate touchscreen displays to give owners even more screen space to play with.
Until now, rollable displays have mostly existed in smartphone concepts and expensive televisions, so if Lenovo can sell a laptop with a unique screen at an affordable price and guarantee that it won’t have hardware issues, it could be a big achievement for them.
Then again, the previous fifth-generation ThinkBook Plus — which was a Windows computer when you added a keyboard and an Android tablet when you didn’t — started at $2,000, so expecting it to be affordable might be a mistake.
Handheld gaming systems are making a splash. People have been playing games on the go since the days of the Game Boy, but in recent years there have been a number of devices that let you play all kinds of games.
With new machines coming out every week, figuring out which ones are actually worthwhile can be tricky.
You already know the Nintendo Switch is great, but depending on your preferences, the perfect handheld could be a $70 emulation device or an $800 portable PC. To help you make the right choice, we’ve researched the best handheld gaming consoles, tested several of the top contenders, and separated out the ones we like best right now.
Valve’s Steam Deck offers the best balance of price, performance, and usability in the gaming handheld market. And the new Steam Deck OLED is a complete upgrade over the original model. Starting at $549 for 512GB of storage, this model has a 7.4-inch OLED display that’s now brighter, sharper, slightly larger, and more vivid than the entry-level model’s 7-inch IPS panel.
The OLED screen’s high contrast and rich color make every game look better by default, but the display also supports HDR, with significantly brighter highlights at its peak. The maximum refresh rate is also increased from 60Hz to 90Hz, which should help many games look smoother.
Thanks to a less power-hungry display, more efficient AMD APU, and a larger battery, the Steam Deck OLED lasts longer than before. Neither handheld can play resource-intensive “AAA” games for very long, but Valve says the OLED model can last three to 12 hours, depending on the game, while the LCD model lasts two to eight hours.
A big fan keeps things cool and quiet, and the chassis feels lighter. Performance is about the same, though the OLED model’s increased memory bandwidth can help gain a few extra frames in some games.
Still, $549 is a big investment. The entry-level Steam Deck, which uses a more basic IPS LCD display but comes with a 256GB SSD as standard, remains a great value at $399.
The hardware is starting to show its age in any case: many of the biggest games released last year don’t run properly, if they’re supported at all. Problems with Linux and anti-cheat software have even made live-service games like Destiny 2 and Apex Legends unplayable.
Yet both decks can run tons of games that aren’t possible on the Nintendo Switch, from Elden Ring to Baldur’s Gate 3, and they remain a natural home for the mountain of little gems scattered across Steam.
(Hi, Balatro!) While official game support is limited to a subset of the Steam library, the list of officially verified and still playable titles is huge, varied, and constantly growing. There are workarounds for accessing other storefronts, too.