The YogaBook 9i packs a radical dual-screen design

Lenovo’s new YogaBook 9i isn’t the primary time we’ve seen somebody attempt to cram two screens right into a laptop computer, with the second the place the keyboard often sits. But it surely is perhaps probably the most earnest but, and the most certainly to really succeed as a distinct segment kind issue. Chalk it as much as the model positioning—proper on the prime of Lenovo’s most fashionable client line—and a thoughtful design that enables the laptop computer to carry out to its strengths.

Essentially the most eye-catching and radical function of the YogaBook 9i is its potential to face by itself as a dual-screen setup, with each 13-inch OLED screens seen in panorama mode, the removable keyboard sitting beneath it, and an origami-style stand propping it up. The sight is a bit weird, however anybody who’s grown reliant on a dual-monitor workstation will immediately see the benefit. Whereas this isn’t prone to be a preferred selection for, say, engaged on a cross-country flight, it means you possibly can go away the moveable USB monitor behind for dual-screen productiveness in your resort room.

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Much like the folding display on the ThinkPad X1 Fold, the laptop computer’s keyboard can relaxation on the underside display, with the rest of the panel dedicated to both touchpad or widget show. You too can use it in any of the traditional 2-in-1 configurations, presenting a slideshow or video on the other display, or with each screens vertical and side-by-side, both held like a e-book or propped up on the included stand. There are quite a lot of choices, all supported by an included stylus and a sequence of multi-finger gestures for managing the screens and home windows.

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Beneath the interesting “Tidal Teal” colorway (jogs my memory of my previous Sport Boy Colour!), the laptop computer gives an Intel Core i7-U15 processor with built-in Iris X graphics, 16GB of reminiscence, and both 512GB or 1TB of SSD Gen-4 storage. Lenovo’s regular digicam setup, with an IR sensor for Home windows Howdy and a shutter for privateness, are included. Lenovo claims as much as 10 hours of video playback on each screens with the brightness at 150 nits, or 14 hours should you use only one display, with a extra typical 7 hours of life in an ordinary workload. Ports are triple USB type-C, with no variation.

The YogaBook 9i (or Yoga E book 9i, Lenovo makes use of each names in its press supplies) will launch in June, beginning at a hefty $2,099. That’s dear, even for a top-of-the-line Yoga, however its double OLED screens do give it added worth.