A big screen from a small screen is something Lenovo has made possible with a rollable display Lenovo has built.
You have to wonder just how much inspiration from science fiction device makers have these days.
For instance, what would happen if someone imagined a computer made by Doctor Who? Would it be small and sleek like the Sonic Screwdriver, and able to be used for nearly anything, or would it be bigger on the inside?
Almost like the TARDIS — which is bigger on the inside — Lenovo’s take on how the laptop can do just that is with a rolling screen that manages to expand from 14 inches to 16.7, making it a taller laptop display with more screen real estate, even if it just looks like a 14 inch laptop at all other times.
For coders, it could mean a longer display in portrait mode to view your work, while photo editors would have more screen to work with.
Anyone using the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable would have a big screen available from the body of a smaller one, and that’s exciting. The display could be split into two portions, or you could just have a bigger screen.
It’s an intriguing take of how foldable computers could work by making the display rollable.
And it is surprisingly real, packing the technology into a 1.7kg laptop with Intel Core Ultra processors, WiFi 7, Thunderbolt 4, and a 120Hz OLED display.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 rollable laptop will even launch, first in the US in June for $3499 USD, likely suggesting over $5K for Australia if it launches in Australia.
It won’t be the only professional laptop Lenovo will have, as the ThinkPad series is evolving with it. The new generation is the X9 “Aura” edition, arriving in both a 14 and 15 inch models with Intel Core Ultra AI-enabled processors, MIL-STD specification for durability, and an option for OLED displays.
Like the ThinkBook rollable, the ThinkPad X9 Aura laptops will also be coming out, though no official pricing or local availability has been talked about beyond the tentative February 2025 launch period.
