Quote from: The Werewolf on February 18, 2024, 23:39:51The problem is that while Lenovo nailed it on design, their pricing is unrealistic.
Ultra 7 155U 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD for US$1,980 vs the Asus Duo 2024 which gets you an Ultra 9 185H 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD for about US$1,850 in an all in one dual screen kit (so no need to carry two pieces everwhere).

You have to keep in mind long-term reliability and support...unless of course the price of these laptops for your income is similar to the price of a muffin at McDonald's for ordinary mortals...

And in general, buying a laptop with poor MeteorLake is simply ridiculous - a completely unfortunate ratio of real performance and price compared to the same option on AMD with Zen4.

Well, spoiling your eyesight and nervous system behind a flickering and wildly reflective glossy OLED for hours at a time (unless, of course, flickering on OLED smartphones scares you and you also hang out for hours in front of the screen without consequences for the eyes and nervous system) is a rather unfortunate choice.

I've been very interested in this laptop, but it seems like the release has been delayed. Do you have any information on why the rollout has been so slow?

The problem is that while Lenovo nailed it on design, their pricing is unrealistic.
Ultra 7 155U 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD for US$1,980 vs the Asus Duo 2024 which gets you an Ultra 9 185H 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD for about US$1,850 in an all in one dual screen kit (so no need to carry two pieces everwhere).

While I definitely prefer the Lenovo design - for one thing, it's a proper convertable tablet and can be folded back 360 while the Asus Duo is limited to 180, and I would prefer the 13.3" screens of the Lenovo over the 14" ones on the Duo, in the end, that's not enough for me to spend that much more while getting less substantially.

If the Lenovo had dropped the price even to say 10% more than equivalent Duo (which only costs US$1400 - so US$1550) I'd consider it. But $1,980 is too much.