Going straight for the Apple MacBook Air: Lenovo ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition without TrackPoint announced

[Redaktion]

Lenovo expands its ThinkPad portfolio with a new series: The Lenovo ThinkPad X9 leaves the typical ThinkPad design behind to attack the Apple MacBook Air. For this, Lenovo trusts on the efficiency of Intel Lunar Lake, a big haptic trackpad and OLED screen.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Going-straight-for-the-Apple-MacBook-Air-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X9-Aura-Edition-without-TrackPoint-announced.942127.0.html

[davidm]

This is good in that without the trackpoint there's no reason for me to be stuck on Lenovo, I can finally take a serious look at Framework or other vendors.

[toto1234]

"ThinkPad X9 without ThinkPad design: Lenovo copies Apple's look"

How? this new thinkpad looks NOTHING like an apple product.
Just stop comparing everything to apple, it's tiresome.

[Worgarthe]

I'm perfectly fine with this, as long as they keep it as a separate series in a ThinkPad lineup. Not giving my X1C and P16 away that soon anyways, but this is not a good step from Lenovo, that's for sure.

[dol]

"How? this new thinkpad looks NOTHING like an apple product."

It certainly looks like a "cheap" Mac. Similar to these 10$ Magic Keyboard lookalikes.

"This is good in that without the trackpoint there's no reason for me to be stuck on Lenovo, I can finally take a serious look at Framework or other vendors."

Non upgradable RAM, only a small form factor storage NVMe and the fact it lacks trackpoint / usability with a hefty price tag to boot. Who would want this?

Framework has a certain charm, but what I dislike is that the "modular IO" concept is too limiting in its current form, compromises everywhere. I would be perfectly happy with a P1 like device with wired Ethernet and modular GPU and gradable RAM, WLAN, Storage.

[ldrn]

Didn't they already create the whole "IdeaPad" lineup for this kind of device?

Though with that keyboard, maybe gbus is a step too far even for an IdeaPad...

[Christopher LaRoche]

That's a hard pass. I have two laptop PCs and Microsoft has decided to load them up with bloatware and s***.  On my MacBook Air 2, I don't have to deal with any of that. I have no doubt if I got that Lenovo that, I would have to deal with the same thing because it's Windows 11.

I'm going to get an M3 or M4 MacBook Air. I miss the days when you can get a laptop PC and they weren't Microsoft's billboard for ads.

[macsareterrible]

That's a hard pass. I have two laptop PCs and Microsoft has decided to load them up with bloatware and s***.  On my MacBook Air 2, I don't have to deal with any of that. I have no doubt if I got that Lenovo that, I would have to deal with the same thing because it's Windows 11.

I'm going to get an M3 or M4 MacBook Air. I miss the days when you can get a laptop PC and they weren't Microsoft's billboard for ads.

compared to macbooks, iphones, and ipads, with literally garbage 24/7 Apple services up sell ads baked into the OS' emails, and notifications? lmao apple sheep are so illogical and delusional.

[kutor]

People use Apple products because of the Apple ecosystem. Also, Apple has control over the hardware in their machines, so they can optimise their software better than Microsoft, whose OS has to run on wildly different hardware configurations.

NOT ONE Apple user will EVER switch to non-Apple laptops just because they look like a Macbook. So, dear laptop manufacturers, please stop this pointless and pathetic race of who can do a better Macbook imitation, and develop a personality instead. Thanks.

[Logoffon]

This is good in that without the trackpoint there's no reason for me to be stuck on Lenovo, I can finally take a serious look at Framework or other vendors.

The irony is that Framework doesn't offer trackpoint on their laptops officially (well, yet).

[davidm]

This is good in that without the trackpoint there's no reason for me to be stuck on Lenovo, I can finally take a serious look at Framework or other vendors.

The irony is that Framework doesn't offer trackpoint on their laptops officially (well, yet).

Right, maybe this will motivate them to offer them.

[RobertJasiek]

People use Apple products because of the Apple ecosystem.

iSheep presumably.

I use an Apple product despite the Apple ecosystem.

[AlexDeezNuts]

I don't care if it's "good" It's garbage, It's not a real ThinkPad.