No doubt, it’s a ThinkPad, through and through. It’s tested to MIL-SPEC 810H durability standards. It offers a Thunderbolt 4 port on each side of the machine, making it easier to arrange docks and displays to your liking. And the design allows access to the SSD and battery to facilitate repairs and replacements.

Lenovo's iconic Trackpoint has been on ThinkPad laptops for decades, but it's biting the dust at CES 2025.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

The ThinkPad X9 15 Aura Edition has a larger 15.3-inch display with both touch and non-touch options as well. It also supports up to the Intel Core Ultra 7, 32GB of LPDDR5x memory, Intel Arc Xe2 graphics, and up to 2TB of PCIe Gen4 SSD storage. This model has an 80Whr battery that is also user-replaceable and weighs 1.45kg.

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Lenovo's new ThinkPad X9 14/15 laptop leaks with MacBook-inspired deisgn: drops the 'pointing stick' TrackPoint, with a full reveal at CES 2025.

For more than three decades, the TrackPoint’s iconic red rubbery nub has been a staple of IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. But now, no longer. Lenovo has removed its famous TrackPoint from its latest ThinkPad laptops,

ThinkPad X9 is a radical change without a TrackPoint, aiming to rival MacBook Air. ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition features OLED screens, 8MP cameras, and Intel Lunar Lake processors. Lunar Lake processors provide enough power with great battery life,

Tech changes fast. Features we get excited about seem quaint in mere years — it’s a constant evolution. So, it’s rare indeed that a line of devices keeps a core feature around for a whole decade, let alone 25 years,