{"video_id":"7SRjYEHzbX8","title":"This Makes SO MUCH SENSE - Lenovo @ CES 2026","channel":"ShortCircuit","show":"ShortCircuit","published_at":"2026-02-03T14:58:16Z","duration_s":384,"segments":[{"start_s":0.32,"end_s":7.52,"text":"Every laptop is so similar these days, but I'm here at Lenovo's really busy","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.759,"end_s":12.88,"text":"booth. So, they can reveal the secret that they've been sitting on, the Legion","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.76,"end_s":15.28,"text":"Pro rollable. In its heart, it's pretty","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.88,"end_s":21.119,"text":"damn similar to a Legion 9 Pro with up to a Core Ultra 9275HX","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.32,"end_s":25.199,"text":"processor and a mobile 1590, except for this uh one little extra thing that, you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.279,"end_s":32.64,"text":"know, kind of makes it special. Just freaking look at it. 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I guess how much you want it is just going to depend on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":92.24,"end_s":97.68,"text":"price, which Lenovo doesn't even know yet cuz they're still collecting","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.84,"end_s":101.759,"text":"feedback at this stage. And although you can see the mechanism for this is really","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":99.52,"end_s":106.24,"text":"impressive, there's obviously still some hints to work out. like the seam you can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.92,"end_s":109.6,"text":"see when you're at an off angle and uh I've noticed some scratching or some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.0,"end_s":114.079,"text":"lines that are forming on the display as it's been going in and out. 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The rep was telling me that versus last gen, we're seeing about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.639,"end_s":298.96,"text":"an 8watt TDP bump. That's because we've got the newer processors. These are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":296.72,"end_s":303.68,"text":"Panther Lake ones. And so, uh, this is no slouch. This was playing AI at full","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.96,"end_s":308.56,"text":"2.8K. Uh, and it wasn't even challenging the processor at all. This is, man,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":307.12,"end_s":312.96,"text":"laptops have come a long way. I like this thing. On laptops this portable, I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":311.52,"end_s":315.919,"text":"always expect the worst when it comes to their keyboards, but this one has a fair","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":314.56,"end_s":321.039,"text":"amount of travel. I actually think I could get really used to this. This is a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":318.08,"end_s":324.88,"text":"beautiful little laptop. Wow. But if I'm being totally honest, the thing I'm most","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":323.039,"end_s":328.8,"text":"excited about is something that it doesn't seem like a lot of other people","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":326.56,"end_s":334.8,"text":"are paying attention to, and that's the Lenovo Yoga Mini PC. Apparently, this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":332.08,"end_s":338.72,"text":"category has shown three digits of percentage gross over the last year, and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":336.8,"end_s":342.639,"text":"that's obviously because the Mac Mini has been such a big success. And I think","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.72,"end_s":346.72,"text":"Lenovo has a pretty cool product on their hand that could compete with it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":344.0,"end_s":350.479,"text":"It starts at $700. Although, like the Apple products it's competing with, the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":348.96,"end_s":355.919,"text":"one you really want is going to cost a little bit more. But it can come with a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":353.039,"end_s":362.32,"text":"16 core Ultra X7. God, these processor names are crazy. But you can get a 16","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":358.24,"end_s":364.72,"text":"core Ultra X7 358H with 12 XC cores of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":362.32,"end_s":370.479,"text":"graphics processing, 32 gigs of LP DDR5X, up to a two TB PCI SSD. This","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":368.08,"end_s":374.16,"text":"thing is no slouch. You might not be taking this thing for a gaming run, but","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.479,"end_s":378.639,"text":"you could. I think this might actually be something a lot of you want, just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":376.0,"end_s":382.0,"text":"like I know you want more CES coverage. There's so much to see here.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Every laptop is so similar these days, but I'm here at Lenovo's really busy booth. So, they can reveal the secret that they've been sitting on, the Legion Pro rollable. In its heart, it's pretty damn similar to a Legion 9 Pro with up to a Core Ultra 9275HX processor and a mobile 1590, except for this uh one little extra thing that, you know, kind of makes it special. Just freaking look at it. It expands from 16x10 to 21x9 to 24x9 and it only adds a couple hundred g to the total weight and maybe like a centimeter to the screen thickness. Honestly, this is really cool and a great implementation of this tech that we've seen. The just gets rolled in and kind of disappears. Sadly, we can't actually game on this laptop today, but it's pretty easy to imagine some sweet gaming uses that this flexibility affords us. 21 by9 is more and more common and 24 by9 is pretty darn close to anamorphic widescreen. So you can imagine the theater-like experience you're going to have watching movies on this bad boy. The aim on the final product is to hit a 240 Hz refresh rate on this OLED screen. Although they might have to fall back on 165 Hz, but this concept is currently locked at 60 Hz. And that's because this is being shown off mostly as a prototype, which is Lenovo trying to gauge interest. And if the crowds that have been forming around this thing are anything to go by, people are very interested in this thing. Do you want this thing? Let us know in the comments below. I guess how much you want it is just going to depend on price, which Lenovo doesn't even know yet cuz they're still collecting feedback at this stage. And although you can see the mechanism for this is really impressive, there's obviously still some hints to work out. like the seam you can see when you're at an off angle and uh I've noticed some scratching or some lines that are forming on the display as it's been going in and out. Their aim is to have about 25,000 uh expansions built in as a durability with the aim of going higher if possible. And I've been told that the earliest that we could see this thing on the market is 2027. So they have a lot of time to figure out these kinks. Another kind of neat product that you'll want to set a reminder for about a year is this, the AI frame gaming display. It's another prototype. So, this is an LCD. It might not end up being LCD, but the thing that makes it special is the AI processor built in that's supposed to help you in different situations in games. It's supposed to know what you need, check your performance. What we're looking at here is Dota 2, and mini map awareness is obviously a big issue for a lot of people. So, why not expand it, make it giant, give it a little AI upscale? You know what I'm talking about, brother. This is uh it's all right. It's like a a really fancy pictureand picture mode. Um but I can see some people out there being really excited about this. [music] Over here we have something that a lot of you students out here might be very interested. The Legion 7A and the Legion 5i. These are more of a hybrid use laptop that are designed for performance but also to stay unplugged throughout the whole day and you can make it home and still be gaming or do your schoolwork if you're a responsible person. I don't think so. The big improvements for the 7i over last year is this refreshed frame that took about 10% of the total weight, including the shaved hinges that make it that the butt is a lot less big. They've also added two upfiring speakers to the two downfiring one. And this one supports up to 100 watt USBC PD fast charging. So yet you can top it up using just a power brick that you can use for all your devices. I freaking love USBC. You know what else I love? Three overtheair updates for the Legion glasses. It's going to have a 3D update just for free over the air. It's freaking awesome. I love it. You know what else? I love telling you about our sponsor Dbrand because [laughter] they saved my what? I don't know if you know this, but I live on sponsorships. And when our previous sponsor backed out, I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. You know what I did? I bucked up. I went to my sponsor droppedout.com and I looked at overpriced stickers, phone cases, kill switches, doodads that don't make any sense and I bought some because if I buy them, they'll have money to sponsor me so that I have money to buy their stuff. Next up, we're stretching over to the yoga area where Lenovo is doing its damnest and make me forget all about Apple. Here we've got the Slim 7 Ultra Edition World Cup edition. I've never seen two editions in one title. But here's the good news. You can get it with either the Core Ultra 7 258D or 256D up to 12x cores and this really nice soft coating and haptic trackpad and a 14in 2.8K 120 Hz OLED screen and all in a really portable sub1 kg package. This is something that I actually would really like to put in my backpack instead of the stupid one I have already. The rep was telling me that versus last gen, we're seeing about an 8watt TDP bump. That's because we've got the newer processors. These are Panther Lake ones. And so, uh, this is no slouch. This was playing AI at full 2.8K. Uh, and it wasn't even challenging the processor at all. This is, man, laptops have come a long way. I like this thing. On laptops this portable, I always expect the worst when it comes to their keyboards, but this one has a fair amount of travel. I actually think I could get really used to this. This is a beautiful little laptop. Wow. But if I'm being totally honest, the thing I'm most excited about is something that it doesn't seem like a lot of other people are paying attention to, and that's the Lenovo Yoga Mini PC. Apparently, this category has shown three digits of percentage gross over the last year, and that's obviously because the Mac Mini has been such a big success. And I think Lenovo has a pretty cool product on their hand that could compete with it. It starts at $700. Although, like the Apple products it's competing with, the one you really want is going to cost a little bit more. But it can come with a 16 core Ultra X7. God, these processor names are crazy. But you can get a 16 core Ultra X7 358H with 12 XC cores of graphics processing, 32 gigs of LP DDR5X, up to a two TB PCI SSD. This thing is no slouch. You might not be taking this thing for a gaming run, but you could. I think this might actually be something a lot of you want, just like I know you want more CES coverage. There's so much to see here."}