Lenovo’s latest 2-in-1 crams Windows and Android into one device
by Alex Cranz from The Verge - All Posts on (#6HPMK)
Once you plug this Android 13 tablet in, it goes full Windows 11 laptop. We've come close to figuring out the ideal 2-in-1 laptop, but no company has nailed it yet. Lenovo's latest attempt, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid, recognizes that Android has a better touch interface than Windows and that Windows has a better laptop interface than Android - and it combines the two to try to get the best of both worlds.
When you're in laptop mode, the ThinkBook Plus Hybrid functions like a normal Windows laptop. But when you pull the display off the laptop, it turns into an Android tablet. The bottom half of the device - the Windows half - has an Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 75WHr battery. The top half has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of flash storage,...