{"id":361227,"date":"2021-11-02T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-leaked-lenovo-laptop-looks-awesome-unless-youre-a-lefty\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T03:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:45:00","slug":"this-leaked-lenovo-laptop-looks-awesome-unless-youre-a-lefty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-leaked-lenovo-laptop-looks-awesome-unless-youre-a-lefty\/","title":{"rendered":"#This leaked Lenovo laptop looks awesome, unless you\u2019re a lefty"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#This leaked Lenovo laptop looks awesome, unless you\u2019re a lefty<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a lefty, but I feel for my sinistral brethren. Whether it\u2019s an ergonomic mouse or a fancy controller, the PC industry tends to prioritize right-handed folk at the expense of lefties. A particularly egregious example of this can be seen in this leaked 17-inch Lenovo ThinkBook Plus, courtesy of Evan Blass<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Have you guys seen this yet? 17-inch ThinkBook Plus from Lenovo\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/OElc5ZM3pb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ev (@evleaks) October 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I already don\u2019t know what to make of it as a righty, but I do know it looks a lot less interesting for lefties.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, I absolutely love it when PC makers push the boundaries of laptop design. Unlike App<\/a>le with its boring plain old laptops whose biggest form factor innovation is an unnecessarily large notch, the PC world has all sorts of unconventional designs. I\u2019m particularly big on PCs that find ways to make stylus input more useful (see my Surface Laptop Studio review to see what I mean).<\/p>\n

As someone who regularly uses a stylus, I must admit I\u2019m mighty curious about how this design might work in practice. I can see the smaller screen being useful as a permanent notepad or as a kind of built-in Wacom Cintiq<\/a>. The more I think about it, the more I think I like it.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t cover every scenario one might use a more traditional 2-in-1 for \u2014 it\u2019s too bulky to pass as a tablet \u2014 but it adds some convenience over typical convertible designs too.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s exactly the fact that this apparently isn\u2019t<\/em> a convertible that solves some 2-in-1 pain points. One of the most common complaints about shape-shifting PCs is that (with rare exceptions), you can\u2019t comfortably use the keyboard alongside stylus input for quick access to shortcuts and the like. When retouching photos with a stylus, for instance, I will plop my Bluetooth keyboard to the left of the screen so I can still access my keyboard commands.<\/p>\n

Likewise, comfortably using the touchscreen can be awkward if you have a bunch of peripherals connected. You\u2019re forced to choose between prioritizing the keyboard or touch input, and using both is never seamless without an external keyboard.<\/p>\n

Lenovo, no stranger to dual-screen laptops, solved that by simply making the screen a permanent part of the setup. Sure, the screen is fairly small and limited to a fixed orientation relative to the keyboard, but I can genuinely see it being useful for many workflows.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Lenovo\u2019s 2020 ThinkBook Plus put an E Ink display on the outside of the lid.<\/figcaption>