Lenovo’s ThinkPad line has been widely regarded as the company’s flagship business-class laptop over the past few years. Each year has always come with an upgrade.
Lenovo is updating its ThinkPad L-series lineup with two fresh laptops that won’t break the bank for business users. The new entrants include the traditional notebook-style L390 and the flexible Yoga L390, which (as usual) has a hinge that lets you twist the screen a full 360 degrees to use the device as a touchscreen tablet. Both will be the first ThinkPads to ship with the latest eighth-gen Intel Core processors, according to Lenovo.
The new laptops are aimed to provide the latest ThinkPad features in a thin and portable package. The new laptops are said to bring enhanced security features with a better design.
The L390 is 18.8mm thin and weighs 3.2lbs, making it fractionally lighter than its predecessor. Though the Yoga is just as sleek, it weighs slightly more at 3.44lbs. Both pack fingerprint readers, with Lenovo encrypting data on its dTPM 2.0 chip. The two laptop are the first ThinkPads to ship with Intel’s 8th-generation Whiskey Lake chips; expect a performance boost over Kaby Lake-R and added support for Gigabit WiFi.
Both the traditional ThinkPad L390 and convertible ThinkPad L390 Yoga pack 13.3in full HD displays, and support up to 32GB of DDR4 memory, up to 512GB of PCIe solid state storage, and offer two USB Type-C ports, two USB 3.1 Type-A ports, HDMI 1.4 and mini Ethernet jacks, and a microSD card reader. You’ll also find baked-in fingerprint readers, with Lenovo encrypting data on its dTPM 2.0 chip.
The two laptops also pack 45 Wh batteries, although Lenovo estimates you’ll get two hours of extra battery life out of the ThinkPad L390 compared to the L390 Yoga, the latter of which has a hinge that lets you twist the screen a full 360-degrees to use the device as a touchscreen tablet.
“The ThinkPad portfolio has always offered a broad choice to give customers the specific device they need. The updated ThinkPad L390 and L390 Yoga are no different. Positioned with price-sensitive business customers and professional consumers in mind, the L series maintains the ThinkPad reputation for ruggedness and durability,” Lenovo swoons.
“Sitting below our ThinkPad X1 premium laptops and the mainstream corporate workhorse T and X series, the updated L390 and L390 are designed to provide end-users with mainstream performance and value.”
The Lenovo ThinkPad L390 and L390 will be available in the US later this month, priced from $659 and $889, respectively. There’s no word yet on UK availability.
The two devices are also MIL-SPEC rated for increased durability when out in the field.
