Lenovo has announced an updated lineup to its Legion
gaming laptops which offer an aesthetic that you can take to your business
meeting without getting weird looks.
Announced at E3, Lenovo brings a couple of new
models including a Y530, Y730, and Y7000. The Y530 is going to be the Best Buy
exclusive and starts at US$ 930. It’s got a 15-inch display with nearly edgeless
bezels, so guess where that webcam is placed. Yup, below the display. The
entry-level Y530 comes with NVIDIA GTX 1050 graphics and an Intel Core i5 CPU.
Dolby Audio is also supported.
The Y730 starts at US$ 1,180 for the 15-inch while the
17-incher is US$ 1,250. The Y730 is similar to the Y530 but uses more premium
materials for that all-aluminum chassis with customizable RGB back-lit keyboard
using Corsair’s software. This higher-tier model comes with Intel’s 8th-gen
Coffee Lake processors, either Core i5 or Core i7, which is over-clockable.
Base graphics are powered by the NVIDIA GTX 1050TI. The Y730 also comes with
Dolby Atmos speakers and Dolby Sound Radar.
Lenovo’s new laptops are also fitted with a new
dual-fan cooling system with larger blades. The notebooks should be 10% cooler
and offer 16% more airflow, according to Lenovo.
Both laptops had their ports moved to the back,
which has sort of a “tail” behind the display’s hinge. There are USB-C ports,
HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, Ethernet, and a USB-A 3.1 port on either side of the
laptop.
The Y7000 is similar to the Y530 but is priced
slightly higher at US$ 960 and it headed for markets outside of the US. These
laptops are slated for a proper released in August.
Lenovo announced desktop Legion PCs in both cube and
tower configurations. The entry level cube is the C530 and starts at US$ 830.
Meanwhile, the more premium cube is the C730, which you can configure with up
to an 8th-gen Core i7 with 32GB of overclocked Corsair RAM and up to a GTX 1060
GPU.
The towers are T530 and offer optional Asetek liquid
cooling. There’s also external RGG lighting and the larger interior space
allows for higher storage capacities. You can put up to two 512GB SSDs or dual
2TB HDDs.
