ThinkPad 13
The ThinkPad 13 is Lenovo’s value offering, and it will be available in January for a starting price of $674. For less than $700, it will feature Intel Kaby Lake processors, with up to 32 GB of DDR4 with 2 DIMM slots, and up to 512 GB of PCIe storage. The display is a FHD 1920×1080 touch version, and it features 3 USB 3.0 ports, USB-C which doubles as a charging port, dTPM 2.0, and a SD card reader. It’s 19.1mm thick and weighs 3.17 lbs. It will also be offered in black or silver.
ThinkPad L470
The L series is positioned as the mainstream business value lineup, and they slot in for a bit less money than the T series. The L470 is a 14-inch FHD IPS model, and it also features optional Intel Optane caching, and 2 DIMMS for up to 32 GB of RAM. It keeps the split batteries as well, offering up to 95.5 Wh of battery capacity. In addition, it adds a discrete GPU in the Radeon R5 M430. It will be available in March starting from $799.
ThinkPad L570
This 15.6-inch laptop is quite a bit different than the similarly named L470, in that it doesn’t have the split battery, or discrete graphics. It has a single 48 Wh battery, along with optional Intel Optane caching or SSD drives. The base model is a 1366×768 TN display, so be careful, although there is a FHD IPS offering as well. It features a dedicated number pad and optical drive, and it can be had with up to 32 GB of DDR4 with the 2 DIMM slots, and will be available in March starting at $809.
ThinkPad T470
The T470 is one of the new models to feature an optional Intel Optane 16 GB cache drive, and it also will have a touch fingerprint reader and Windows Hello camera option. Thunderbolt 3 is also here on the 14-inch laptop, along with a GeForce 940MX GPU and up to 32 GB of DDR4. It continues to feature the split battery, with a 23 Wh in the front and a removable 48 Wh or 73 Wh battery in the rear. It will be available in February starting at $914
ThinkPad T470p
The p model is for performance, with 45-Watt CPUs instead of the U series found in the slimmer and lighter notebooks. This is combined with the GeForce 940MX, and up to 32 GB of DDR4. The T470p is also available with the 16 GB Intel Optane caching drive, and split batteries with up to 12 hours of battery life with the larger 72 Wh battery in the rear. The T470p will be available in March starting at $1049.
ThinkPad T470s
The ThinkPad T470s continues to get slimmer and lighter. What was once a slightly lighter T series is now a 14-inch notebook that is under three pounds, with the latest version just 2.9 lbs. It can be had with up to 24 GB of memory, with 8 GB soldered on and a single DIMM available for another 16 GB. It still features Ethernet, along with Thunderbolt 3 and up to 1 TB of PCIe SSD. The thinner T series is also available in silver, with availability in February starting at $1099.
ThinkPad T570
The 15.6-inch T series is similar to the T470 in that it will offer Thunderbolt 3, fingerprint, IR camera, and Intel Optane caching. This will also feature a dGPU with the GeForce 940MX. The larger model can also be configured with a UHD display in addition to the standard FHD version. This will be available in March starting at $909.
ThinkPad X270
This 12.5-inch ThinkPad has been around for quite a while now and is insanely popular. The latest version adds USB-C for power, display, and data. RAM options are 4 to 16 GB of DDR4, and storage is upgraded to 2 TB of HDD or a 512 GB PCIe SSD. It offers the ThinkPad split battery with 23 Wh in the front and 48 or 72 Wh in the rear. With the largest battery, Lenovo claims up to 21.4 hours of battery life. It comes in at 2.9 lbs, with availability in March from $909
ThinkPad Yoga 370
Lenovo is launching the ThinkPad Yoga 370, which is a 13.3-inch FHD version of their ThinkPad Yoga lineup. The ThinkPad Yoga 370 offers an integrated pen which docks inside the laptop for charging, as well as Thunderbolt 3. Lenovo will offer the new Yoga in either black or silver with availability in March 2017 starting from $1264.
ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock
Lenovo’s Thunderbolt 3 Dockwill have a massive number of different connections and its own power source, a 135W power brick, to be able to power even the smaller Thunderbolt 3 equipped laptops. It’s nice to see this come out with such extensibility.
ThinkPad USB Type-C Dock
The USB Type C Gen 2 dock is intended for some of their older systems that don’t quite have Thunderbolt 3. This takes advantage of the bandwidth to provide much more extensibility. It can drive a single UHD monitor at 30Hz or two 1080P monitors at 60 Hz.
ThinkVision P27h and P24h (not pictured) Monitors
Despite what you may think, Lenovo has a good history of providing nice monitors. They were one of the first to offer a high DPI display and are continuing to offer accurate, good quality monitors in all segments. These will be factory calibrated with a higher sRGB gamut than normal, though it isn’t specified. Both displays have two HDMI ports, a DisplayPort, five USB 3.0 ports and a USB-C connection that can act as a single connection point.
Both of these displays will be available in March 2017, with the P24h priced at $259 and the P27h priced at $329.