Dynabook has introduced the Protégé X30W powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 165H processor. At first glance, that hardly seems impressive, but a closer look at the device reveals that the laptop weighs a feather-light 989 grams, or roughly 2.2 lbs. The device is also a convertible, which means that the hinge allows for 360° rotation, effectively converting the laptop into a tablet.

Apart from its lightweight design, there is little else about the laptop that is worth noting. The highest-end variant sports a Core Ultra 7 165H, which is a plenty-powerful chip, featuring 6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores for a total of 14 cores and 22 threads, since the Crestmont cores do not support Hyper-Threading. An 8-core Arc iGPU handles the graphics, and delivers decent performance that nearly matches the RTX 2050 Mobile in certain cases. The system features up to 32 GB of DDR5-5200 memory, and up to a 2 TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD.However, it is quite interesting that Dynabook chose to refresh the laptop less than a month before CES 2025, which is when we expect new Core Ultra 200H "Arrow Lake" and Core 200H "Raptor Lake" mobile chips. Regardless, the Protégé X30W sports a 13.3-inch IPS 1080o touchscreen display, a respectable port selection, and a 53 Wh battery. The laptop will soon go on sale in the US with a price tag of $1,399, which is on the higher side for sure.