Dynabook Introduces 989-gram Portégé Laptop With Meteor Lake CPUs

[GGforever]

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.

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[john_]

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.

Maybe they got those CPUs at ridiculously low prices.

 

[Firedrops]

That's a pretty good price, considering their only competition at this weight range is the Huawei MateBook X Pro which is around $2,000. Both are still way too much for me personally to save ~200g.

 

[Tek-Check]

A sad shadow of once powerful and useful Toshiba laptops.

 

[igormp]

That's a pretty good price, considering their only competition at this weight range is the Huawei MateBook X Pro which is around $2,000. Both are still way too much for me personally to save ~200g.

Too bad LG didn't come up with a new version of their 14" Gram. I'm still quite pleased with mine, although the CPU is clearly showing its age.

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

$1599 will get you the MSi Summit 13 AI+ evo 2in1 convertible. Superior in every spec and still only 2.9 lbs.