These laptops use Intel Core Ultra processors and follow the trend of being Copilot+ PCs. The ThinkPad X9 comes with Lenovo AI Now, an on-device assistant that uses Meta’s Llama

Lenovo's new ThinkPad X9 14/15 laptop leaks with MacBook-inspired deisgn: drops the 'pointing stick' TrackPoint, with a full reveal at CES 2025.

The Trackpoint is, in 2025, not very useful. Lenovo tells me that the change is to signal a modern approach to the ThinkPad range, the roots of which go way back, to when ThinkPads were branded with an IBM logo.

Lenovo ThinkPad keyboards are the stuff of legend; they dominate any discussion of the best laptop keyboards. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium earned a place in my bag for years, in no small part due to its luxurious typing experience.

For more than three decades, the TrackPoint’s iconic red rubbery nub has been a staple of IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops. But now, no longer. Lenovo has removed its famous TrackPoint from its latest ThinkPad laptops,

Tech changes fast. Features we get excited about seem quaint in mere years — it’s a constant evolution. So, it’s rare indeed that a line of devices keeps a core feature around for a whole decade, let alone 25 years,