This New Lenovo Laptop runs both Android and Windows

Lenovo usually comes to CES in Las Vegas with a number of laptops and a few interesting ones as well. Instead of a foldable laptop this year, Lenovo is debuting the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid. This is a hybrid laptop that can run both Android and Windows seamlessly.

But this still isn’t your usual laptop from Lenovo. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is a base system and a tablet that can work independently or together and seamlessly switch from laptop to tablet. Think of the Microsoft Surface; it’s pretty similar to that, except it runs two operating systems.

What’s attractive here is that the base station and the tablet both have individual processors, as well as RAM, storage, and graphics. Making it really interesting.

The Hybrid Station comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, 1TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage, and the Intel Arc GPU. It does also include two USB-C ports (Thunderbolt 4), and a combo audio jack.

Meanwhile, the actual tablet houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, with 12GB of LPDDR5x RAM, 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, and the Qualcomm Adreno graphics inside. It does have a single USB-C port. There is also a stunning 14-inch 2.8K OLED touchscreen with pen support.

This is a two-product laptop from Lenovo

It’s a little hard to wrap our heads around this, considering it’s using both Intel and Qualcomm processors for each operating system. But it is a way for Lenovo to offer both operating systems without giving one of them the shaft. Android doesn’t really support Intel chipsets, and Windows doesn’t really work well on ARM chipsets like the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Lenovo says that you can use these separately. So you could plug the base into a monitor for a desktop-like experience while using the tablet as an Android tablet at the same time. It’s not something I’ve really ever thought about needing to do, but it is an interesting thing to do here.

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid will go on sale in the second quarter with a starting price of $1,999.