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Lenovo has been working on a laptop with a rollable screen for years (it was first teased in October 2022), but now it’s finally here.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is the production version of the rollable laptop, and Techopedia had the opportunity to try it at the Consumer Electronics Show 2025 (CES 2025) before its imminent release.
As you’ll find out through this hands-on experience, the company had to make a few sacrifices, but it might have just made the dream laptop for certain pros.
Key Takeaways
- Lenovo showcases the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, a rollable screen laptop, at CES 2025.
- The rollable laptop lets you switch from a 14-inch to a 16.7-inch display with a press of a key.
- Lenovo tells Techopedia the laptop is designed for programmers, writers, and project managers.
- The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 ships in Q1 2025 as a premium professional device, priced at $3,499.
Will Lenovo’s Rollable Laptop Find a Market?
On the surface, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is a fairly ordinary (and slightly thick and hefty, at 3.7lbs) 14-inch laptop.
But press a dedicated key or make a hand gesture, and the 120Hz OLED unrolls… until you’re looking at a 16.7-inch portrait ratio display.
That might not sound like much, but it’s a sizable difference in real life — you can easily put two apps on top of each other, provided you don’t mind wide-but-short window sizes.
Lenovo tells us that the transition is slow and even includes animation and music, although you can disable the dramatic effects when the novelty fades.
Lenovo includes its software, ThinkBook Workspace, and ThinkBook Virtual Display, to help manage apps in the changing desktop environment. That’s ultimately necessary, as manually placing app windows creates headaches when you roll the screen back up.
The virtual display also has an upside in meetings, as you can share just a portion of a screen rather than one that might include personal info or other data you don’t want to show.
Who is this for, exactly? Lenovo told me it was ideal for programmers who want to review code while they work on it or writers who want to see more of what they’re working on.
It might also be useful for project managers grappling with JIRA boards, not to mention creatives eager to see as much as possible.
The Bottom Line: First Impressions
There are some reasons to consider this choice carefully. In addition to its relative bulk, the ThinkBook Plus is based on Intel’s reasonable but unspectacular Core Ultra Series 2 (in this case, Lunar Lake), uses a modest 66Whr battery, and is limited in expansion to two Thunderbolt 4 ports and an audio jack.
You also won’t find Lenovo’s signature trackpoint (the red “eraser” controller), although the keyboard and trackpad were pleasing enough to use.
More importantly, you’ll pay a steep price to become an early adopter. The Lenovo rollable laptop ships in Q1 2025 for $3,499.
That’s considerably more expensive than the equally new 14-inch Yoga Book 9i, which starts at $1,999 with two OLED screens.
Mind you, using that dual-panel system to its fullest requires a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, so the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 might be an easier way to achieve that effect without lugging around input devices or a portable monitor.
