From The Verge: Dynabook has announced its newest 14-inch flagship, the Portégé X40L-K. The device will start at $1,799.99 and hits shelves in April. I haven’t seen a full breakdown of the configurations that will be offered, but I’m certainly curious how expensive it will go.
Dynabook is known for making mind-blowingly light laptops. Its Portégé line regularly includes some of the lightest models in the world. At 2.3 pounds, the X40L-K won’t quite be the lightest 14-inch laptop on the market, but it’ll likely be close. Currently, there are a handful of 14-inchers that weigh less than 2.2 pounds — off the top of my head, the list includes the Asus ExpertBook B9 and the LG Gram 14 — but that’s such a smidge of a difference I doubt it will impact anyone’s life. There’s also the Acer Swift 7, which clocks in at under two pounds, but that hasn’t been refreshed in a few years.
Thinness isn’t everything for most shoppers, of course. And while a number of companies are zeroing in on sub-3-pound laptops this year, they’re cutting various corners to achieve that weight. We’ve seen port selections, battery sizes, keyboards, and touchpads shrink. It will be interesting to see where Dynabook has chosen to compromise, but we’ll have to wait until the review process to know that for sure.
For its part, Dynabook claims you won’t see issues with sturdiness. The device, it says, is engineered to meet MIL-STD-810H standards, which generally includes drop tests, pressure testing, and the like.
In terms of specs, Dynabook says the Portégé will be certified through the Evo program, Intel’s badge of honor. It will include 12th Gen P-Series i5 and i7 processors and up to 32GB of LPDDR5 memory. No GPU option (which would be shocking at this size) — it’s Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics all the way down.
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