Lenovo’s new gaming laptop is going viral. Really wide.

Lenovo is at it again with Wild laptop concepts For CES 2026, the biggest one is the Legion Pro Rollable gaming laptop. It has a flexible OLED display that expands horizontally – unlike the Lenovo display ThinkBook Plus sixth generationwhich rolls up and down. The Legion Pro Rollable goes from the traditional 16-inch 16:10 aspect ratio to a 21.5-inch ultra-wide display, all the way up to a 24-inch ultra-wide display. This is more (at least diagonally) ridiculous 21-inch gaming laptop for $9,000 Acer once provided.

The Pro Rollable concept is based on the Legion Pro 7i, and will come with an Intel Core Ultra processor and Nvidia’s flagship RTX 5090 laptop GPU. There are no details yet on RAM or storage options.

Lenovo envisions this concept as attractive to esports professionals who need to train on the go, which is why the 16-inch, 21.5-inch, and 24-inch laptop configurations are labeled as “Focus Mode,” “Tactical Mode,” and “Arena Mode.” (because Everything Needs branding.) But it seems like a great laptop idea for anyone who wants maximum screen real estate without having to use a portable monitor.

Honestly, as much as I loved the vertical, rolling screen of last year’s ThinkBook, this is the direction I wanted. And based on reader comments, I think a large number of you agree with me. Fortunately, Lenovo has a very good track record of bringing concept laptops to the market. It has already released a rollable one, this year ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist It also moves beyond the concept stage. So I went into my CES presentation with high hopes.

However, after seeing it in action, I can say that this is very much the concept of Capital-C. The motors were noisy, and the screen occasionally stuttered as it was rolled and unfolded. The display resolution was stuck at its 24-inch ultrawide setting, regardless of the actual screen position, so in the 16-inch and 21.5-inch modes it only showed the center of a larger area. The lid had a large gap on its sides where the extra screen bits are stored, large enough to see the underside of the RGB logo on the lid. There weren’t even any games installed to test. But even though all of this has dampened my enthusiasm a bit, it’s still a very cool concept. Only one needs a lot of time in the oven.

As much as I want this laptop to come out — and I’m eager to review it if it does — it’s already made me long for a foldable desktop monitor. Imagine a 27-inch 16:10 OLED display that can be expanded to a 34-inch ultrawide display. Or the ones that started at 32 inches and went truly Big – like Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 or Dell 52 inch 6K big.

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