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2025: A Year in Review

2025: A Year in Review YouTube In 2025, I produced 32 full-length videos, down from 47 in 2024. Real-life events naturally impacted my gas in the tank, but the statistics tell an interesting story of how the audience is evolving. Since YouTube s Year in Review stats email is a shadow of its former self, I [ ]

Notes on the Lenovo Skylight: An extended look

The Lenovo Skylight: A Glimpse Into a Forgotten Future The Lenovo Skylight is one of those fantastic stories I’ve been lucky enough to share on my channel. If you haven’t seen the video of me unboxing this rare, unreleased ARM laptop, check it out below—it’s a true time capsule. Like many of my deep-dive videos, [ ]

Lenovo launches Certified Refurbished storefront

For years, it s been an open secret among tech enthusiasts that a used ThinkPad is one of the best values in computing. While you may not be on the bleeding edge of technology, a pre-owned ThinkPad is often far more durable and feature-rich than a brand-new consumer-grade machine you d find at a big box store. [ ]

A Chapter Closes: Lenovo’s Foldable ThinkPads Withdrawn, But the Story Isn’t Over

A Page Turned for Foldable PCs I had a hunch that Lenovo s ThinkPad X1 Fold 16 was heading for the withdrawn list, especially as I watched the available models dwindle on their website. A quick check of the PSREF page s withdrawn section confirmed it: both the original X1 Fold and the X1 Fold 16 are [ ]

The Return of the White ThinkPad? Lenovo China’s “White Moonlight” ThinkPad X9

ThinkPads are synonymous with their sleek black design. This was a conscious design choice by Richard Sapper, who famously wanted the ThinkPad to stand out from the hideous beige computers of its era, envisioning it like a sleek, black cigar box that revealed its complexity only when opened. Back in the beginning, there were, in [ ]

The TrackPoint is Safe

The TrackPoint may leave ThinkPad one day, but it isn t today. The Background For those of you following CES and Lenovo s product lineup, the ThinkPad X9 got people talking. In a previous article, I covered how journalists compared it to Apple s design language. The big question was, of course, where was the TrackPoint? A leak [ ]

A Silent Effort from EPOMAKER: The Dynatab 75 Keyboard

In the spirit of 100% transparency, the keyboard featured in this video was supplied by EPOMAKER and not personally purchased. My goal is to review this product objectively. I accepted something of monetary value to produce the article, the product itself. EPOMAKER is a company that I have featured on the channel before. They have [ ]

Lenovo experiments at CES 2025

Over the last few days, thanks to media credentials, I ve been bombarded with CES 2025 information. Unfortunately, given when the media dates fell, I couldn t attend in person. Perhaps next year. Lenovo presented an interesting showing this year in the sense that there weren t many groundbreaking show-stoppers. That being said, here are a few highlights [ ]

Dell Ditches Iconic Brand Names in Rebranding Move

Dell has made a surprising and potentially controversial decision: to abandon its long-standing and iconic PC brand names. Gone are the days of the XPS, Latitude, Inspiron, Precision, OptiPlex, and G-series. All these familiar names will be replaced by a new, tiered system, leaving only Alienware standing as a distinct brand. Odd decision to go [ ]

2024: A Year in Review

2024 has been a good year. While I was hoping to get more content out and share more with you, several things ate my free time for breakfast and it didn t quite work out as intended. Despite that, the statistics from both YouTube and this website paint a positive picture. Views are holding steady and [ ]