Lenovo’s latest laptop is all about multi-screen mobility

Lenovo's Yoga line has been around for more than a decade, but the new Yoga Book 9i might mark the start of a new dual-screened era.

Previously shown off at this year's CES in Las Vegas, the Yoga Book 9i is as eye-catching as convertible PCs get. It's got two glitzy OLED screens and support for more than just the usual laptop, tent and tablet modes.

Under the hood, the Yoga Book 9i is geared up for creators with an Intel Core i7-1355U Evo processor, 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of PCIe SSD storage.

Much like the ThinkPad Fold X1 or the ASUS Zenbook Fold OLED, the Yoga Book 9i can be set up in ways that mimic the experience of a multi-display setup. Scroll Mode lets you stack the two 13.3-inch screens here on top of one another while Book Mode gives you a pair of vertically oriented displays to work with.

Another specific use case for the novel form factor here that Lenovo cites for the Yoga Book 9i is presentations. Set up in tent mode, you can have your slides on one side and your notes on the other. It's a little overkill, but it is something that no other traditional laptop can quite match.

As with other premium Yoga devices, there's a Bowers & Wilkins soundbar built into the hinge plus support for both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. These inclusions promise to make the Yoga Book 9i just as good for consuming content as it is for creating it.

Where the rest of the Yoga line tries to pitch itself at creators who want to prioritise performance, portability or a flexible 2-in-1 form factor, the Yoga Book 9i seeks to satisfy all three at once. To that end, the dual-screened device is kitted out with a total of three USB Type-C Thunderbolt 4 inputs.

The one missing piece here is a dedicated GPU. If that's something that you need for your workflow or gaming pursuits, you'll have to look elsewhere or find some way to survive on what Intel Iris Xe hardware can do.

In Australia, pricing for the Yoga Book 9i starts at $4299. The laptop is available in a single colour (Tidal Teal) through JB Hi-Fi and the Lenovo website from this week.