Lenovo Offers Tasteful-Looking Gaming Laptops

Gaming rigs and laptops can often be over-the-top, bulky, and mechanical-looking monstrosities. A huge reason for this is the preconception that edges and sharp colors convey performance. At this year’s E3, Lenovo took a different path with one of its most well-known gaming laptop lineups. By giving the units a classier look, they gain a more mature and enduring appearance.

The changes pertain largely to the company’s Legion series of laptops, Engadget reports. Lenovo decided to get rid of the gaudy and flashy designs that other manufacturers have embraced. Instead, it went for the route of subtlety and elegance.

Among the new units in the lineup is the Y530, which will be exclusive to Best Buy and will come with a price tag of $930. It comes with a 15-inch screen, a Core i5 CPU, and an NVidia 1050 GPU.

Those who have bought the unit or similar laptops from the Legion lineup before will notice the changes right away. Gone are the loud aesthetics with the eye-catching reds and blacks. They were replaced with a more muted black and gray tone. They wouldn’t be out of place in a boardroom of a Fortune 500 company.

There are also pricier versions of these laptops that go up as high as $1,250 for those who want a little more muscle under the hood. Unfortunately, the GPU capacity only goes up to the 1050Ti variant. As Gizmodo points out, a GTX 1060 would have conveyed better balance between price and performance.

On that note, it seems Lenovo has also decided to make some rather unique hardware design changes. A majority of the laptops’ ports were moved to the back of the case instead of the side. This move will certainly make the wire clutter less of an issue, but plugging USB cables is also going to be a problem.