Dynabook Protege Z40L-N Launched With Lunar Lake Chops and Removable Battery

[GGforever]

Dynabook recently made headlines with its X30W laptop, which was claimed to be one of the lightest laptops available on the market. Now, the company has introduced the Z40L-N laptop, also with Intel's Lunar Lake-equipped internals and an impressively lightweight chassis. However, the Z40L-N packs yet another trick up its sleeve - the laptop boasts a battery that is relatively easy to replace, at least by modern standards. At its core, the Z40L-N laptop is powered by Intel's Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake CPUs, up to the Core Ultra 7 258V with 32 GB of onboard memory. Clearly, the laptop packs plenty of computing horsepower, and the integrated Arc 140 V GPU should be enough for non-intensive workloads and casual gaming.

At the front, a 14-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 is on offer. With a sub-1-kg (~2.2 lbs) weight, the 14-inch laptop is effortless to carry around in a backpack, and the 56 Whr battery should provide for decently long runtimes away from the wall. As stated previously, the battery is not glued to the chassis, and is therefore relatively easy to replace simply by removing the back panel and then the battery itself. The base configuration starts at $1,699, and ships with the Core Ultra 5 226V CPU with 16 GB of memory and a 512 GB NVMe SSD. There are a plenty of ports on offer, including a selection of USB-A and USB-C (including Thunderbolt 4) ports, microSD slot, audio jack, as well as a RJ45 gigabit LAN port. For wireless communication, Wi-Fi 7 as well as Bluetooth is present. The higher-end variant with the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V CPU with 32 GB of memory commands a $500 premium over the standard variant, which is to be expected.



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[TheinsanegamerN]

I got excited for a second, only to see that "removable" here doesnt mean an externally replaceable battery, it just means they are not complete dickheads and will graciously allow you to replace the consumable battery in your device without risking a lithium fire.

Also, those intel naming schemes SUCK. Oh wow, a 258v with 140v graphics! WTF does that mean? I thought AMD was bad with names.....

 

[Dr. Dro]

I believe it's called "Portégé"? Weird name anyway. I liked the design and especially the 16:10, 1920*1200 screen... but then again... as long as "Americas" means US and Canada to them, that excludes me by default.

 

[Caring1]

Over priced straight out the gate, just for the base model.
It should "start from" $999 at the most.

 

[nageme]

doesnt mean an externally replaceable battery

Not sure. It might not be a simple lock/unlock compartment, but the text does make it sound like it might be a few screws and a connector.

 

[ScaLibBDP]

>>...Dynabook Protege Z40L-N Launched With Lunar Lake Chops and Removable Battery

What does it chop?

Should it be instead
Dynabook Protege Z40L-N Launched With Lunar Lake Chips and Removable Battery

 

[nageme]

@ScaLibBDP
Maybe. But could also be chops in the sense: "(n) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency".

 

[NoLoihi]

Over priced straight out the gate, just for the base model.
It should "start from" $999 at the most.

Yeah, Lunar Lake could be nice if it weren’t for those moonshot prices on its devices. … I’ve long wondered if TSMC’s pricing has anything to do with it. We’ve got ARL mobile by now, now we’d only need someone to compare pricing on those in relation to die size (incorporating defect likelyhood) …

Batteries being customer-replacable should not be a big feature to brag about.
And, finally, why did they include that woman on there, it makes it seem a bit like the Western version of having anime girls on your stuff.