The 1.35 mm travel keyboard is also the focus in another way, as Lenovo takes the colorful design to the next level here. The IdeaPad Vibe will be available in seven colors, but Lenovo will also offer color-matching keyboard keys. This will enable users to customize the look of their laptop, as the keys are made to be removable.
At the product demo, Lenovo demonstrated how to remove the keys with a special tool, which is included if you buy a set of colorful keyboard keys. We tried to remove the keys without it, but it is not possible, as least not without long fingernails. According to Lenovo, it will also be possible to customize the keyboard colors when buying the IdeaPad Vibe. Sadly though, Lenovo is not going to sell single keycaps, so if you want a certain color, you have to buy the whole set.
AMD and Qualcomm now, Intel Wildcat Lake in the future
Lenovo will launch the IdeaPad Vibe with AMD Ryzen AI CPUs, as well as Qualcomm Snapdragon X chips, but this will not be the whole lineup. The product managers at the IFA event confirmed that a version with Intel’s budget-oriented Wildcat Lake CPUs is also planned.
When this version launches, it seems like a natural fit for this affordable laptop series. It will bring a notable limitation, though: Lenovo touts the IdeaPad laptop for its upgradeability. Indeed, it has two SO-DIMM and two M.2 2242 SSD slots. That, however, is only true for the AMD model, as the Qualcomm IdeaPad will ship with soldered RAM. And since Intel Wildcat Lake only supports single-channel RAM, Lenovo would probably reduce the IdeaPads to a single SO-DIMM slot.