Lenovo’s daring white thinkpad pits have decades of tradition without trackpoint, fewer ports and a lower practice

• Thinkpad x9 lunar tokens “White Moonlight” bring raw power, but discreet gpu lovers are left in the cold
• Lenovo also removes red and physical track buttons, erase decades of ThinkPad identity
• Four ports on a premium laptop also looks like a design choice made without real users in mind

Lenovo has unveiled a new variant of its flagship range of ThinkPad laptops, but has diverted black, square and functional design principles that have supported it for more than three decades.

The new edition Lenovo Thinkpad X9 will have “White Moonlight” eliminates the emblematic red trackpoint and the physical touchpad buttons – in their place, this device offers an elegant white slab with only four ports.