Sure thing! Let’s see if I can channel my inner scatterbrain writer and make this happen.
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So, here’s the deal. Might’ve stumbled upon something kinda wild — no idea why I’m even writing about this, but it got stuck in my head. Anyway, you’re gonna laugh. Or not. Up to you. Spotted some kinda early prototype, possibly Lenovo’s new Legion Go 2? Over in China. This Redditor — Worth_Spot or something, right? — they said Lenovo’s factory shut down and now they gotta get rid of these units. Some sorta clearance sale on second-hand sites. Makeshift, right?
There’s this random YouTube video — originally from BiliBili, if you’re curious. The Legion Go 2 looks a lot like its older sibling, with fancy detachable controllers and an 8.8-inch screen. Kind of feels like tech déjà vu. Samsung Display slapped an OLED on the thing with HDR support. They went and gave it a lesser resolution, 1920 x 1200. But hey, it refreshes at 144 Hz! VRR, screen tearing, yadda yadda. Ok, moving on.
Oh, there was this video. Lenovo Legion Go 2 Prototype stealin’ the spotlight with a Ryzen Z2 processor and a Radeon 780M GPU. Eight cores, sixteen threads. You get the picture. It’s like CES all over again, but it’s not. Maybe Lenovo confirms, maybe they don’t. Who knows? I heard rumors about a Ryzen Z2 Extreme. Sounds extreme, right? Classic tech naming conventions at play.
Now, according to this video, they stuffed a terabyte of PCIe Gen 4 SSD in there. Like, what even? And they crammed in 32GB of LPDDR5X memory at 7500 MHz, a 74Wh battery. Minds blown. Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11… gaming software galore, like game libraries and on-screen doodads. And, listen to this — one controller apparently doubles as a mouse. Genius, or madness? You decide. No official word yet, but whispers suggest a $1,000 launch in September.
If you’re still reading, you might be like, “Wait, what about other specs?” Remember, details can get fuzzy. Or was it lazy writing? Ah, well. Compared to the original Legion Go S models, like Ryzen Z1 Extreme or Z2 Go processors, the pressure’s gonna be on. Lenovo’s up against Asus here, with the ROG Xbox Ally, riding the Microsoft wave. Deep Xbox vibes, Game Pass drama. Maybe polish on Windows stuff? Potentially.
You might wanna keep tabs on Tom’s Hardware on Google News. They’re like this mega-stream of updates and reviews. Hit the follow button if you can find it. Unless you don’t want to, then don’t. Hmm, was I supposed to wrap this up? Guess I kinda did. Kinda.