The summer of 2024, the hottest on record, and Brat summer to you and me. Remember those heady days? Lenovo does. It might be two years late, but the brand is bringing its latest LOQ gaming laptop to market in "Surge" green attire, an all-out Brat assault that would have sent the venn diagram of Charlie XCX gamers off the rails back in the day.
It's a bold look for the brand's cheapest gaming laptop range, dropping the blacks, silvers, and whites of the rest of the market in favor of something that stands a little brighter on the shelves. The Lenovo LOQ 15AHP11 isn't killing its entry-level spec sheet, though, launching with a conservative AMD Ryzen 7 250 processor, RTX 5050, 16GB RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage. It's not going to trouble the best gaming laptops on the market, but it's a solid pick for student shoppers.
As a cheaper entry, the Lenovo LOQ is also geared around everyday versatility. Its 15.6-inch display keeps things simple with a 1200p resolution, 165Hz refresh rate, and 300 nits of brightness, letting that Shrek aesthetic do the talking instead.
With an RTX 5050 under the hood you won't need to move past that FHD+ resolution either. The lightest mobile GPU on the market right now, this is the go-to for anyone after an everyday laptop first and foremost - with the ability to power through lighter games at will.
The Lenovo LOQ "Surge Green" officially launches in mid-June, currently slated to land at £1,579.99 in the UK. Like most gaming laptops released in 2026, that's a little higher than you'll find last year's models. Thanks to increased costs associated with the RAM shortage, I'd urge anyone who can live without such a bold aesthetic to look at previous releases instead.
Right now, for example, an Intel i5 configuration with double the storage is available for £949.99 (was £1,149.99) at Box. We also don't know whether the Brat LOQ will launch in the US, but will keep you updated.
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