It’s a small victory for Windows PC makers over Apple in displays: they are ahead in putting vibrant OLED screens in computers.

OLED screens are brighter, thinner and consume less power than LCD technology, which dominates flat panels. OLED was introduced for the first time in PCs with HP’s Spectre x360 and Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Yoga hybrids, which are expected to be priced at a premium when the devices ship later this year.

The hybrids are primarily laptops, but become tablets after folding the attached keyboard. HP’s Spectre x360 13.3-inch OLED model will be thinner and 50 grams lighter compared to the LCD counterpart, the company said. Similarly, Lenovo expects the ThinkPad X1 Yoga to be thinner and lighter, but couldn’t provide specifications.

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