Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review

[Jos]

Lenovo's signature business ultraportable, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon is now in its 5th generation, adding new Intel Kaby Lake processors and a larger battery without sacrificing portability. Having used this laptop for a few weeks now, it's clear that Lenovo's minor year-on-year improvements have led to a stunning device that's the best ThinkPad ultraportable yet.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1382-lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbon/

 

[TheDevopsGuy]

Looks great all in all except for the price.Unless the systems ever go on a decent sale id never buy one

 

[thelatestmodel]

We've had X1 Carbons at my work for a few years now and they are indeed fantastic. Really great reliability, solid construction, great performance and very portable.

 

[Luay]

I think this is as close as it gets to mobile perfection, but if I was in charge I'd replace that PCI-E x4 960 EVO SSD with a SATA 3 MX300 one. You'd lose a few seconds of your life but save $250 at least. Considering the small size of the drive, it's clear that it's not intended for massive data transfers so that was a poor choice.

 

[Nero7]

As a tech site, you'd think they'd know the name of the red joystick in the middle of the keyboard for mouse control.

Its a trackpoint http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thisisthinkpad/innovation/trackpoint-unique-to-the-thinkpad.shtml

I wonder if Lenovo are the only ones allowed to use it. I used to have an old Acer Laptop which also featured it. It pretty much disappeared. Its a nerves safer, mousepads are just horrible and aggravating in general. Its also a must to have actual buttons for the mouseclicks.

If the Thinkpad Yoga wouldn't cost so damn much especially considering the rather modest hardware they put in it... damn.

 

[MoeJoe]

Nice laptop. I own the last gen.

 

[MoeJoe]

I think this is as close as it gets to mobile perfection, but if I was in charge I'd replace that PCI-E x4 960 EVO SSD with a SATA 3 MX300 one. You'd lose a few seconds of your life but save $250 at least. Considering the small size of the drive, it's clear that it's not intended for massive data transfers so that was a poor choice.

PCI-E 4x vs Sata 3 is not splitting hairs. You want PCI-E ... but it's better to put one in yourself and save the coin that way.

 

[merikafyeah]

As a tech site, you'd think they'd know the name of the red joystick in the middle of the keyboard for mouse control.

Its a trackpoint http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thisisthinkpad/innovation/trackpoint-unique-to-the-thinkpad.shtml

I wonder if Lenovo are the only ones allowed to use it. I used to have an old Acer Laptop which also featured it. It pretty much disappeared..

Certain Dell Precision notebooks also come with a blue trackpoint. Still, nothing beats a mouse. If I'm at a desk, out comes the mouse. I really need my thumb buttons.

 

[Luay]

PCI-E 4x vs Sata 3 is not splitting hairs. You want PCI-E ... but it's better to put one in yourself and save the coin that way.

A few seconds can be twice as fast for any data transfer below 1/2-a-TB.

"splitting hairs" would fall into nanoseconds.

However I do agree that Lenovo should provide an option for a SATA3 SSD from the get go.

 

[gregzeng]

My four-year-old Dell XPS-15 can be user-upgraded to FOUR TERABYTES (4 TB) of storage media (a two-terabyte drive of a spinning HDD, plus 2TB SSD ) on the motherboard, and at least 32 GB DDR3 memory. Can the Lenovo, and other brands be similarly user upgraded, as costs of hardware decrease, and other hardware pieces improve?

 

[dpj620]

It's got four layers of carbon-fiber reinforced chassis and a magnesium alloy roll-cage. Calling it plastic is a disservice.

If you wait 5 months you'll probably find a good discount. I got the last gen X1 for $500 off with a coupon. Brilliant machine.

 

[Nero7]

Certain Dell Precision notebooks also come with a blue trackpoint. Still, nothing beats a mouse. If I'm at a desk, out comes the mouse. I really need my thumb buttons.

Yes absolutely the mouse reigns supreme. The trackpoint is nice when you don't have the space for a mouse like inside a train or so. Its nice to use when there's no mouse at hand.

 

[Sarcasm]

We have these deployed at our company. To me it's like the glock of laptops. Simple, effective, and reliable.

Thank god they went away with the half-assed touch bar thing before this gen, that model we had a lot of issues with.

 

[Aaron Jones]

My four-year-old Dell XPS-15 can be user-upgraded to FOUR TERABYTES (4 TB) of storage media (a two-terabyte drive of a spinning HDD, plus 2TB SSD ) on the motherboard, and at least 32 GB DDR3 memory. Can the Lenovo, and other brands be similarly user upgraded, as costs of hardware decrease, and other hardware pieces improve?

I have a Eurocom M5 Pro, it has 3 M.2 ports (one of them is occupied by the WiFi card and will not take SSDs due to the physical keying) and 2 HDD bays (7mm 2.5" HDDs only) which nets you 2 HDDs (up to 4TB) and 2 SSDs (up to 2TB) for a combined total of 6TB. It also has 4 SO-DIMM slots and I have 32 GiB in mine.

 

[Muhammad Faezin]

Awesome laptop with Windows 10 Pro

 

[Gars]

Finally, I get the latest E580 for a friend
simply fantastic, all the spec above,
excl. the ports

edit:
for the screen, Lenovo learns about it
3 years ago, Y60 4k res - the worst yellow ever
then I realize why is that cheep