insidehw.com Updated:
2013-11-10 14:46:32
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When a laptop has a ThinkPad logo, it's clear from the start that it's a prestigious piece of hardware. Once you add the X prefix, you can expect great portability paired with powerful hardware. After a very successful X3xx series, Lenovo presented a succ...
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maximumpc.com Updated:
2013-11-10 14:46:32
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Unlike many an Ultrabook, there’s no mistaking this one for a MacBook Air, or even an Air wannabe. Staying true to the venerable ThinkPad brand, the X1 Carbon is matte-black through and through, and clad in that distinct rubberized coating that feels...
Understated good looks; solid build quality; nice keyboard/touchpad.
Pricey; 128GB SSD; average battery life.
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After our colleagues in the US office scrutinized the X1 Carbon premium model (i7-3667U processor, 256 GB SSD) designed for the American market , we want to dedicate ourselves to a model made for the German market in another test. Featuring Intel's i5-342...
Although finding possible shortcomings or points of criticism was not easy, there are a few. Minor workmanship flaws contradict the X1's high quality claim; the limited connectivity, in particular the lack of a docking port, could be a source of annoyance...
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If Lenovo's X1 Carbon Ultrabook is any indication, professionals are in no hurry to move to Windows 8. Small wonder this new iteration of the ThinkPad ships with Windows 7 Professional instead. It eschews a touchscreen and a tablet form factor in fav...
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If Lenovo's X1 Carbon Ultrabook is any indication, professionals are in no hurry to move to Windows 8. Small wonder this new iteration of the ThinkPad ships with Windows 7 Professional instead. It eschews a touchscreen and a tablet form factor in favo...
The Lenovo X1 Carbon is a slender and well-built business-class Ultrabook that wasn't designed to hop on board the Windows 8 bandwagon. The X1 Carbon might annoy some people with its choice of on-board software, but the hardware is nearly beyond repro...
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The ThinkPad line of notebooks from IBM (now owned by Lenovo) has been one of the most reliable and sought out ones out there.Of late, we’ve seen the Ultrabooks movement picking up pace and Lenovo has already launched the ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebook...
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pcper.com Updated:
2013-11-10 14:46:33
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Lenovo is one of several companies–including Acer and HP–that have embraced the ultrabook concept with both arms. Lenovo has not simply released a few high-end models similar to what as ASUS has done. Rather, it has released a fleet of products whi...
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon has a wonderfully engineered foundation. The laptop is thin and light yet also practical and functional. It's an ultrabook a serious typist could use all day without complaint, yet it's also thin and light enough to attract con...
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Introduced in mid-2011, the relatively new Lenovo X1 Series of ultrabooks attempts to fuse the best of both worlds. We applauded the original Sandy Bridge model for its high quality looks and feel, bright display, ample connectivity options, and strong sy...
Incredibly fast CPU and application performance for the size, Very lightweight, yet strong shell, Extremely quiet, Matte display, Large touchpad, Improved gamut range, WWAN options, Mini DisplayPort, Backlit keyboard...
Surface temperatures can become very warm, No Gorilla Glass, ThinkLight, HDMI, integrated RJ-45, or dedicated docking ports, Plastic display bezel feels out of place, Mediocre battery life, Mushy left- and right-click buttons, Overall fingerprint magnet...
Lenovo X1 CarbonThe changes that the X1 Carbon brings are not just skin deep. Many of these changes have addressed some of the common complaints about the original X1, but at the same have introduced new criticisms. The new 14-inch matte display, for exam...
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Lenovo is justifiably proud of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultraportable laptop. The machine is incredibly thin—just 0.7 inch at its thickest point—and the chassis is built with carbon fiber, resulting in an Ultrabook that ships with a 1600-by-900-pixel LCD...
Good keyboard and choice of pointing options, Integrated 3G cellular broadband...
Limited port selection, LCD panel seems dim and a little washed out...
Lenovo's X1 Carbon offers an understated look and exotic chassis material, but the LCD panel display quality could be better...
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There's no shortage of ultrabooks that offer a 13.3-inch screen, but what if you want a 14-in. display? Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon pushes the state of the art to create a notebook that provides a lot of mobile power per pound, but its price of $1,349...
At $1,349, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon is one of the lightest, most powerful and road-ready laptops available today -- as long as you don't mind a slightly higher price tag.Brian Nadel is a frequent contributor to Computerworld and the former editor in ch...
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There's no shortage of ultrabooks that offer a 13.3-inch screen, but what if you want a 14-in display? Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon pushes the state of the art to create a notebook that provides a lot of mobile power per pound, but its price of around...
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon is one of the lightest, most powerful and road-ready laptops available today - as long as you don't mind the higher price tag...
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The Lenovo ThinkPad series is currently celebrating its 20th birthday, and today we have their new ThinkPad X1 Carbon on the chopping blocks. After all these years still producing some of the best business and casual laptops available the X1 Carbon loo...
As far as business-class Ultrabooks the X1 Carbon doesn’t have too much competition. This thing is almost as good as it gets — if an Ultrabook is what you want. If you don’t need the Ultrabook lightweight design for roughly the same price the HP Spect...
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Ultrabooks continue to be the hot trend in the Windows notebook arena. With the recent introduction of Intel's new, low power 3rd generation Ivy Bridge Core series processors, designs are becoming thinner with every iteration, while paradoxically it se...
Thin, light, strong and ThinkPad tough with Carbon Fiber shell, Most stylish ThinkPad yet, Favorite Ultrabook keyboard, period and it's backlit, Nimble in SSD, High res display, Large glass touchpad...
DDR3 1333MHz system memory versus 1600MHz on other machines, Pricey...
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon put up very respectable performance figures across a myriad of workloads. With the exception of gaming, where this ThinkPad's lower memory bandwidth holds back performance, the X1 Carbon competes well with the latest cro...
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More Info Lenovo ThinkPad X1 review Lenovo announces the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, a 14-inch Ultrabook with Ivy Bridge, optional 3G and a 1600 x 900 display Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook gets official: on sale August 21st for $1,399 and up The storied T...
Durable, lightweight chassisSolid performanceGreat keyboard and trackpadHSPA+ connectivity...
Middling display and battery lifeHigh cost...
Lenovo's X1 Carbon is the thinnest and lightest ThinkPad yet and, while it isn't the cheapest Ultrabook on the market, it's among the best...
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon$1,294.20 at Lenovo retails for just under $1,500 and can be upgraded to cost almost $1,900, which makes it one of the more expensive ultrabooks out there. But it looks and feels expensive with a chassis partially constructed...
Excellent battery life. Under 3 pounds. Dual pointing devices. Speedy SSD and day to day performance. Backlit keyboard. Good volume on speakers. Matte display.
Uses new AC adapter format. Only 54GB free space left on SSD. Only one USB 3.0 port, No HDMI...
The Lenovo X1 Carbon is an ultrabook designed for business. It has IT-friendly vPro built in, the ThinkPad TrackPoint, weighs under three pounds, and has over seven hours of battery life. It's the ultrabook you want if you're thinking business...
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FOLLOW US SHARE Lenovo's 13-inch ultraportable notebooks have a rich history, dating back to 2008's ThinkPad X300, which broke new ground as the thinnest and lightest 13-inch business notebook of its time. Now, the company has entered the business Ultr...
Long battery life, Vibrant and colorful display, Comfy, soft-touch chassis, Very light...
Expensive, Dim Screen, Tinny audio...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a stellar business Ultrabook, offering a high-res matte screen and long battery life in a slim and sturdy design.
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Last year, Lenovo came out with the Lenovo Thinkpad X1, a laptop that was unprecedented in the company’s history. Lenovo is coming back with a follow-up in the the Lenovo X1 Carbon. The new laptop builds upon the strengths of the original X1, but impro...
Overall, the Lenovo X1 Carbon is an amazing work laptop. It has a very sturdy design that is also low-maintenance. It has an awesome keyboard that is unrivaled in my opinion – even my desktop keyboard is jealous of it. The ergonomics are really tuned for...
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Lenovo's laid all its cards on the table, and put everything it's got into one machine. Is it enough? Read on...
Gorgeous design, Thin and light, Excellent keyboard and trackpad, Solid overall performance...
Way too much bloatware, Gets hot easily, Terrible for gaming...
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The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a fantastic piece of hardware. Lenovo has done a lot in creating this superlight and durable Ultrabook . The X1 carbon brings a new level of quality to the ThinkPad legacy of high standards and innovation. It starts with the dura...
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What happens when you take a classic ThinkPad business notebook, mix it with an Ultrabook and add a generous helping of carbon fiber? You get the all new ThinkPad X1 Carbon: a 14-inch business-class Ultrabook that promises to be a corporate executive's be...
Oh my! Best touchpad surface ... ever!, Matte display!, Solid construction, Good overall performance...
Gets pretty hot, No more slice battery option, 1600x900 is good ... 1080p would be better...
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon takes almost everything that was great about last year's ThinkPad X1 and combines it with the latest Ultrabook technology to deliver an outstanding business Ultrabook. While most professionals looking for a thin and light lap...
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When Lenovo launched the ThinkPad X1 Carbon in 2012, the uber-light 14-inch laptop took the business notebook world by storm with its svelte, 3-pound carbon-fiber chassis. After adding a touch screen version in 2013, the ThinkPad-maker has released its se...
Gorgeous WQHD Screen, Durable and lightweight design, Accurate speakers, Runs cool...
Awkward, uncomfortable keyboard, Lackluster touchpad, Relatively slow SSD, Poor quality webcam...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon delivers a sharp display and an uber-thin, lightweight chassis, but other ThinkPads offer more for less...
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Lenovo has rolled out a variety of business-chic ThinkPad laptops over the past few months, as well as the wonderfully flexible Yoga 2 Pro . We've reviewed several of the company's devices in recent times, including the T440s , the X240 , and the ThinkPad...
As with Lenovo's other recent ThinkPad releases, there are a lot of things to like about the ThinkPad X1 Carbon: it is very thin and light, yet has the appeal of a classic ThinkPad all the way down to the red keyboard trackpoint. The display is phenomenal...
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mobilephonereviewss.com Updated:
2014-03-20 01:50:38
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon brings with it the history and the brand recollection of the ThinkPad laptops. It costs a fair amount of money. But the purists out there, this is the machine you were waiting for.ReviewIdeally, ultrabooks make the most sense...
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The new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a gorgeous ultrabook that sets a new standard in the usually bland world of business PCs. Weighing just a hair under three pounds, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon packs a nice big 14″ display and lots of creature comforts that...
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& Design When we reviewed , its handsome and lightweight design, stellar 1,600x900 display, and excellent keyboard convinced us that 14-inch ultrabook shoppers should put it at the top of their short lists. With the latest incarnation of the Carbon, L...
Thin and light, Vivid touch screen with wide viewing angles, Speedy performance, Excellent typing feel, Adaptive function keys...
Expensive, Not the longest battery life, Harsh audio, Annoying keyboard layout, Stiff upper mouse buttons...
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon remains an excellent choice for on-the-go business users, but the latest edition mixes fresh innovations with a couple of odd quirks...
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Of course, Lenovo is expected to announce a slew of PCs here at CES, from consumer-market laptops to budget all-in-ones. But the first announcement to hit the wires is the refresh to one of the best high-end Windows machines on the market: the ThinkPad X1...
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The ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Lenovo's entry for the ultraportable laptop category, was launched in 2012 as a development of the previous year's ThinkPad X1 laptop but this time sporting carbon-fibre parts in its chassis.It was updated last year in 2013, and ag...
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The Lenovo X1 Carbon 2014 follows the step of the previous X1 Carbon (2012) and the original Thinkpad X1 . It is thinner, gets much better battery life and incorporates a high-DPI display. Its Carbon construction allows it to be the only 14” laptop that w...
The Lenovo X1 Carbon is a great computer for those who seek a laptop that is very durable, productive and comfortable at the same time. I have used it for months during trade shows in many parts of the world, and this computer still looks brand new withou...
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The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon is Lenovo's halo entry into the high-end business Ultrabook market. This product features the very latest in technology including a WHQD (2560×1440 resolution) display with touch support, carbon fiber construction, backlit adapt...
Excellent build quality and design, High resolution touch enabled display, Good performance, Good battery life...
The keyboard is a mess, The Clickpad has a vague feel, No extendedlife battery option, Soldered memory chips...
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When Lenovo first introduced the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook in 2012, we were faced with a machine that was close to perfection. Sure, the original iteration was not perfect in every sense but it came closer than any Ultrabook we had available.Now that w...
Stunning design that continues to show business machines can turn heads, powerful internals to match the machine's beauty, light weight and super portable, gorgeous highresolution multitouch display, Lenovo's OneLink port feels like the future of docking...
New ThinkPad keyboard is awkward to use and will take time to get used to, battery life is less than impressive, adaptive keyboard is more cumbersome then helpful, no SD card slot...
Overall, our experience with Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon is extremely mixed. The design of the unit is one of the most strikingly beautiful and simple machines we have seen to date but feel that the keyboard truly cripples the experience. If you can over...
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The ThinkPad Carbon X1 is an impressive notebook from Lenovo that offers fast battery charging, a keyboard that changes based on what you are doing and is powerful enough to handle the needs of most business users. In addition to these features the Carbon...
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We all have multiple aspects, we work, we play, we relax. We take on a different mindset for each situation. We want to feel comfortable in the board room, hold our own in when gaming at our couch against the stereotypical 13-year-old on CoD, or just sit...
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Lenovo took its sweet time cooking up Haswell versions of its flagship business Ultrabook line. While there are signs the 2014 ThinkPad X1 Carbon spent too much time in the test kitchen, it’s still the best notebook I...
Robust, but lightweight construction, 2560-by-1440-pixel touchscreen, HDMI and DisplayPort; hardwired ethernet; 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Adaptive function row...
Short battery life, Unconventional keyboard layout, Over-hyped speech- and gesture-recognition features...
Almost everything about the new X1 Carbon is better than the original. But the company's engineers should have left most of the keyboard alone. We can also do without its speech- and gesture-recognition...
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon 14" Ultrabook has been a hit since the first version hit shelves a few years back. Folks have been eagerly awaiting the 4th generation Intel Haswell refresh, and Lenovo took quite some time to release it since other changes wer...
Slim yet strong, larger than average display for an Ultrabook, high res touch option...
New keyboard design is dubious...
If you're a ThinkPad person and want one of the thinnest models available, or simply prefer a 14" display but don't want to move up to the larger T440s, then the Carbon X1 is worth serious consideration. We love the build quality, fast SSDs and high resol...
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Don't call it a business laptop. I mean, you could, but you'd be missing the point: Though the original Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was technically aimed at corporate users, it was good enough for us to recommend even to regular consumers. That was a year a...
Durable, Thin and light for a 14-inch Ultrabook, Bright, high-res screen, Adaptive keyboard panel can be useful...
Worst-in-class battery life, No SD slot, Backspace key is shrunken and in a different place, Expensive; touchscreen doesn't come standard...
On paper, the new X1 Carbon is an improvement over the original (which we liked!) in nearly every respect: It's thinner and lighter, and has a sharper screen, fresh processors and longer battery life. The problem is, the X1 Carbon, like many things in lif...
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Lenovo certainly can't be accused of a lacking innovation. The X1 Carbon was one of the first Ultrabooks designed for business customers looking for a sleek alternative to a "normal" ThinkPad. A few weeks ago we subjected the second generation of the Ult...
light and sturdy chassis, very quiet, large ClickPad, integrated UMTS modem, backlit keyboard, input devices offer great feedback, good viewing angle stability (90°), very good battery life, spacious SSD with 512 GB capacity, semi-matte touch display, HDM...
very high price, integrated touchpad mouse buttons, webcam quality is marginal, lacks true Fn-keys...
About 700 Euro (~$1000) separate the least and the most expensive version of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon - a substantial amount of money, especially considering the high base price of 1300 Euro (~$1800). Even the base version - equipped with the Core i5...
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch (2014) ($1,499, as tested) is this year's update to one of our favorite business ultrabooks, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch$1,294.20 at Lenovo. It retains the lightweight, rugged construction of previous models while...
Extremely slim and light design is still tough enough to take on the road. High-resolution (2,560-by-1,440) touch display looks great. Intel Core i5 processor and solid-state drive offer zippy performance.
New function bar adds unnecessary complexity to simple functions. New keyboard layout may not be to everyone's liking. Ethernet requires dongle. Short battery life...
The Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon Touch (2014) makes some bold changes to one of our favorite business ultrabooks, but while it's still a good laptop, not every change is for the better...
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The New ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2014 model is finally here, bringing an impressive blend of form and function to users that need a thin and light Windows 8.1 powered machine.Announced at CES earlier this year , the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2014 catches your attentio...
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In the battle for the sleekest and most powerful slim laptop, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch Ultrabook is a real contender. I spent a week with one and found it to be a performance powerhouse that gave me a full day on a charge and is chock-full of...
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch is the rare notebook that does just about everything well, from performance and battery life to its touch abilities and superb display. Its $1,399 price tag is relatively high, but if you want the best, it is worth ever...
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So how does one recognize a great business laptop? In 2013 one of our readers tended to prefer Lenovo's X1 Carbon , even though it may have very well been unaffordable for most as even the base configuration cost 1300 Euros (~$1782). Still, the Carbon was...
lightweight, sturdy chassis, usually quiet, very large clickpad, integrated LTE modem, backlit keyboard, highly responsive input devices, superb viewing angles (90°), great battery life, battery charges quickly (compared to discharge), matte touch display...
CPU exhibits some throttling, bad webcam, no real F keys...
The original ThinkPad X1 Carbon is now available on Adorama for $1720Read all 3 comments / answerstatic version load dynamicLoading CommentsComment this article...
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In terms of brand recognition, Lenovo's ThinkPad probably has some of the best "brand equity" of just about any notebook line in the history of Windows PCs. A favorite among IT managers for their rugged reliability, especially in business environments...
Beautiful design, Superb build quality, Gorgeous 2560X1440 display, Great performance, Useful adaptive function row, Best keyboard in the business...
No SD card slot, Pricey...
From purely a performance standpoint, the new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon does not disappoint. The model we tested, with a more modest configuration of Intel's Core i5-4200U (you can configure a system with up to a Core i7-4600U) performed very well, r...
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When Lenovo came out with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, it seemed like precisely the sort of thing ThinkPad fans had been waiting for: an ultraportable with fast performance, a crisp 1,600 x 900 screen and, of course, one well-engineered keyboard. In fact, we d...
Solid build, lightweight for a 14-inch machine, Excellent keyboard and trackpad, Fast performance...
Expensive, Narrow viewing angles...
The X1 Carbon Touch is among the best Windows 8 Ultrabooks around, with a comfortable keyboard, fast performance and a lightweight build. Still, it's pricey, even for a high-end ultraportable...
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ThinkPads have been a class act among business laptops since IBM launched the line over two decades ago. As a Lenovo brand, they remain pricey, but they're also exceptionally easy to carry and comfortable to use. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch stands out ev...
Exceptionally thin, light, and strong, Above-average performance, Terrific keyboard and pointing devices, Fast battery charging...
Short battery life (and you can't swap in a fresh one), Just one USB 3.0, one USB 2.0 (and you'll need one for ethernet)...
This quietly elegant executive notebook is small, slim, sturdy and a dream to use. It's expensive, and its battery life is short, but it's one of the best business-travel companions we've seen...
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch ($1,648) is an executive's ultrabook. It's slim, has a lovely carbon fiber construction, and is powerful enough to view and edit large spreadsheets. It's light enough to be carried around the corridors of your office bu...
Slim. Speedy SSD. 1,600 by 900 resolution screen. Great keyboard. Dual pointing devices. Comes with QuickLaunch Start Menu replacement.
Mid-pack battery life. Limited I/O ports. Ethernet requires dongle. Sealed battery...
The Lenovo ThinkPad X Carbon Touch is the ultrabook your executive users will want...
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It sounds like a pretty sweet combo for road warriors. With the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch, Lenovo has paired its top business Ultrabook with a touchscreen for making the most of Windows 8's interface. Everything that makes the X1 one of our favorite ultrap...
Durable and sleek design, Comfortable, backlit keyboard, Sharp and responsive touchscreen, Snappy overall performance...
Shorter battery life than Windows 7 version, Some touchpad issues, Wi-Fi adapter can be wonky...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is a strong and sleek Ultrabook that combines Windows 8 with a sharp touch screen, but you'll sacrifice some battery life...
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Introducing the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 CarbonIt shouldn't be surprising to know that AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel (especially Intel) will seed hardware amongst the tech reviewing industry. Most often it goes along with a product launch, but periodically it will be...
Much as Mark Rosewater can't go a month without mentioning how he used to write for "Roseanne," I have a hard time not mentioning my background in video production. The reason to bring it up with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is simple: whether you're a h...
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A few months ago we tested Lenovo's long awaited luxury model for the CEO from the executive board. The X1 was and is a very light, slim ultrabook with perfect dual-pointing input devices, long battery runtimes and a decent HD+ screen . Now the manufactur...
High CPU and application performance, Light, rigid casing, Quiet, even relatively quiet during load, Big touchpad, Integrated 3G modem, Backlit keyboard, Feedback strong input devices, Good battery life, Short battery charge time, AR coated touchscreen...
Tight viewing angles compared with IPS, CPU throttling during extreme load, Few interfaces, no docking port, High price...
HP's EliteBook 9470m disappoints with a color-weak HD screen, Dell's Latitude 6430u optionally available with HD+, that we have not yet tested. The casing is thicker and the runtime is shorter.The new SSD that now comes from Intel is state-of-the-art, but...
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The original Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was the first real Ultrabook we'd seen come out of Intel's initiative to slim down and beef up laptops. Now that the touch-oriented Windows 8 has been out for a few months, Lenovo followed up with a touch version of...
Thin, light body, Comfortable keyboard, keys have good travel, Great battery life, Trackpad that can carry off multitouch gestures, Highresolution screen with touch option works well, doesn't smudge easily...
Stiff hinge makes the PC annoying to open, Webcam is a bit tragic...
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In my opinion, the ThinkPad Carbon X1 from Lenovo, marked a turning point in design and functionality for the industry, melding outstanding design and raw power in a business ready device. Lenovo, has now updated this landmark device with the inclusion of...
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There are only a few Windows 8 laptops in production that we can consider to be the ‘high end', machines with exacting build quality and specifications to match. While many PC makers are content to push out hum drum machines with middling specs and so so...
There can be only one No laptop is perfect; every device is always a fine balance of features and performance. Lenovo as ever have walked the tightrope of form and function to produce an excellent device. The build quality is simply mind blowing, from...
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Good sir! You have outfit my ThinkPad X1 Carbon with the power of touch!With the rather obviously named ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch , Lenovo brings its flagship ultrabook into the Windows 8 era, adding a touchscreen to the package but leaving most of the res...
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Probably the most expensive computer in its class. Screen not as impressive as the previous generation. Battery life upgraded, but still not enough...
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon is undoubtedly one of the best Ultrabooks of the past year. Not only is it rugged enough for the rigors of the road-warrior life, it also offers a bigger screen than most of the competition without sacrificing the slim and smal...
Light weight and slim, Semi-rugged and durable construction, Excellent keyboard for an Ultrabook, Multiple inputs, including TrackPoint, Speedy performance...
Only two USB ports, Sub-par touchpad, Touchscreen means lower battery life, Viewing angles aren't as wide as we'd like...
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is a good successor to the first generation X1 Carbon. It retains almost everything that is good about the original while adding the touchscreen many people value in a Windows 8 machine. You'll get a an excellent keyb...
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Note: this video is from our original review of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. Imagine I touch the screen at some point in the video, and something happens, and you'll pretty much get the idea here.For once, I'm grateful Windows laptops have stickers all over th...
Touchscreen works well, Gorgeous, sleek design, Solid performance, Great keyboard...
Gets really hot, Expensive, Too much bloatware...
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In fact, if you are like I and spend a great many hours on the road typing articles in the passenger seat of a vehicle with the X1 resting on your knees, this characteristic alone is enough to make one seriously consider this purchase. Add on the lightnin...
Either I am getting softer as time goes by or manufacturers are starting to listen to the ideas of the people buying their products. As much as I wasn't a Lenovo fan, for the most part because of it's plain and unpolished look, there are just so many posi...
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We had such hopes for Intel's Ultrabook movement. With the first clarion call, we dreamed of a PC that would shatter Apple's monopoly on high-quality ultra-thin-and-light notebooks. In the first year of the Ultrabook campaign, we saw a few possible claima...
Thin, light body, Comfortable keyboard, keys have good travel, Great battery life, Trackpad that can carry off multitouch gestures, High-resolution screen...
Stiff hinge makes the PC annoying to open, Webcam is a bit tragic...
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The Lenovo X1 Carbon does the impossible. It makes a business laptop—a business anything—cool. Cool because it looks good, sure, but also because it works the way it's supposed to. And somehow, that's become one of the bigger compliments in tech.A ultrabo...
There is a ton of stuff across the business aisle that, for whatever reason, we haven't seen in mainstream ultrabooks—really cool things like spill-proof keyboards, 3G connections, and biometric fingerprint security. And the X1's beautiful, beating-resist...
The software, strangely. For as mighty as the firmware on the trackpad and keyboard are, the business-facing software that Lenovo loads onto the X1 is more oppressive than you'll find from other OEMs—even repeat offenders like Asus and Sony. Things like a...
Yes. This is a wonderful laptop, and not just for the business users its supposedly made for. This is a laptop anyone can use, and maybe love. It takes all of the efficiencies and protections of business class machines and makes them, well, not insanely...
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I think it was 2002 that I got my first-ever laptop: a ThinkPad. Still made by IBM in those days, my ThinkPad A30p was a monster. Coming in a hair under 8lbs, it had all the bells and whistles: a 1.2GHz Pentium III-M, a full 1GB of RAM, 48GB hard disk, a...
screen, Very compact, for a 14-inch screen, Chock full of useful bells and whistles, Fast, at least for CPU-bound tasks...
The GPU performance mystery, No 16GB RAM option...
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Lenovo's goal with the X1 Carbon has always been simple: to make the ultimate 14-inch business ultraportable. But the last couple of editions have produced mixed results. The 2013 touch-screen version didn't last long enough on a charge, and the keyboard...
Swift Core i5 performance, Comfortable keyboard and touchpad, Sturdy design, Loud audio, Long battery life...
Relatively dim display, No SD card slot...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent business ultraportable, offering strong performance, long battery life and an improved keyboard, all in a svelte and durable design...
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Intel's Broadwell CPU was supposed to bring noticeably better battery life, and in a few cases it has, as with the non-touch Dell XPS 13. Broadwell is particularly good at conserving power when the computer isn't doing much--those periods of time when you...
Light, slim yet built like a tank. Superb keyboard with standard layout, TrackPoint buttons are back...
Expensive, display brightness and color gamut fall behind the pack leaders...
There are few 14" Ultrabooks on the market, and even fewer that are as slim, light and bulletproof as the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The keyboard is sublime and the trackpad is good--- especially good for those who love the TrackPoint. Though the display'...
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Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon has been through a few revisions now and it's easy to see why the product sells so well and why Lenovo continues to invest in the model lineage. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon combines the sleek profile of a mainstream ultrabook with t...
Fantastic build quality, Stylish, understated, sleek, Great performance, Best keyboard in the business, Best trackpad in the business, Solid battery life, Great sounding speakers...
No SD Card slot, again, Display could be brighter, Pricey...
Performance Analysis:The new 2015 ThinkPad X1 Carbon offered some of the best performance results we've seen from a 13-inch Ultrabook in standard Productivity and Content Creation workloads. In gaming, the new X1 Carbon was also strong, but not quite as s...
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The 2015 Carbon combines cutting-edge components and materials to deliver a remarkably thin and light portable with sterling performance and all-day battery life. Granted, the system can be a budget-buster compared to the sub-$1,000 prices we've grown acc...
Crazy thin and light for a 14inch model, Best ultrabook keyboard. Period, Allday battery life, Durability and security features, Good performance...
Gets pricey in a hurry, No card reader, Only 256GB of onboard storage...
The thinnest, lightest 14-inch notebook you can buy gets even better with new-gen Intel CPUs and a 2,560x1,440 touch screen. And the keyboard we love is back. Read More…...
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon feels like a return to form. Since its inception, the X1 series has been seen as a premium 14-inch business line. The series has introduced incredibly slim form factors, industry-leading performance and high-quality designs...
Fast, reliable performance, Insanely light for a 14inch device, Great Audio, Excellent visuals with crisp images and great color accuracy...
Expensive, Display suffers in direct light due to limited brightness...
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Lenovo has found favor among business users with its ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops, the latest of which has finally arrived. In many ways the 2015 iteration of the X1 Carbon is the same as the previous generation , bringing with it refinements that improve t...
If you're a fan of the second-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, you'll find the newest version to be better in all the right ways while retaining everything there is to love about the business ultrabook. It is still slim and relatively lightweight, and it st...
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ThinkPad X1 CarbonThe X1 is as thin and light as a MacBook Air yet has the advantages a ThinkPad brings to the road Warrior. With a 14-inch IPS display that's crammed into a 13-inch chassis, the X1 at less than 3 lbs. is as portable as notebooks get.See t...
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Carbon-based evolution. While Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon series laptop has always been an impressive piece of hardware, some design decisions have polarized the audience. The X1 Carbon 3rd Gen answers the criticism with solutions which aim to please all...
Beautiful, comfortable design, Fantastic keyboard, Vastly improved clickpad, Resurrected physical buttons for TrackPoint, Anti-glare display panel, Accessible maintenance, Silent while idle; quiet otherwise, Comfortable temperatures even under load, Relat...
Bouncy hinges, Limited port selection, Low LCD brightness and contrast, Lackluster color saturation, Somewhat lower performance unplugged, Restrictive thermal management leads to throttling under load, Limited write speeds of the SSD, Unimpressive battery...
The Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon 2015 (3rd Generation)The Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd Gen is a beautiful machine. Much like the Dell XPS 13 took the initiative to cram a 13-inch screen into an 11-inch form factor, the X1 Carbon sports dimensions that are more comparab...
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When you take the ThinkPad X1 Carbon out of the nondescript box, you are immediately impressed by the top casing of polymer that is reinforced with carbon fiber, coupled with the magnesium aluminum alloy on the bottom. The clean lines of the design make t...
Durable, Thin and light, Highresolution touch screen (optional), Keyboard...
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The ThinkPad line has a deserved good reputation with road warriors and the latest model is sure to delight that group. Lenovo fit a 14-inch high-res (1600x900) display in the chassis thin enough to compare favorably with the 13-inch MacBook Air.Testing h...
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We test Lenovo's latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch ultrabook, which is sleek and powerful, offers an impressive display and comes with an interesting keyboard innovation.In the battle for the sleekest and most powerful slim laptop, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carb...
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch is the rare notebook that does just about everything well, from performance and battery life to its touch abilities and superb display. Its $1,399 price tag is relatively high, but if you want the best, it is worth...
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The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an impossibly thin 14″ premium Ultrabook that should be standard issue in corporate America. Like the ThinkPads before it, the X1 Carbon has a sturdy, minimalist appearance coupled with a great keyboard. Unlike business compu...
Very thin and light, 14″ Display in a 13″ Package, Great Keyboard and Touchpad, Charges very quickly...
Speaker volume when used on lap, Fixed battery, Screen brightness...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent buy for mobile professionals, but the machine is much more expensive than thicker ThinkPads. Those looking for a business Ultrabook should look no further than the X1 Carbon. It is the first business notebook to succ...
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SAMSUNG CSC With the X1 Carbon touch 2015 edition Lenovo once again delivers the sexiest interpretation of a for business ultraportable. Weighing in at 2.87lbs (starting with the base model) this 0.7 inch thick beauty continues to be the leading opti...
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While finding a touchscreen for a desktop computer is nearly impossible, and finding a touchscreen notebook computer takes some searching, touchscreen ultrabooks are readily available. These thin, light and relatively compact computers are intended to be...
Keyboard is exceptionally easy to use, physical interface is familiar, very rugged device...
None that were significant...
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In January of this year, I walked into the Lenovo booth at CES and almost immediately to the right there was a large display case set up, and inside was Eve. Eve looked great in the case all dressed in black, and was well attended to by her hosts. Eve is...
The X1 Carbon that Lenovo shipped out for review is likely the fastest Ultrabook yet. The Broadwell Core i7 is certainly a step ahead of the other devices we have tested, and the included PCIe SSD is basically the fastest drive offered today. It is also o...
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The ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2015 update is an amazing notebook that deserves a spot on the buying list of anyone searching for a thin and light notebook with long battery life and an excellent keyboard.Lenovo builds on the success of the first two models to de...
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Lenovo has been acquire the IBM ThinkPad lineup model, and now we have a new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the 14 inch notebook that covered with carbon material body. The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the new 2014 ThinkPad model, this is the upgrade version fro...
ThinkPad X1 Carbon has more consumer level, but there is some competitor in the market, such as Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus S7-392, Dell XPS 12, Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro and HP Spectre is good option.But we have a good summary since Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon has t...
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Which is the best Ultrabook that money can buy? That's as good a question as any in today's tech world, as all the big-name players have ironed out the initial kinks and found their feet with super-sleek systems that meet Intel's mandate and are truly a j...
Beautiful sturdy design, Fast, responsive performance, Thin, light and portable, Highres IPS touchscreen, Classleading keyboard, Good battery life, Threeyear warranty...
No SD card reader, Lots of preloaded software, Display could be brighter, Seriously expensive...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon remains one of the most formidable mobile PCs available. Beautifully designed and conforming to Intel's Ultrabook directive, it is in many ways the perfect realisation of how today's premium laptops should be constructed.Build q...
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It's review time again here at TechGuySmartBuy and we are back with another computer from our good friends at Lenovo. I have been testing the X1 Carbon Touch ultrabook for about one month now. The Carbon Touch is a slight refresh from the company'...
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Nearly one month ago I bought the third-generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon as one of the first laptops/ultrabooks shipping with a high-end Broadwell processor. I've been running Linux on the system since receiving it, including the past ~3 weeks as my m...
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People who say “third time's the charm” haven't seen the 4th generation Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1. Lenovo hasn't reinvented the wheel with its newest 14-inch business class laptop, but they've made one smooth ride. It's smaller, more powerful and houses a...
Gorgeous QHD display, Marketleading keyboard, Lightning quick SSD...
Lack of Ethernet and SD Card slot, Mediocre endurance...
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2016 edition receives our Editor's Choice Award for taking a product we already loved and making it only better.The QHD display is simply gorgeous. It caught our eye the first time we booted the machine up and never stopped i...
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At just 1.17 kg , the new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the world's lightest 14″ business-class Ultrabook. It is amongst the thinnest Ultrabooks in the market with a thickness of just 16.5 mm . All this is thanks to its satellite-grade carbon fiber chassis...
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Fourth time's a charm? Maybe so with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th generation. Not that the previous generations were slouches. Quite the opposite: the first gen was the first extremely thin 14" business Ultrabook with a rigid casing. The second gener...
Slim, light yet strong. Fantastic keyboard, very good display, good port selection...
No touchscreen option, no USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 port...
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon faces some serious competition, even within Lenovo's own overlapping lineup where the ThinkPad X1 Yoga and ThinkPad T460s beckon. The X1 Yoga brings a 360 degree hinge, touchscreen and a Wacom pen for $300 more. The T460s is...
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Half a pound doesn't sound like much, but anyone buying gold or silver (or paying their bill at the deli counter) can tell you it's not insignificant. So can business travelers with overstuffed briefcases. So while Lenovo has whittled its superb ThinkPad...
Remarkably thin and light yet sturdy, Splendid keyboard, Crisp 1080p display, Security and manageability features for IT departments...
No USB-C or Ethernet port, No touch screen, MicroSD instead of standard SD card slot...
Lenovo pares another few grams and millimeters from its lustworthy ThinkPad X1 Carbon, turning the executive status symbol into the best 14-inch business notebook, period. Read More…...
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Carbon footprint. We compare our second more affordable Core i5 FHD SKU against the pricier Core i7 WQHD SKU to see if it's worth saving some few bucks for less pixels and performance power...
no CPU or GPU throttling on battery power, excellent keyboard and touchpad, slim design; strong chassis, respectable battery life, easy serviceability, brighter backlight, WWAN support, quiet fans, no PWM...
Unable to maintain maximum rated TUrbo Boost speeds, Narrower color gamut than the WQHD SKU, hinges could be more taut, fingerprint magnet, no USB Type-C, slow charging, soldered RAM, pricey...
With strong alternatives available like the MacBook Air or XPS 13, the pressure has been hard on Lenovo to keep the ThinkPad X1 Carbon series going strong. The latest model feels better than ever as detailed in our previous review of the unit and its WWAN...
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With every evolution of the notebook PC, our expectations get a bit higher. We're years into the Ultrabook craze and not a single company has managed to create the perfect one. Doing so is difficult. Users need thin profiles, great battery life and decent...
If you're in need of a well-built, well-designed notebook you absolutely should consider the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. In fact, I'd say it's one of the few Ultrabooks I can recommend without reservation.There are no serious problems here that prevent me from do...
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Slimmer is not possible. Already the third generation of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon belonged to the slimmest and lightest 14 inch notebooks on the market. In the fourth generation, Lenovo goes one better and reduces the weight to below 1.2 kg. We have checked...
ultra light and slim case, excellent input devices, fast wireless connections, high-resolution and viewing angle stable display, high system performance, low system noise and temperature, good battery life, 3 years warranty...
slightly wobbly display hinges, LAN only via adapter, no USB Type C, hardly any upgrade options, very high price...
Especially its great mobility is a strong argument for the X1 Carbon.With an aggressive weight of not even 1.2 kg, you can take the ThinkPad on every business trip and it easily lasts a whole day without power adapter. Despite slim design, the user hardly...
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Lenovo introduced the X1 Carbon five years ago, and the business-centric laptop returns once again, now in its fifth generation.Lenovo nailed the formula awhile ago and the Carbon remains highly regarded by business users, so the company isn't going to sc...
The best connectivity and I/O port options in this form factor. Incredibly light, svelte, and durable. Great performance and overthetop battery life...
Touchpad is a minor disaster. Anemic SSD configuration. Relatively weak screen brightness. No touchscreen option (yet)...
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Recommended 5/5The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a superior business class ultraportable with a lofty asking priceLENOVO IS AN old hand at business notebooks, and the fifth-generation ThinkPad X1 is its thinnest, most powerful laptop to date, which retains th...
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Few laptops have been as anticipated in 2012 — if such a sentiment actually exists — as Lenovo’s latest ultrabook, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. At 14 inches diagonally and a hair under 3 pounds, Lenovo is offering a machine at the same weight as most 13-inc...
Ethernet is available via an included USB dongle, Performance is dazzling, as you'd expect from a computer with a topoftheline chip like the X1 Carbon offers, Performance is dazzling, as you'd expect from a computer with a topoftheline chip like the X1 Ca...
Slow to boot (nearly 30 seconds). Surprisingly buggy during normal operations, like running Windows Update. Clickpad is merely OK. Puny battery...
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twitter: @lisagade) There are laptops, and then there are ThinkPads. Robust notebooks with a soft touch raven black finish and the best keyboard in the business. So when Lenovo releases a ThinkPad Ultrabook, we take notice. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is...
Lovely design, 3 lb. weight, high res display, superb keyboard, Lovely design, 3 lb. weight, high res display, superb keyboard, Lovely design, 3 lb. weight, high res display, superb keyboard, Lovely design...
No dock or battery slice options, battery life just average, No dock or battery slice options, battery life just average, No dock or battery slice options, battery life just average, No dock or battery slice...
I admit it, the moment I saw the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon I had a serious crush. That's not wildly unusual for this technologist, but those first crushes often turn to indifference once I put a machine through its paces. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon doesn'...
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