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October 2012
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440 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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1474 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
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
Keyboard is exceptionally easy to use
Physical interface is familiar
Very rugged device
Durable
Lightweight chassisSolid performanceGreat keyboard and trackpadHSPA+ connectivity
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
Beautiful design
Superb build quality
Gorgeous 2560X1440 display
Great performance
Useful adaptive function row
Best keyboard in the business
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
Light body
Comfortable keyboard
Keys have good travel
Great battery life
Trackpad that can carry off multitouch gestures
High-resolution screen
Screen
Very compact
For a 14-inch screen
Chock full of useful bells and whistles
Fast
At least for CPU-bound tasks
Fantastic build quality
Stylish
Understated
Sleek
Best trackpad in the business
Solid battery life
Great sounding speakers
Very thin and light
14″ Display in a 13″ Package
Great Keyboard and Touchpad
Charges very quickly
Gorgeous WQHD Screen
Durable and lightweight design
Accurate speakers
Runs cool
Thin and light
Vivid touch screen with wide viewing angles
Speedy performance
Excellent typing feel
Adaptive function keys
Durable and sleek design
Comfortable
Backlit keyboard
Sharp and responsive touchscreen
Snappy overall performance
Extremely slim and light design is still tough enough to take on the road. High-resolution (2
Excellent battery life. Under 3 pounds. Dual pointing devices. Speedy SSD and day to day performance. Backlit keyboard. Good volume on speakers. Matte display.
Incredibly light for a 14-inch laptop
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is ruggedly built
And has a better keyboard than any ultrabook-style laptop
Even Apple's MacBook Air
Lenovo takes its solid 14-inch ThinkPad X1 Carbon and upgrades it with Windows 8 and a touch screen
While keeping the excellent keyboard
Slim. Speedy SSD. 1
600 by 900 resolution screen. Great keyboard. Dual pointing devices. Comes with QuickLaunch Start Menu replacement.
Exceptionally thin
And strong
Above-average performance
Terrific keyboard and pointing devices
Fast battery charging
The better-than-HD touch display on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon looks great
The new row of adaptive function keys is clever
And the keyboard and touch pad remain best-in-class examples.
Robust
But lightweight construction
2560-by-1440-pixel touchscreen
HDMI and DisplayPort
Hardwired ethernet
802.11ac Wi-Fi
Adaptive function row
Slim yet built like a tank. Superb keyboard with standard layout
TrackPoint buttons are back
Swift Core i5 performance
Comfortable keyboard and touchpad
Sturdy design
Loud audio
Slim
Light yet strong. Fantastic keyboard
Very good display
Good port selection
Gorgeous QHD display
Marketleading keyboard
Lightning quick SSD
Remarkably thin and light yet sturdy
Splendid keyboard
Crisp 1080p display
Security and manageability features for IT departments
Excellent build quality and design
High resolution touch enabled display
Good performance
Good battery life
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
As you'd expect from a computer with a topoftheline chip like the X1 Ca
Oh my! Best touchpad surface ... ever!
Matte display!
Solid construction
Good overall performance
Gorgeous design
Excellent keyboard and trackpad
Solid overall performance
Touchscreen works well
Gorgeous
Sleek design
Solid performance
Great keyboard
Understated good looks
Solid build quality
Nice keyboard/touchpad.
Light weight and slim
Semi-rugged and durable construction
Excellent keyboard for an Ultrabook
Multiple inputs
Including TrackPoint
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The best connectivity and I/O port options in this form factor. Incredibly light
Svelte
And durable. Great performance and overthetop battery life
Reliable performance
Insanely light for a 14inch device
Great Audio
Excellent visuals with crisp images and great color accuracy
Highresolution touch screen (optional)
Keyboard
Thin and light for a 14-inch Ultrabook
Bright
High-res screen
Adaptive keyboard panel can be useful
Solid build
Lightweight for a 14-inch machine
Fast performance
Light and sturdy chassis
Very quiet
Large ClickPad
Integrated UMTS modem
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
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
High CPU and application performance
Rigid casing
Quiet
Even relatively quiet during load
Big touchpad
Integrated 3G modem
Feedback strong input devices
Short battery charge time
AR coated touchscreen
Lightweight
Sturdy chassis
Usually quiet
Very large clickpad
Integrated LTE modem
Highly responsive input devices
Superb viewing angles (90°)
Battery charges quickly (compared to discharge)
Matte touch display
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
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
3 years warranty
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
The editors didn't like
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
None that were significant
Middling display and battery lifeHigh cost
DDR3 1333MHz system memory versus 1600MHz on other machines
Pricey
No SD card slot
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
Stiff hinge makes the PC annoying to open
Webcam is a bit tragic
The GPU performance mystery
No 16GB RAM option
No SD Card slot
Again
Display could be brighter
Speaker volume when used on lap
Fixed battery
Screen brightness
Awkward
Uncomfortable keyboard
Lackluster touchpad
Relatively slow SSD
Poor quality webcam
Expensive
Not the longest battery life
Harsh audio
Annoying keyboard layout
Stiff upper mouse buttons
Shorter battery life than Windows 7 version
Some touchpad issues
Wi-Fi adapter can be wonky
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
New keyboard design is dubious
No dock or battery slice options
Battery life just average
No dock or battery slice
Dim Screen
Tinny audio
Limited port selection
LCD panel seems dim and a little washed out
Uses new AC adapter format. Only 54GB free space left on SSD. Only one USB 3.0 port
No HDMI
For such an expensive laptop
Battery life is just so-so. Consumer-friendly options such as HDMI are missing
Excellent performance, Stylish, compact design, Extremely fast charge times, Ruggedly built to last
Poor screen quality for the price, Expensive
Fantastic performance for business users, let down by an unimpressive screen that makes the high price-tag a little hard to swallow. You can get performance that's not too much worse in models which are significantly cheaper, if you're less concerned abou...
fantastic build quality, responsive touchscreen, class leading keyboard, good SSD options, quick charging,
integrated graphics are weak, Due a Haswell update, touchscreen adds a fine layer of grain to the images, battery life could be better, audio is thin, Kitguru says: A fantastic ultra portable which is quiet, powerful and cool running, Rating: 8.0, Pages:
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is an extremely impressive business machine which will suit a discerning executive who needs a portable, extremely well built, ultra compact laptop.Lenovo don't ship the system with a plethora of bundled items. You simp...
Published: 2013-07-02, Author: Joel , review by: itproportal.com
Slim and attractive, Speedy SSD, 1,600 x 900 resolution screen
Only average battery life, Limited I/O ports
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is an executive's dream laptop. It is made with the same carbon fibre that makes his golf club shafts so light and strong. It's nice to look at and is comfortable to use. It's got the power to do real work, from shredd...
Thin and light, rugged carbon-fibre casing, touchscreen support for Windows 8
Pricey, sealed unit makes for poor serviceability, no Ethernet port, no dock connector
The X1 Carbon Touch adds touchscreen support for Windows 8 to Lenovo's business ultrabook line. Like the existing X1 Carbon, it is rugged and light but lacks some corporate features such as Ethernet and docking support....
Like all Ultrabooks the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch offers decent performance in a portable package. We love the Carbon Touch's build and design, and the screen is great. Performance is solid. If you need a portable touchscreen laptop for your working lif...
The ThinkPad brand has been successful for Lenovo, and before them IBM, but it is clear from the X1 Carbon that competing in a modern market takes style and performance in addition to high levels of build quality. After all your brand being certified for ...
Stylish, light and sleek, Superb backlit, spill-proof keyboard, Durable soft-touch finish, Powerful specs, Good high-res screen
No Ethernet port, Screen panel still TN
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is everything the original X1 should have been. Though its TN screen doesn't quite match up to the premium style, build and features of this stunning Ultrabook, in every other regard it's easily the best business ultraportabl...
Abstract: The full review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was posted last week but today I've got a slightly more laid-back version for you as I talk you round this fantastic Ultrabook on video. See below for video, go here for the full review or check out our Le...
Abstract: What a pleasure it has been to test this high quality Ultrabook. What a disappointment it is though to see software affecting the experience. The Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 review is below. Model tested: 3460-2SG S, a European model with 3G that retails f...
Published: 2012-11-21, Author: Mike , review by: itpro.co.uk
Lenovo's first ThinkPad Ultrabook wasn't up to scratch, but the firm has addressed criticisms and nailed it second time around. The familiar ThinkPad design and build quality mean it'll stand the rigours of the office, the trackpad and keyboard are sup...
