Lenovo Thinkpad X1-Carbon Ultrabook Laptops

[jaimelobo]

Ancient Sumeria writing on tree bark???

The Sumerian used the world’s first Tablets for their writing.

http://www.duhaime.org/Portals/duhaime/images/Sumerian_Beer-Tablet.jpg

They even used an early version of a “Windows Tiles” interface!

[k87]

@aulimbaugh

I own an X1 and love the keyboard. Be careful with this one, it has the adaptive keyboard up top and a few of the keys are in different places. Lenovo had to scrap this keyboard and went back to the old one on their newest X1’s (thank goodness).

That’s the kicker. Not in the market but I assumed it was a decent deal because I assumed it was the third generation. Woot has let us down.

[TheOtherBob]

@scottc

The 2nd generation Carbons have had a lot of hardware failures, and the weird function bar is problematic.

+1,000,000

We purchased 70 of these 2nd gen Carbons and we’re sitting at a 50% failure rate (system board). Avoid… at… all… costs…

If you get one make sure you get the warranty for it as you may need it!

[shifuimam]

@TheOtherBob

+1,000,000

We purchased 70 of these 2nd gen Carbons and we’re sitting at a 50% failure rate (system board). Avoid… at… all… costs…

If you get one make sure you get the warranty for it as you may need it!

Same here. This was our daily driver at my last job and they crapped out constantly.

I HATE the function bar (I use function keys a lot, and the touch bar has the added bonus of no tactile feedback, so you can accidentally refresh a webpage in the middle of doing something without even realizing it until it’s too late) and the keyboard layout is wack.

[gak0090]

@jaimelobo

Ancient Sumeria writing on tree bark???

The Sumerian used the world’s first Tablets for their writing.

http://www.duhaime.org/Portals/duhaime/images/Sumerian_Beer-Tablet.jpg

They even used an early version of a “Windows Tiles” interface!

Funny thing is that the tablet above has a resolution just shy of the 1600x900 resolution of this $850-$900 laptop

[peeam]

@TheOtherBob

+1,000,000

We purchased 70 of these 2nd gen Carbons and we’re sitting at a 50% failure rate (system board). Avoid… at… all… costs…

If you get one make sure you get the warranty for it as you may need it!

100% agree.

I have 2 of the 2nd gen through work and both had major problems in <3 months of use. The first one just died- mother board fried and the second one decided to turn itself off unless left on a flat desk and not using the keyboard (great feature of a laptop one uses for travel). I now have the 1st gen which is offered here and so far no trouble. I have owned a number of laptops for personal use which usually cost less than $500 and refuse to die after years of abuse.

[gregmobile]

@alextse

The 4 GB RAM is quite a limiter. I have a comparable Samsung Ativ Book 9+ and I feel constrained. But if you limit to normal business tasks, browsing, and playing videos it’s OK.

“OK” for that price is a deal killer for me. I can get “OK” with a second Chromebook.

[FredWallace18]

$850+ for a sub-full-HD screen, 4GB ram and generation-old Intel graphics? Doesn’t matter if this is a “tough, commercial-grade” laptop if it can’t do much to begin with.

[brian153]

@k87

That’s the kicker. Not in the market but I assumed it was a decent deal because I assumed it was the third generation. Woot has let us down.

I don’t understand how you or anyone is “let down” considering you are (as you say) not in the market for one. You may be let down (or disappointed) if you were going to buy one because Woot said it was a third gen but later clarified that it was a second gen. I personally never assume any sales pitch from anyone to be fact. I spend a few minutes (or more) to read about what I’m buying. That sometimes will help me not feel so “let down”.

[ThunderThighs]

@brian153

I don’t understand how you or anyone is “let down” considering you are (as you say) not in the market for one. You may be let down (or disappointed) if you were going to buy one because Woot said it was a third gen but later clarified that it was a second gen. I personally never assume any sales pitch from anyone to be fact. I spend a few minutes (or more) to read about what I’m buying. That sometimes will help me not feel so “let down”.

Also, the sale title said 2nd generation from the get-go. I checked on that yesterday.

[tc1uscg]

@alextse

The 4 GB RAM is quite a limiter. I have a comparable Samsung Ativ Book 9+ and I feel constrained. But if you limit to normal business tasks, browsing, and playing videos it’s OK.

Your right, but most people can get by with a 4cyl car engine but opt for the V6. If you can afford it. Tweek it to 8 and live long.

[radi0j0hn]

@ThunderThighs

We often don’t get samples of the items so we have to rely on vendor images.

Why would a vendor of espresso machines send you pix of espresso cups? Besides, the shots of machines are in the body of the sale.

The only reason I notice is because I say, “Hey those are cool cups!” and then there aren’t any. But I really don’t need any more cups, so I guess it doesn’t matter!

[ThunderThighs]

@radi0j0hn

Why would a vendor of espresso machines send you pix of espresso cups? Besides, the shots of machines are in the body of the sale.

The only reason I notice is because I say, “Hey those are cool cups!” and then there aren’t any. But I really don’t need any more cups, so I guess it doesn’t matter!

You’d have to ask the companies. Example Cuisinart

[sourhead]

@MosquitoControl

So, a few days back Woot couldn’t decide what size laptop we were looking at.

Today, on Accessories, it says that it’s Slim Pants but it’s actually full suits. Suits which, by the way, are the same price every single day on Groupon, only with returns. Not sure why we should buy here when Groupon has the same goods at the same prices, only with returns.

We often get sales that have images of products not for sale.

And this was a sale of “Men?s” watches Men's Multifunction Bracelet Watch

Woot, who is doing your copywriting, a blind squirrel? The attention to detail at yard sales is better than here. It’s an absolute embarrassment. Does no one care about how your sales look? Does no one at Woot have any pride?

And with this new format it’s even harder to tell you that there are mistakes, but you have to be aware there are mistakes everywhere. It’s just harder to get clarification when the mistake actually impacts whether we’d buy something.

Blows my mind that a site can have this many errors and still Jeff Bezos doesn’t make heads roll. If Amazon had these errors people would be gone until it was clean and the customer experience didn’t absolutely blow.

So true! Bezos would have the person missing the kid’s soccer game to fix this while they are at their keyboard sobbing.

[k87]

@ThunderThighs

Also, the sale title said 2nd generation from the get-go. I checked on that yesterday.

The second generation is much criticized by almost everyone. I’d go as far as to say Lenovo has probably lost a good chunk of the people who bought the second generation as continuing customers.

Lenovo Thinkpad X1-Carbon Ultrabook Laptops
$849.99–$899.99

Yeah when you click I want one, it does say

>> Lenovo Thinkpad X1-Carbon Ultrabook (2nd Generation), 14" HD+ Display, Intel Core i5 Dual-Core, 4GB DDR3, Solid State Drive, 802.11ac, Bluetooth, Win7Pro - (Your Choice)
$849.99–$899.99
In Stock. Ships in 3-5 business days.

I’m not saying you didn’t disclose it. I’m just saying that this is an inferior product that nobody should buy. especially at the price Woot is selling them.

Or is it not OK to say this anymore?

[alextse]

@gregmobile

“OK” for that price is a deal killer for me. I can get “OK” with a second Chromebook.

I travel to China a lot, a Chromebook wouldn’t work well there at all. I need a full blown Windows install with Office, etc. But I’m also not gaming on it either.

[alextse]

@tc1uscg

Your right, but most people can get by with a 4cyl car engine but opt for the V6. If you can afford it. Tweek it to 8 and live long.

Totally disagree with you on that one. I travel extensively for business so lightweight, good construction, and battery life are important to me more so than SPEED. OTOH, my home office I have a full desktop, SSD, graphics card, and 40" 4K monitor for multi-tasking and play. The right tools for the task.