Lenovo X1-Carbon 14" Intel i7 Ultrabook

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Lenovo X1-Carbon 14" Intel i7 Ultrabook
Price: $1149.99
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CPU Benchmarks

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Thinkpad X1 Carbon Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Time to check out the product page for the processor

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That looks like the 2nd generation model. The Carbons are nice machines, but the 2nd generations had more reliability issues than the 1st generation. I don’t care for the touch bar for the function keys. Still, it’s good performance and a decent price for this configuration.

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What is up with the home/end in place of caps? Why?

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Yes, it is. You can tell because it has the chaotic-evil keyboard.

However, the 3rd generation X1, released last month, has restored the keyboard to a sane arrangement (though not as good as the keyboards on the T420 and earlier), and also restored actual physical buttons to the touchpad.

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You can get this for less on the Lenovo website, plus there is a coupon code for an extra 10% off.

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You can do so much better for this exact same price.
For $1100 you should get a higher resolution display and more ram.

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NOT a good price!!

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Actually if you look at their website and COMPARE specs you can see its $1849

Only thing i can’t see is a direct comparison is the display resolution.

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Love a Thinkpad, but this isn’t that great of a deal… I just ordered a new Dell Laptop this week for $949 minus $75 off coupon… Came with 5th gen i7-5500U, 16gb RAM, AMD Radeon™ R7 M270 4GB DDR3, & 15.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with IPS and FHD resolution (1920 x 1080)

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-5548-laptop/pd?oc=dncwm2656s&model_id=inspiron-15-5548-laptop

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This isn’t even close to the same deal. Thinkpads would be equivalent to Latitudes. The Dell this links to has some nicer specs, but is running a regular hard drive instead of an SSD. The Dell is a nice machine, but that SSD makes a huge diff in performance.

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Yep, I actually just bought two of these direct from Lenovo last week for $1080 each with free shipping (using a discount code). Except, the ones I bought had the WQHD (2560x1440) multi-touch screen. This isn’t a deal with Lenovo’s promo discount right now.

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Horrible deal. Top of the line version costs 970 from Lenovo directly.

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I agree it’s not a GREAT deal, but a maxed-out Gen3 X1-carbon is around $2000. A maxed-out Gen2 (as this is) is around $1100 direct from Lenovo.

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No discrete graphics? No deal!

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TLDR: Do not purchase one of these if you use function keys!

I owned one of these… briefly. I had to return the first one when it died (there were definitely quality issues from what I hear).

After I got to use it a while, I eventually had to return it anyway, because the keyboard is unusable for anyone who needs function keys. People also complain about the trackpad, but that I can get used to (note: I rarely use trackpoint), as well as the rearranged physical keys. The adaptive function keys are an abomination, and should never have gotten past product testing.

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$1150 and it’s still not 1920x1080. This is pathetic. The Passmark is only 4187, keep in mind it’s only a 15w TDP processor, but still not all that impressive considering it’s $1150. The I5 in my kid’s laptops are I5-3317U and have a passmark 3095 at 17 watts TDP, they are slim factor, 1920x1080 touchscreen and cost less than 1/2 of what this costs (Acer V5-572P-6858).