Last year’s version of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was a fully-capable business Ultrabook that featured a few minor flaws. Unfortunately for Lenovo, these issues kept the Carbon from reaching the pinnacle of the business laptop market.
With the 2016 reboot of the Carbon, Lenovo has sought to remedy these issues, particularly in terms of battery life and additional connections. What we have here is a marginal upgrade over a predecessor that required only marginal upgrades.
Add in a few cool new features, like a built-in stylus that charges in only 15 seconds, and the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (starting at $1,299, about £883, AU$1,809) is worthy of your consideration when it goes on sale in February.
Design
Built with Lenovo’s signature ThinkPad black-on-black chassis with subtle hints of glitter, the X1 Carbon isn’t exactly the epitome of design innovation. However, with a longstanding following of ThinkPad users, Lenovo has opted to keep things simple and comfortable by maintaining its design principles. This includes the basic, chiclet-style keyboard that collapses and locks into place when the laptop is rotated into tablet or display mode, as well as a boring but sturdy silver dual hinge that flips …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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