Comments on: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Unboxing

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Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:22:00 +0000

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By: MP

MP — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:10:03 +0000

I said nothing of the sort. #11 (you?) are the one that said that boot time was the most important part.

The tip that I was trying to give was that if it’s important to you you should look into Series 9, or at least Samsung’s fast boot system. It makes a huge difference.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:48:36 +0000

I was hoping Lenovo would have done something more different like user replaceable parts and extended batteries that their Thinkpad line is known for. Too bad it’s just like any other ultrabook. At least they kept the Trackpoint.

By: someone

someone — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:41:53 +0000

You can’t really say what you do applies to everyone or even most people. I reboot/shutdown my notebook often.

By: someone

someone — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:37:13 +0000

It’s a clickpad. The entire touchpad is a button. If it’s like my X230, a right click is registered by either a two finger tap or a click on the bottom right corner.

By: MP

MP — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:11:37 +0000

Is it really that important? How often do you reboot?

I got the Series 9, and with fast boot and all sorts of optimized settings it takes about 9-10 seconds to boot – never more than 15. Resume from hibernation below a second with the fast resume partition.

I rarely turn it off though, so it doesn’t really matter all that much to me.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:24:47 +0000

i saw a comparison of screens of the x1 carbon and the macbook air on youtube … interesting
looks fine but not as good as the samsung 9 13 inch.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 07:03:48 +0000

Thanks James. I guess with all these things you get used to them over time.

By: DavidC1

DavidC1 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:25:09 +0000

I assume one of the reasons the manufacturers do this is to have common “platform” to build multiple variants without significant engineering(and costs). So when they need all the features, they go back to the common platform and enable what’s needed.

By: Big Boned

Big Boned — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:26:01 +0000

I doubt it’ll survive me standing on it. I’m not sure the current Thinkpads will survive that either but I do know an old IBM Thinkpad I had definitely did.