Comments on: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook Available Now Starting at $1,329

By: jepep

jepep — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:09:23 +0000

Starting at 1,000 EUR? I wish. In Finland, the i5 model starts at 2,300 EUR (3,000 USD). What a ridiculous price for a laptop that doesn’t even have a dedicated GPU! Meanwhile, them MacBook Pro Retinas start at 2,100 EUR. I really wanted to get the new X1, but at these prices.. no way.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:42:21 +0000

Ordering directly from Lenovo has a reputation of delay… sorry to hear it.

I recommend ordering from a 3rd party like Amazon or Newegg. I ordered my U300s from Newegg and got it in 2 days, great experience.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:13:21 +0000

Shipping delays of over a month. I placed an order on August 14th and my original estimated ship date of August 24th was changed 3 times without notification.

The current estimated ship date is September 26. Over a month behind schedule. If you’re in the same boat, Lenovo is offering a $150 concession for the delay – you just have to ask for it.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:55:30 +0000

Oh… So the great Thinkpad of old’s gravestone is shaped like an X1 Carbon, in that case…

My Thinkpad X60 from years gone by got 8 hours out of the larger capacity extended battery then 4 more out of the slice and I had a 2nd 8 hour battery. -It was a DREAM. The port replicator was pretty small and together it was a mobility monster that let you compute as long as you needed. Fast forward to 2012 and there’s no battery options and only 6 hours…

Poor Thinkpad; what have Intel and the Chinese done to you! *CRY*

Adam

By: Jorgen

Jorgen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:57:42 +0000

Adam, there are no battery options on the X1C. Battery time is limited to around 6 hours for normal usage, however it _will_ charge to 80% in 35 minutes.

If you need more battery options, explore their other products.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:55:37 +0000

The myriad swappable battery options and the battery slices made the thinkpads the ultra mobility DREAM for a long time. I had my company spend an INSANE amount of money on one years ago and besides being butt ugly it is still the all-time mobility champion. -What are the battery and battery slice options on the X1 Carbon?

Adam

By: Tsuki

Tsuki — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:23:18 +0000

bt X/T/W/L I meant X2xx/T/W/L.

By: Tsuki

Tsuki — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:22:39 +0000

X1C keyboard isn’t as good as the X/T/W/L keyboards. Shorter throw. Sad that they couldn’t add an extra mm or two to get the keyboard up to par with the rest of Thinkpads, but still by far the best ultrabook keyboard though.

By: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook now available for $1329 and up - Liliputing

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook now available for $1329 and up - Liliputing — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:02:34 +0000

[...] Ultrabook News If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Twitter, or "like" [...]

By: Jorgen

Jorgen — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:46:25 +0000

I am now waiting for mine: 3427U with 8 / 256 GB storage.
Not cheap, but I’m sure it’ll be pretty amazing.

I am a computer programmer, so keyboard & general build quality was of topmost concern – Lenovo appears to have this down pat as the market leaders.