Testseek.co.uk have collected 440 expert reviews of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G1 and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G1.
October 2012
(81%)
440 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
1473 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Smaller and lighter in every way
Improved Microsoft Precision Touchpad
Windows 10 Signature Edition cuts bloatware
Lightweight
Sleek design
Super upgrades
Beautiful sturdy design
Fast
Responsive performance
Thin
Light and portable
High-res IPS touchscreen
Class-leading keyboard
Good battery life
Three-year warranty
11
Hour battery life claim
16GB of RAM
WQHD screen
Thin and light
Rugged carbon-fibre casing
Touchscreen support for Windows 8
Sleek and sturdy built
Slim and light for a 14 incher
Solid performer
Alright battery life
Runs cool and mostly quiet
4G/LTE modem included
Excellent
Reliable performance
The very best keyboard and trackpad
Thin and solid build quality
ThinkVantage technologies
Clever adaptive keyboard
Fantastic design ID
Unmatched inputs
Excellent manufacturing
Good display
Great keyboard and touchpad
Practical matte finish screen
Supremely well equipped
Very portable
Tough carbon fibre construction
Trackpad and keyboard comfortable for long periods of use
Great build quality
Antireflective screen coating is handy
Good for longform typing
Security features
4G an option
Tough carbon finish
Trackpad feels great
Backlit keyboard is comfortable for long typing periods
High-resolution
High-quality screen
Excellent keyboard
Light
Impressive exterior
Good upgradability
Three-year warranty included
Rugged quality
Trackpointer is still excellent
Strong processor performance
Excellent battery life
Excellent input devices
Matte touchscreen
Much-improved battery life
Runs cool and quiet
Even under heavy load
Slim and attractive
Speedy SSD
1
600 x 900 resolution screen
Excellent performance
Stylish
Compact design
Extremely fast charge times
Ruggedly built to last
Terrific screen
Stylish design
Ruggedish casing
Fingerprint security
Light and sleek
Superb backlit
Spill-proof keyboard
Durable soft-touch finish
Powerful specs
Good high-res screen
Sleek
Minimalist design
Carbon fibre construction
Great keyboard that's spillproof
High resolution screen
Integrated 3G modem
Fantastic build quality
Responsive touchscreen
Class leading keyboard
Good SSD options
Quick charging
Quiet
Best laptop keyboard on the market
Looks brilliant
Extremely light
Super thin
HD screen quality has improved since the last X1
Trackpad is better
Backlit keyboard
The editors didn't like
Expensive
Giant TrackPad
Fingerprint smudges
Price
No SD card reader
Lots of pre-loaded software
Display could be brighter
Seriously expensive
Pricey
Marginal upgrade to 2015
No touchscreen
Sealed unit makes for poor serviceability
No Ethernet port
No dock connector
Poor usability changes involving the keyboard and trackpad
Lacks an SD cardreader
Poor webcam
Puny speakers
The WQHD screen is somewhat muddy
Paradoxically glare
Prone anti
Glare coating
Still no SD card reader
Unimpressive battery life
Integrated battery
Generally dim screen
Average battery life
Horrible speakers
Overheating when pushed to its fullest
Keyboard and function key changes will polarise opinion
ThinkPad logo might polarise opinion too
Far pricier than a MacBook Air
No sd card slot
Polarising keyboard changes
The screen's pixels are visible and headache inducing
It's pricey
ThinkPad logo too prominent
Not as light as some competition
Pricier than a MacBook Air
Screen quality beaten elsewhere
Battery life good but not the best
Bigger and heavier than ultrabook rivals
Business features add to price
Not the thinnest or lightest
Mediocre SSD and graphics performance
Keyboard changes will irk many touch typists
Screen should be brighter
Sealed battery still stinks for many business users
Only average battery life
Limited I/O ports
Poor screen quality for the price
Odd keyboard layout
Not cheap
Screen panel still TN
Integrated graphics are weak
Due a Haswell update
Touchscreen adds a fine layer of grain to the images
Battery life could be better
Audio is thin
Kitguru says
A fantastic ultra portable which is quiet
Powerful and cool running
Rating
8.0
Pages
Sound quality is weak
Another USB 3.0 port would be nice
Hot spot at the rear of the chassis
The ThinkPad X1 continues to impress Kitguru. We love the keyboard
Abstract: Lenovo's 2011 vision of the ultimate boardroom ultraportable, the ThinkPad X1, simply didn't live up to expectations. Now, however, the company has gone back to the drawing board and attempted to right the wrongs of its predecessor.Enter Lenovo's business...
Published: 2013-01-17, Author: Dan , review by: cnet.com.au
Lenovo takes its solid 14-inch ThinkPad X1 Carbon and upgrades it with Windows 8 and a touch screen, while keeping the excellent keyboard
The touch screen makes the lid thicker, and the touch pad can be finicky at times
The business-oriented Lenovo ThinkPad X1 adds must-have features for 2013, and remains a very impressive business-oriented ultrabook with strong crossover appeal....
Incredibly light for a 14-inch laptop, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is ruggedly built, and has a better keyboard than any ultrabook-style laptop, even Apple's MacBook Air
For such an expensive laptop, battery life is just so-so. Consumer-friendly options such as HDMI are missing
Lenovo's succeeded in delivering a sexy ultrabook that still retains the traditional ThinkPad design cues. The battery life isn't as good as it could be though, and the SSD upgrade prices are simply ludicrous....
Overall, we really liked the X1 Carbon, and we think almost everyone in Australia's corporate and small business community who's got the laptop on their ‘potential buy' list will be pleased with it also. There are very few caveats to be added here to wha...
Published: 2016-05-27, Author: James , review by: futurefive.co.nz
Abstract: The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon is an ultra-light, ultra-portable Business Ultrabook. It has a very appealing, yet simplistic style to it in the colour of Raven Black. Nothing fancy, but nothing too crude either.It only weighs a miniscule 1.18kg, so it is e...
Published: 2014-02-28, Author: Elias , review by: pcworld.co.nz
1440p IPS screen, Strong and mobile, Overall comfortable to use, Fast Wi-Fi
No built-in SD card slot, New features could require a user adjustment period, SSD not as quick as we expected
The new version of Lenovo's X1 Carbon Ultrabook offers some physical changes that can take a while to get used to. And while it's a strong and well performing notebook overall, with a useful 1440p, IPS screen, we can't help but feel like it might alienate...
8-9 hours of battery life, well built and lightweight, brilliant keyboard
larger footprint compared to other ultrabooks, Steep pricing
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon has a brilliant keyboard, performs well and good battery life. The security features are impressive as well and all this makes it the best business class ultrabook to buy today...
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon series is not for everyone. There are affordable ThinkPad's in the Lenovo lineup, but the X-series represents the premium segment. The premium can be attributed to the presence of the vPro processor. It offers better security featur...
Abstract: It might not get as much attention in the style and powerhouse stakes, but when it comes to sheer reliability, Lenovo's (and formerly IBM's) ThinkPad series belongs to a league of its own. ThinkPad notebooks have for long been considered the ultimate comp...
