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%)
1401 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
If you're a fan of the second-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, you'll find the newest version to be better in all the right ways while retaining everything there is to love about the business ultrabook. It is still slim and relatively lightweight, and it st...
Beautiful, comfortable design, Fantastic keyboard, Vastly improved clickpad, Resurrected physical buttons for TrackPoint, Anti-glare display panel, Accessible maintenance, Silent while idle; quiet otherwise, Comfortable temperatures even under load, Relat
Bouncy hinges, Limited port selection, Low LCD brightness and contrast, Lackluster color saturation, Somewhat lower performance unplugged, Restrictive thermal management leads to throttling under load, Limited write speeds of the SSD, Unimpressive battery
The Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon 2015 (3rd Generation)The Lenovo X1 Carbon 3rd Gen is a beautiful machine. Much like the Dell XPS 13 took the initiative to cram a 13-inch screen into an 11-inch form factor, the X1 Carbon sports dimensions that are more comparab...
Fantastic build quality, Stylish, understated, sleek, Great performance, Best keyboard in the business, Best trackpad in the business, Solid battery life, Great sounding speakers
No SD Card slot, again, Display could be brighter, Pricey
Performance Analysis:The new 2015 ThinkPad X1 Carbon offered some of the best performance results we've seen from a 13-inch Ultrabook in standard Productivity and Content Creation workloads. In gaming, the new X1 Carbon was also strong, but not quite as s...
Published: 2015-03-03, Author: Mark , review by: Laptopmag.com
Swift Core i5 performance, Comfortable keyboard and touchpad, Sturdy design, Loud audio, Long battery life
Relatively dim display, No SD card slot
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent business ultraportable, offering strong performance, long battery life and an improved keyboard, all in a svelte and durable design....
Light, slim yet built like a tank. Superb keyboard with standard layout, TrackPoint buttons are back
Expensive, display brightness and color gamut fall behind the pack leaders
There are few 14" Ultrabooks on the market, and even fewer that are as slim, light and bulletproof as the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The keyboard is sublime and the trackpad is good--- especially good for those who love the TrackPoint. Though the display'...
Abstract: Nearly one month ago I bought the third-generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon as one of the first laptops/ultrabooks shipping with a high-end Broadwell processor. I've been running Linux on the system since receiving it, including the past ~3 weeks as my m...
Published: 2015-01-05, Author: Michael , review by: wired.com
Abstract: Of course, Lenovo is expected to announce a slew of PCs here at CES, from consumer-market laptops to budget all-in-ones. But the first announcement to hit the wires is the refresh to one of the best high-end Windows machines on the market: the ThinkPad X1...
Abstract: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Lenovo's entry for the ultraportable laptop category, was launched in 2012 as a development of the previous year's ThinkPad X1 laptop but this time sporting carbon-fibre parts in its chassis.It was updated last year in 2013, and ag...
