Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen (2018) Review: HDR Nirvana
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ค. 2018
- Be sure to check out our full review here! hothardware.com/reviews/lenov... - The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon ups its display game dramatically versus last year's model. It now sports a 2560x1440p WQHD+ display option that supports 100% of the AdobeRGB color gamut and drives 500 nits of brightness, along with Dolby Vision HDR (High Dynamic Range) capability.
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DDR3 in a 2018 laptop? That's so weird, considering the T480/T580 both use DDR4.
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Agree
Thanks a lot. I'm leaning on the Dell XPS 15". The XPS line seems to be coming near the top in almost every review it's mentioned. I do detest the nostril cam though.
Brilliant review!
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Ha! Thanks brother!
I just got this over the 7th gen due to a lower price. Man, am I happy with this machine! My history of laptops have been a bit meh. 2 Dell machines, the first gen Surface Pro and the 4th gen Surface Pro. This is amazing! I may never go back to anything else but Lenovo.
Are there any issues with noise or popping with the audio jack using headphones? How are the speakers?
From what I see on lenovo.com, the HDR WQHD 500 nits display is glossy. Did you do any comparisons of glare vs. the usual matte displays? All the other display options are anti-glare (but 300 nits). I imagine the brightness can compensate for the increased glare somewhat?
Great review! I'm definitely torn between this light and portable X1 and the more versatile XPS 15. I think the latter is overkill for what I do, but having a GPU that handle light gaming is attractive.
Yeah, kind of two different animals really. Both great machines but built for somewhat different usage models.
And thank for the kind words!
Excellent review, I love this laptop 😊
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Are there any issues with noise or popping with the audio jack using headphones? How are the speakers?
I really don't get all the "business laptop" thing, I have been using it as a home user for a year and I am really happy with it :)
I think they say "business laptop" because of those military standards it has. that's my guess though haha. How's the battery life for you? I am thinking about picking one up.
Are there any issues with noise or popping with the audio jack using headphones? How are the speakers?
@@bmp713 The speakers are good enough to get sound out of them, don't expect a hifi system.
Never had any issues with the audio jack or headphones.
How scratch resistant is HDR display, does it need a special care and is protective film necessary?
Best reviewer !
Wow, thanks mano! :)
HotHardware could you please review the ThinkPad E480 i7 with the AMD RX 550? I would be very appreciating since no any reviews on TH-cam for this particular model are available. Thank you very much!
I notice your battery life test turns out that the late 2017 Dell xps 13 1080p performs the best? Does the 2018 version has a much smaller battery of capacity? And how much time will be lost if it is a QHD version?
It has the same battery capacity and QHD will definitely bleed off some batt life. You're simply lighting up a lot more pixels. Hard to say say how much less it would offer though. We'd have to test it.
What was the game being played at 7:50
Are there any issues with noise or popping with the audio jack using headphones?
So what's new compared to the previous generation?
I can not decide between this and the yoga version (both full spec). They cost me exactly the same. I am worried about the cooling on the yoga though, otherwise it would be the better device for me....
The latest Yoga with 8th Gen is a great machine too. Don't think you can go wrong either way but if you like its flexibility then that's cool. The X1 Carbon is smaller but it's not like the Yoga is exactly big either. :) Both very thin, light devices. Good luck!
I would like to see some comparison between the HDR- and non-HDR WQHD displays. I've got the non-HDR matte display just because of the matte layer. Can't stand glare. And cannot stand high brightness either; hence I cannot imagine why anyone would use the HDR display at full-brightness of 500 effin nits...
That's actually a good point. I run this machine now as my daily driver and I rarely turn it up to full brightness and it quickly gets turned down after I'm done looking closely at something. I can tell you it helps battery life a ton though because I can turn the display way down and still see perfectly fine with great contrast and saturation.
@@Hothardware Is there any comparison between 2K HDR glossy screen & Matt screen ?
currently using the HDR screen and am puzzled why you say it outperforms the OLED panel from the x1 yoga. the contrast on the OLED panel is nuts. the HDR LCD panel is a better overall COMPUTER display though plus not having to worry about burn in and absurd OLED panel replacement costs... but if money wasn't an issue, and i could replace panels at will i would go OLED.
I just showed you in this video some of the benefits of the HDR display. Mind you, this is a very bright 500 nits HDR panel but still. OLED isn't always setup to handle the HDR gamut, though it can be HDR compliant. I was just speaking of these two specific displays, comparably, they way they are configured in each of the products. I love OLED too, but I think in some cases, a quality HDR display with all its improved backlight, etc. can compete easily with OLED.
Are there any issues with noise or popping with the audio jack using headphones? How are the speakers?
credit to the background instrumental song?
Chubs by Quincas Moreira but it is creative commons, attribution not required music from the TH-cam creators library.
thanks for the clarification
Would you recommend this thinkpad or a macbook pro for school?
I personally think this machine is a better value than any current MacBook. Apple's MacBook refresh is long overdue. Until they release new machines with updated processors, etc. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone, for the price.
Do you know if the HDR display uses PWM to dim the backlight?
Robgoren - If you're worried about PWM, google the reviews done by notebookcheck
Would you recommend the base model for a student?
In general, I would say yes, for sure - but depending on what they need to do with it. It's not a gaming machine but a great work and casual entertainment machine (Netflix etc). Also good for content creation like video editing etc.
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what level of specs would u recommend for a computer science student, I'm a freshman, also wjat other alternative of laptop would u recommend?
@@youngstar3426 it depends on what exactly you're doing with it but the standard quad-core config is fine, I'd just suggest getting 16GB of RAM and one of the larger SSDs. Other good options would be Dell's XPS 13 or 15 line of laptops.
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What do you think of the matebook X pro?
@@youngstar3426 I'm not big on it personally. Feels like an aluminum Apple clone to me. This Lenovo and the other two Dell machines I mentioned I feel are better build quality and ergonomics.
why they haven't upgraded to DDR4 yet?
Good question. DDR3 is generally cheaper and at the right speeds, there's likely not much of a performance hit.
really? on paper DDR4 is twice the speed of DDR3 and a bit lower energy consumption. btw, aint the RAM 2133Mhz?
D V sure it can deliver twice the speed but also has significantly higher latency at those speeds. There's only so much bandwidth a quad-core processor needs too. I'm not saying ddr4 isn't faster in this application. I'm just saying it might not offer that much more upside gain.
Can this run premiere pro?
Yes, but make sure you get the 16GB RAM option.
@@Hothardware is the real time preview run smoothly? i'm a college students and doing a lot of video editing. And what is the rendering time for this mchine for under 1 hour video?
Once you see OLED you don't go back to the LCD.
I feel the same way but believe me when I tell you, this HDR panel competes with OLED completely.
You never saw a good LCD.
Not True, the fans are so loud and there’s a throttling problem with this device I just return mine yesterday
The fans on my machine are not loud at all. Have you downloaded any/all updates? I did note a bit of throttling in this review as well. It's common for a lot of thin and light machines with 8th Gen quad-cores these days unfortunately.
I have 8550/8Gb/512 SSD - fans are silent pretty much all the time
Where is the fucking num pad. Business without num pad is not acceptable
in three years its gonna cost about 500$ :P
One can only hope!
The day it costs $500 is the day no one wants it because something is out that is so essential that you’d be a fool to burn $500 on this.
@@mrzisme nah im still using 2015 laptop for work and it performs perfectly
FeatherFive that’s because you haven’t satisfied the condition that I defined, nothing has been released that is so essential it obsoletes your old equipment. I was making the case this probably won’t drop to $500 brand new within 3 years because it would require almost total obsoletion.
@@mrzisme yeah but i bought 3 year old x1 carbon mint for 500$ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ its not about missing features, nowadays there is one new generation every year and it makes them loose value very quickly,
a laptop for 1800 euros with a processor with as many holes as a Swiss cheese
It's a ultrabook with a ultrabook processor. What do you expect? Go buy a macbook air with a 3 generation old processor and see what a "1800 euros with a processor with as many holes as a Swiss cheese" really is.