Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2019 Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2019
- Despite a smattering of small complaints, I’m mostly pleased with the Thinkpad X1 Carbon. It’s a strong business laptop that appeals to its diehard fans for good reason. I love the build, keyboard and performance, and battery life is great if you don’t mind a less-sharp and bright screen. For its $1,200 starting price though, the X1 Carbon has serious competition, specifically from the likes of the Surface Laptop 2 and Huawei Matebook 14, which are similarly powerful albeit arguably more attractive. The Laptop 2 also lasts longer. But Lenovo’s appealing keyboard alone may just keep its fans coming back for more.
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2:39 You can flip that around using a setting in the Lenovo Vantage app or the system firmware.
This is the first I watch one of your videos (because I was not aware you exist). That's a great informing video with lots of very very very important details! Thanks!
These incremental improvements are built on the top of an already great laptop. Too bad the 2-in-1 option weights so (relatively) much more than the regular one
Great video, The problem with Fn and Ctrl you can change them in the BIOS Settings
Thanks for the review. I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets tripped up with the Function & Control keys being reverse. I feel like I'd be easy to get used to unless you work with a 2nd computer with them in traditional space. I spend 10 hours every work day with the keys in the "right" place. Then, I'd have them in reverse when I get home. I know you can change the key settings on the Thinkpad, but I think it would only make it more confusing. I'm personally interested in the X1 Extreme because I need dedicated graphics. Thinkpad keyboards are legendary for their comfort, so the Extreme is still one of my top contenders.
Nuanced, detailed, thoughtful review. Well done. Lenovo should hire you to test all their laptops.
My x220 from 2010 still runs great😁👌
Well done. Thank you. This was helpful.
Awesome laptop..... looking forward to own this one day
What's the confidence interval for the accuracy of the tests with the FHD and UHD units?
Are Yall doing the X1 extreme gen 2?
I had the same problem with the Fn vs Ctr. Buttons. You can switch them from the bios. If you do not know how, ask in the Lenovo support forums.
The reason people buy thinkpads are for more than surface level reasons. They're build well, reliable and super functional for serious work.
I think this was more the case with the older laptops like the older x230s but still they're probably the most durable and reliable.
That alone makes them leaps and bounds above their competitors.
I also really think their utilitarian and functional designs are really beautiful in their own way and probably the nicest looking of the current windows laptops.
I've used x1 carbons when I worked for a massive international organisation, why do large companies keep buying them? Because they are reliable, great for meetings and plenty of processing power to have multiple tabs open without the thing crashing.
And keyboard! Even if I find other laptops appealing, I just can't get rid of that keyboard as I do a lot of writing. That alone is an argument good enough for me to buy a thinkpad over any other laptop.
Thinkpad keyboards are the best. The overall build is most impressively rigid
Best laptop and keyboard ever, period
your comments on the x1 carbon are on point , in the middle east the price is relatively way more expensive than rivals in the likes of surface and Dell. I was about to make a purchase of a top specs X1 carbon but the price was way higher than other good business laptop , it reaches to the level of gaming and performance laptops . the fantastic keyboard really does not justify the price tag. Lenovo has to really think about their pricing strategy
Doesn't Lenovo have an option of switching the Fn and Ctrl built in already?
Yes.
Yup
ya but it's still stupid to have to do that instead of lenovo fixing the keys
Yes they do, but why would the reviewer bother doing research
In settings yes. They should sell those 2 keys to switch them seeing how they’re different sizes.
Will there be X1 Yoga Gen 4 review?
The X1 Carbon Gen 7 speakers are incredible!! Not sure where "disappointing audio" comment came from. No one will be disappointed by the punch these speakers pack in a 14" laptop.
I don't think this laptop has any direct competitors. With it's unique 14" size, very lightweight, large number of versatile ports, strong quality build and excellent keyboard, the X1 Carbon Gen 7, I believe, is in a class of it's own.
Thank you for the review!
Hi Frederick d'Escoto, Sorry for bothering you. I'm a student and doing the consumer behaviour related survey as part of my assessment, can you do a survey for me about this ThinkPad? Here is the link: @t. It would mean a lot to me. Thank you very much.
Good review, I hate when reviewers just read out a spec list.
First thing i do when i get new thinkpad is always to switch the fn and ctrl in bios
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T450s and it’s awesome! I am thinking about upgrading to this mostly for a better screen and battery life. I’ll likely wait for the 8th gen model, though. The thing that always makes me want a Thinkpad is the keyboard. They are a pleasure to type on. My family is an Apple family and my parents both have MacBooks with the butterfly switches. I don’t like them at all and would never buy a MacBook like that. My parents both say the keyboards are “fine.” In my opinion, why settle for “fine” when you can have something that feels super nice? Just think about how much time you spend typing on your laptop. At least for me, it’s a very large percentage. Thinkpads for the win!
Ctrl and Fn can be switched easily from Lenovo software.
yes bro.. haha
eh, never minded the Fn buttons placement. still using my T410. just watching so i have something to study up for and earn! :)
Still use T400. Still works well
you can switch Ctrl and Fn in Bios.
Great review
Objective review, in general. Thanks.
I think the switched ctrl and FN key can be controlled within in the bios
just download lenovo vantage app, there is an option to fix that
It's switchable.
But i am used to it now
Yeah there is an option to with the Lenovo app just for this specifically, no need to open the BIOS for inexperienced users, just a simple checkbox. It's pretty obvious Lenovo will have thought about that, it's not the first laptop with that keyboard...
It is, just hit f12 and you will be greeted with keyboard settings, you can switch from there.
@@AL12rs Yeah, this is not an issue actually since it can be switched. Though it makes me question why they kept this layout when most Windows keyboard have CTRL key on the left-most of the keyboard and many people prefer that.
Windows hello works perfectly with the IR camera option in any light. I hacked on a glass trackpad overlay which greatly, greatly, greatly improves the experience. Who says you can't glass-cut phone screen covers? It might take a couple attempts and will probably have a visual crack, but it's so luxurious. Lenovo needs to make trackpads glass at this price point.
I kinda feel like doing that to my X250… I wonder if there's any tutorials online on how to do it?
2:48 Thank you for mentioning this, I never even noticed. Great review!
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the function key is located in a very excellent place. you will get used to it
This is a personal.user review without benchmarks , color display , sound , noise, heat tests. Its someone giving you their notion without science.
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I felt like listening to a braakup story. 😅
It's not you it's me
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Not only you, man.
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competition? which of those have such a good keyboard and such a good build? None of them have that, so really they're price point is quite good with that in mind.
Great review! Thank you Miss!
Oh please, the red knob for mouse control is the only reason left to buy a ThinkPad now.
It's a business laptop, chances are half the people with these didn't buy them themselves.
and also the extra ports
Why?
If it's anything like the T510 (and probably other models as well) you could swap the Fn and Ctrl keys in the BIOS or UEFI
Don't hate on the swapped FN and CTRL key!
In the long run on prolonged typing, it'll definitely help with finger strain since the distance is nearer and less stretching.
*EDIT: SPRAIN > STRAIN
In the BIOS you can switch [FN] with [Ctrl]. In most Lenovo Laptops.
Does anyone know from experience how this laptop compares to the Dell XPS 15 9560 of a similar build? Battery life?
FN and CTRL can be remapped.. Expecting a decent gaming experience on integrated graphics..
If you want a review full of drama about the fn and Ctrl keys this is it. Simple BIOS adjustment is available.
I'm using Windows hello on the surface laptop 2 with the camera fully covered...
Right, windows hello doesnt even use the camera. It uses an IR blaster
The Ctrl button has been in the same place since forever. So as an old-time ThinkPad user, any change for the placement of the button will be so annoying.
Also, you can switch the Fn and Ctrl buttons in the ThinkVantage app or in BIOS options.
There's a way to switch between the FN key and CTRL in the BIOS as far as I know
For people who type with all fingers (touch type) the Ctrl is exactly where it should be and was before Microsoft f'ed up keyboard layouts with their Windows key. Basically your left pinky travels down to hit left ctrl. Their keyboard is what sets lenovo business laptops apart and if they change the layout business users like me will stop buying them.
2:59 you can swap programmatically Fn and Ctrl buttons.
I debating between this, the carbon yoga, and the MBP 16
She reviews a Lenovo laptop and does not know that it is possible to switch between CTRL and FN by setting in BIOS. Used since time immemorial. Really professional lady.
I have X1 7gen, I love audio, I hate on/off button (on the right side).
Thanks for pointing out the bad placement of the ctrl key
They can be switched
She spent more time on that then it takes to swap them in the bios
Great review. She has a nice soothing voice.
Do they even sell that in the Philippines? I've been searching, but in the lenovo stores that we have here just doesnt have them
Order from Lenovo official website.
I agree about the buttons above the trackpad. I hardly use them. I wish the trackpad was expanded instead.
Hi z v, Sorry for bothering you. I'm a student and doing the consumer behaviour related survey as part of my assessment, can you do a survey for me about this ThinkPad? Here is the link: @t. It would mean a lot to me. Thank you very much.
learn how to use trackpoint, you will love it
The only reason I didn't choose that beauty it's because of the ethernet port. I don't like carrying adapters around.
So every complaint about the X1C keyboard is a complaint about Lenovo keyboards going back decades? And not a single complimentary comment about the keyboard quality?
ThinkPad my elder brother got one before
actually the control placement is genius - I don't want to reach my poor pinky across the world in 80 days if I want to copy and paste something. Control key is a key I use more frequently so it makes sense to have it closer.
Hi Antony, Sorry for bothering you. I'm a student and doing the consumer behaviour related survey as part of my assessment, can you do a survey for me about this ThinkPad? Here is the link: @t. It would mean a lot to me. Thank you very much.
Could u tell me what generation of this laptop?
I would choose a laptop with good keyboard with bad key arrangement any day over a bad keyboard one. Use software or code to change that.
My Lenovos never last very long but they were not thinkpads. I use primarily for business emails, running reports and heavy excel. My last Lenovo was 2-in-1 and the laptop keyboard took a dump over night. For media I mainly use Netflix and TH-cam so it’s disappointing to get 2-3 years of good use. I’m getting a new XPS this year.
Why would anyone buy the x1 when u can get a p43s with extra graphics chip and its almost as light and thin... ur thoughts?
I don't actually mind the placement of FN key and Ctrl key. To be honest, I am ThinkPad fan for decades. We already familiar with the placement FN key and Ctrl key on ThinkPad keyboard. But for first time ThinkPad user they might need to pay some time to get used to it.
it's frustrating that laptop manufacturers miss all the basics like a decent keyboard and key layout.
Key layout in thinkpads t and x are meant to be that way.
Same as mac layout.
To make the switch easy for people.
It's a buisness laptop.
I'm still using a 3rd-gen X1 and the quality of the keyboard and the chassis is still amazing. And though it's from 2015, the design is still cool, too. When you hold and feel it closed, it's still like feeling having luxury hardware.
What I don't understand, why the competitors on the market are building so crappy keyboards with flat buttons. Why do they NOT create curved buttons so the fingers could press them with pleasure like every cheap ThinkPad already has? I installed many (sometimes more) expensive ultrabooks and their keyboards were mostly with dissapointing plane buttons.
For myself I will forever buy Carbons beacuase of the trackpoint, the great keayboard and not to forget: The silence. It was the first notebook for me where I smiled when the fan starts, so knew it's alive ;-) But this only happens in case of bigger updates or some vids.
I think I will buy the model of this vid maybe at the end of the year.
I'm using a 3rd gen X1 too. Really love typing on its keyboard.
@@mashimaru82 With this keyboard working is a lot more fun. Sometimes I wish the text would be longer ;-) Yeah, really great keyboard.
The P1 is the best in the Thinkpad line for Enterprise.....it has all the things missing in the x1 carbon including a better thermal solution of two fans,updatable, with no complaints spected with a i5 and FHD screen. Battery life is always a problem with any thin and light with high specs. Zeon users should consider the docking solution for maximum power output.
Software does limit full capability unless you have it plugged in which is sensible. Have not tried it with Enterprise oios or linux yet. Several updates to firmware have given the battery a longer time envelope. Probably the best you can get in this category at this time..
The biggest chritisium on lenovo is that they will not factory install third party software for visually impaired employees. Unless the chineese start to fit in with the EU and UK markets on disability, they will continue to loose market share in Europe. Interested if in the future if you could spec linux and AMD.
who here is using the nipple to control the mouse pointer? i use it 80% more than the touchpad lately. great for one handed use.
How i wish the next x1 carbon will have mx250 or higher..
T490 might help you with that
Valid points though.
I really wish they would swap the FN and CTRL buttons.
Sandra Z. You can. Check BIOS
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haha, better sound system, I'm just gonna rock my vmoda headphones, I'm not gonna listen to stock pc speakers lols, and if somebodies willing to go to that price point then I would think they would be willing to have decent headphones, if anybody disagrees i would like to hear your opinion
Dont get this, thinkpad are taking customers for a ride by saying intially the laptop will take a week to deliver and as soon as you purchase and order it, your estimated delivery is over a month....
jonneymendoza I hate Lenovo for this.
Same with the legion lineup.
good!!
ctrl placement you are complaining about is nothing. I actually loved this placement after several days of use. getting used to it will help you type faster.
Hi Md. Tazbit Ur Rahman Bhuiyan, Sorry for bothering you. I'm a student and doing the consumer behaviour related survey as part of my assessment, can you do a survey for me about this ThinkPad? Here is the link: @t. It would mean a lot to me. Thank you very much.
My problem with this great keyboard: the Page Up & Page Down buttons soooo close to the arrows (left, right, up and down). I have a lot of mis hits. So annoying! Anyone else with this problem?
I returned my X1 Carbon and bought a 2015 MacBook Pro. Really happy now!
Hi Murat Isik, Sorry for bothering you. I'm a student and doing the consumer behaviour related survey as part of my assessment, can you do a survey for me about this ThinkPad? Here is the link: @t. It would mean a lot to me. Thank you very much.
How do you guys clean your ThinkPads?
Magic eraser, takes seconds and looks brand new
You forgot this is not a gaming laptop, its a high durable working laptop. And also the easiest to open/repair. Thats why
Can it handle slight video editing?
Ctrl key not the leftmost is precisely why I hate my office issued laptop
The thinkpad is prettylight and I ink that compromises the quality of some of it's features
Yes, from what I remember, but it's probably mainly the fact that I hate that Lenovo is compromising the X2 and T4 series by adding X1 antifeatures.
Yeah they have so many variants
Stick an AMD 4000H in there and we will buy that mother!!
I love the bangs though😉😊
If it were not for your tragic break up story, I'd tell your boss that you played during work :D
how the new 4K OLED screen look like? Does it like natural bright like iMac 27 5K display? or like over santuated oil paint?
Despite advertising 500 nits 4 k isn’t very bright.
Mac screen is way better on your eyes.
I returned my 4 k.
Her excitement in computers makes me want to go to the dentist
good but china comp? can we trust ?
Control and function can be swapped with the software.
But what about the hardware buttons? The complaint is still valid.
@@anindyaambuj once you swap them in the bios it takes a day if not less to be back to normal
I get used to the fn key location in a couple of months
I like see with gpu mx2 or gtx 1650
how much?
With due respect, I doubt your battery performance measurement.
I owned two version of X1C 7th (4K and 2K) screen. 4K lasts 3.5 - 4 hours under very light load (1 chrome with 3-5 tabs, Outlook client. Nothing else had been running).
2K version lasts only 5 hours. Remember, no gaming, no video editing.
Even FD (1080) version which by the way you can test yourself at local Costco, will last 6 - 7 hrs at best scenario. With such poor battery run time, I had to send both units back to Lenovo.
You are 100% correct on the keyboard. It is best in the league.
I see your comments on every X1 carbon review
@@XInfinityXify I am touched.
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2:39-3:22 complain about CTRL. Use the time to change it in the Lenovo software :D
I want that shit with Ryzen M4800u and 32 Gb of ram.
Very bad review. Picking on keyboard Fn was ridiculous, it has been like this forever and it is not new nor related to X1C. Besides, Lenovo provides software to change this behavior.
Or in BIOS if you don't want to install
In credible laptops but that ctrl fn key thing is ridiculous. They like to have 100 different models of notebooks, offer the ctrl -fn option model. Typists love thinkpads and hate that swap nonsense.
This lady really likes complaining about stuff. I can’t tell if this is a positive or negative review at all. All I can tell is that she really likes to gripe and complain.
It's a review, not an advertisement.
I'm having major wifi issues with mine, is anyone else experiencing this?
update your drivers, sometimes lenovo vantage misses updates, it's better if you go to their website and download them yourself.
New Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Gen 2 purchased for work and the keyboard is worthless. You have to slam the keys down to get it to recognize them. Lenovo will warranty it, but you have to ship it to them and who knows when you will get it back and I can afford that. My wife is right - I should have bought an apple.
Why so much drama!!
Probably she's racist and try to make Lenovo high pitch bitch as she is. Don't listen to her and buy Lenovo.
@@FunnyVideo-sk7qe wtf does racism have to do with it
X1 carbon is hands down the best ultra book on the market, period