Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review 4th Gen 2016

Lisa Gade reviews the 4th generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, released in 2016. This is Lenovo's thinnest and lightest business Ultrabook with a 14” display and Intel Skylake 6th gen Core i5 and Core i7 dual core CPUs.

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The ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th gen is only available with non-touch displays, but the good news is that these are the best quality X1 Carbon display yet, available in FHD and QHD resolutions— both are matte, have 300 nits brightness and full SRGB coverage. The laptop weighs 2.6 lbs. (1.2 kg) and is 0.65” (16.5mm) thick. It has a carbon fiber and glass fiber casing and a magnesium roll cage inside.

The laptop is available with 8 or 16 gigs of RAM and your choice of SATA-3 or PCIe NVMe M.2 SSDs. It has a backlit keyboard, TrackPoint and an ample array of ports including USB 3.0, HDMI, mini DisplayPort, Ethernet via included dongle adapter, an SD card slot, option WiGig, optional 4G LTE with a SIM card slot and a OneLink+ expansion port. Pricing starts around $1,200 for the Core i5 with full HD Display, 8 gigs of RAM and a 256 gig SSD.