Editor's Note: We originally stated the X1's display stood a brightness of 174 nits; after retesting, we discovered its brightness was 243 nits. We have amended the review to reflect this, and regret whole body.
As svelte, sturdy and classically handsome as it ever was, the X1 Carbon is surely an all-black ultraportable that has a bottom made from magnesium and aluminum. The display cover uses carbon-fiber and glass-fiber reinforced plastic, as well as the hinges are reinforced with carbon fibre. The design isn't flashy, however it is tough and does a great job of resisting fingerprints. The gently pulsating red dot across the "i" within the ThinkPad logo as well as the red TrackPoint add small dashes of color.
The X1 Carbon is amongst the lightest 14-inch laptops we've tested. It weighs just 3.07 pounds, when compared to the aluminum-clad EliteBook Folio 1040's 3.4 pounds. The newer, 12.5-inch EliteBook Folio 1020 is 2.7 pounds. The Dell XPS 13 2015, that has a touch-screen display, weighs 2.8 pounds. Measuring 13 x 8.9 x 0.73 inches, the Lenovo might be a thicker as opposed to EliteBook 1040 (0.63 inches) plus the XPS 13 (0.68 inches).
Lenovo has created two big changes towards the X1 versus the first sort edition: It ditched the innovative but confusing Adaptive Function Row for the more traditional Function row and added dedicated mouse buttons with the TrackPoint. I'm very happy to say that both changes equal to a much better ergonomic experience.
Gone will be the capacitive Function keys across the QWERTY layout, which lit up with assorted symbols with respect to the app you are using. Now, there are far more traditional shortcut keys for items like volume, brightness, settings, task switching (very handy) and displaying all of your current apps. The result is something that's less ambitious but more practical. I'm glad to discover that Lenovo enlarged the Backspace key with this X1 Carbon, too.
Based on our measurements, the X1 Carbon's backlit keyboard delivers 1.86 mm of travel, associated with an actuation force of 58 grams. Both of these numbers compare favorably for the HP EliteBook Folio 1020 (1.65 mm, 60 grams) as well as the Dell XPS 13 (1.2 mm, 60 grams). More travel translates to a more desktoplike feel.
I'm glad that Lenovo has responded user criticism by bringing back the dedicated mouse buttons within the TrackPoint. These buttons provided considerably more reassuring and accurate feedback than buttons built into the top of the touchpad. Overall, the pointing stick proved precise, once I got utilized to its speed, that is faster as opposed to touchpad's.
The large 3.2 x 2.2-inch glass touchpad provided similarly accurate cursor navigation, and also smooth scrolling and consistent gesture support (for example swiping in from your right to activate the Charms menu). The only complaint I have would be that the touchpad's built-in buttons sometimes mistook right clicks for left clicks.
The X1 Carbon's IPS touchscreen technology isn't the brightest, but it is sharp while offering fairly accurate colors. With a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, the X1 Carbon showed a properly detailed snowy vista when I watched the "10 Incredible 4K Videos" clip on YouTube (together with the settings at 1440p). I could also see fine scales over a swimming croc underwater in Australia. The problem is that this overall image was around the dull side.
Based on our measurements, the X1 Carbon's panel delivers 243 nits of brightness, and that is lower than the 252-nit category average, the MacBook Air (288 nits), the XPS 13 2015 (295 nits) as well as the HP EliteBook Folio (224 nits). The Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer looked fine during outdoor scenes but muddier within a darker indoor scene certainly where an killer robot crushed your head on Iron Man's suit.
The X1 Carbon's panel can teach 85.5 % of the sRGB color gamut, which can be less than the EliteBook and XPS 13 but a lot better than the MacBook Air. (Closer to one hundred pc is best.) At least the colours the X1 shows are accurate; its Delta-E rating of merely one.7 beats the EliteBook, XPS 13 and Air. (Closer to 0 is better.)
Interestingly, the relies on the X1 Carbon let you lay the display completely flat with a table, which can come in handy for winning contests or giving an exhibition to a select few.
The two speakers around the underside from the X1 Carbon create a lot of sound. More important, the audio didn't sound overly harsh when I resulted in the volume. Even with the max setting, Adam Levine's vocals on "Maps" sounded nice and bright, plus the jangling guitars were distinct.
If you would like to tweak the audio, it is possible to choose from multiple profiles within the Dolby Digital Plus software, including Music, Game and Voice. There's also a manual graphic equalizer.
On the Laptop Mag Audio Test, through which we play a tone from 23 inches from the notebook, the X1 Carbon registered a huge 94 decibels -- 10 dB greater than the average for ultraportables. The EliteBook 1020 reached 85 dB within the same test, even so the XPS 13 hit the identical 94 dB.
The right side on the laptop houses another USB 3.0 port with an Ethernet Extender port to get in touch to wired networks. Unfortunately, the X1 Carbon lacks an SD card slot, which may be deal breaker for individuals who transfer a great deal of pics off their cameras.
The 720p webcam around the X1 Carbon did a rather good job of capturing my blue checkered shirt and dark-silver tie. However, I noticed some fuzziness in the background from the image. The good news is that, even under dimmer conditions, video callers could still see my face.
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