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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook Hands On Review

2012-12-04
hey what's going on tech fans welcome back to tech tomorrow I'm Elric your host now you guys all know that the new ultra ebooks from Intel are hitting the market now these things are really incredible for the traveling businessman they're lightweight they're thin they have awesome features for being on a plane just overall a really cool thing for the traveling person who wants to get a lot of work done now today we're going to be looking at the Lenovo ThinkPad carbon x1 this thing has a lot of awesome features on it and it's priced quite right as well you can find this thing anywhere from $1,200 to $1600 depending on what type of SSD you get inside the system so anyways let's jump in right now and let's check out all the features of this brand-new Lenovo x1 ThinkPad carbon let's go now this thing's really cool it features roll cage technology and Gorilla Glass that way if you drop this thing or anything bad happens to it it's pretty likely to survive now the particular model that I'm looking at has an Intel Core i5 3 4 to 7 u which is a 1.8 gigahertz processor with turbo boost technology 2.0 going up to 2.8 gigahertz also has 3 megabytes of smart cache now this unit also has 4 gigabytes of ddr3 1333 megahertz SD RAM and 128 gigabyte solid state drive now the solid-state drive gives you silent operations very fast boot and access times as well now the screen like winched before it's a 14 inch HD screen with 16 by 900 LED backlit display with anti glare now this thing's pretty cool because you can also view it from many different angles and looks very clear obviously the unit contains the intel HD 4000 graphics it also has stereo speakers and includes Dolby home theater v4 technology you also get an integrated HD 720p camera a fingerprint reader Bluetooth 4.0 intel centrino advanced n6 205's 802 11 a BGN network connectivity 4 and 1 media card reader which reads MMC SD SDHC and SDXC now this is a really cool feature that I myself really like it's the spill resistant backlit keyboard that has ultra nav and TrackPoint now this thing's very ergonomic to use the track point is very accurate for your finger and it's actually very comfortable to use for long periods of time and the fact that spill resistant means if you have to spill your drink on something it may not break that quick now as far as external connections go you get a single USB 3.0 connector a single USB 2.0 connector a main display port and a combo audio mic jack now the actual dimensions of the carbon x1 are 13 point Oh inches by with 8.9 inches in depth and point zero seven four in height which is how thick the thing is which is actually less than an inch now some of the other features that are centric to this particular unit are the latest in the lenovo technology which features their latest rapid resume and rapid connect technology this allows you to wake up very fast from sleep and to be connected even when you're not using the laptop now lastly like I said before this thing is really geared toward the traveling businessman battery life if you're using it constantly is about two hours that means if you're like running DVDs and all that time you'll go down if you're using it Lite about four hours and if you're not using it very much maybe six to eight now a really cool thing though is when you go onto a plane this thing automatically goes into airport mode and allows you to be on the plane without to shut anything down because it does it all itself all in all great things for those who are traveling all right so there you have it folks now some of the really cool things that I think about this thing are the way that you can charge it up so very very fast being that you can get eighty percent of a charged battery in 35 minutes by rapid charge is just incredible that's something that Lenovo is definitely gonna get a thumbs up from me because you guys all know when your battery starts dying you're right and working on something that's the last thing in the world you want it to do now the Lenovo ThinkPad carbon is actually the thinnest one that's ever come out and that said it's definitely going to get an editor's choice here on tech of tomorrow for the business class traveling person now obviously if you're looking for something to play games and that type of stuff this isn't it but if you want something that has great reliability good power for on the road plenty of battery life great charging ability and just excellent features all around the Lenovo carbon x1 ThinkPad is a serious editor's choice here on tech of tomorrow
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