Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (3444 / 3448 / 3460, 1st Gen, 2012)

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Excellent performance ; Stylish, compact design ; Extremely fast charge times ; Ruggedly built to last

Poor screen quality for the price ; Expensive

On the plus side, the bezel around the edge is nicely thin allowing for more screen real estate (though the top and bottom sides are slightly thicker for a ‘letterbox’ style appearance), it has decent viewing angles, and its touch functionality works...

Stylish, light and sleek ; Superb backlit, spill-proof keyboard ; Durable soft-touch finish ; Powerful specs ; Good high-res screen

No Ethernet port ; Screen panel still TN

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is everything the original X1 should have been. Though its TN screen doesn’t quite match up to the premium style, build and features of this stunning Ultrabook, in every other regard it’s easily the best business...

Clever adaptive keyboard ; Fantastic design ID ; Unmatched inputs

Generally dim screen ; Average battery life ; No SD card reader

Lenovo's latest business laptop offers nearly the whole package: a pretty profile, performance and a clever adaptive keyboard.

Slim build ; Top power ; Decent screen ; Business features ; Lightweight

No Ethernet ; Poor battery ; High price ; Fiddly trackpad

On the surface, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is one of the best built and best performing laptops we've reviewed. The quality and design is stunning, and it's able to smoke even the toughest tasks with ease. However, if the high price didn't mar...

Tough carbon finish, trackpad feels great, backlit keyboard is comfortable for long typing periods, thin and light

The screen’s pixels are visible and headache inducing, it’s pricey, no Ethernet port, ThinkPad logo too prominent, not as light as some competition, pricier than a MacBook Air

Although it’s fairly pricey considering what’s under the hood, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon has a lot going for it. It’s tough, thin, light and, ignoring the twice-used ThinkPad logo that mars an otherwise attractive exterior, is an understated...

Like all Ultrabooks the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch offers decent performance in a portable package. We love the Carbon Touch's build and design, and the screen is great. Performance is solid. If you need a portable touchscreen laptop for your working...

Lenovo's X1 Carbon offers an understated look and exotic chassis material, but the LCD panel display quality could be better.

fantastic build quality ; responsive touchscreen ; class leading keyboard ; good SSD options ; quick charging

integrated graphics are weak ; Due a Haswell update ; touchscreen adds a fine layer of grain to the images ; battery life could be better ; audio is thin

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Thin and light, rugged carbon-fibre casing, ThinkVantage technologies

Integrated battery, no Ethernet port, no dock connector

Lenovo's X1 Carbon delivers the ThinkPad business laptop in a super-slim ultrabook format, without compromising on performance or ruggedness. Like other ultrabooks, it is limited to an internal battery and cannot be docked to a desktop cradle.