![]() ![]() The biggest was a new feature called the ‘Adaptive Keyboard Row’ which was a long LCD panel at the top of the keyboard. Several new design changes were made, and not all were seen as improvements. Screen wise, the base model was still the 1600 x 900 res, but there was also upgrades available – a massive 2560 x 1440 resolution with an additional touchscreen optional. Then in early 2014, the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 2 launched. For the CPU, Lenovo had moved to the 4th Generation of Intel CPUs. Keyboard wise, this was the standard design that most Thinkpad laptops had, and worked well. The Gen 1 laptop was powered by a 3rd Generation Intel CPU, Intel HD 4000 graphics chip. For a 2012 laptop, that was pretty impressive. This still had the lower resolution though, while the Lenovo Helix released at the same time had a much smaller 12″ screen yet ran at 1920 x 1080.īattery life was quite good too, Lenovo quoting 8 hours under ideal conditions. This was partly resolved about 4 months later at the start of 2013, when a touchscreen variant, inventively called the Lenovo X1 Carbon Touch. No touchscreen, and a 14″ 1600 x 900 res screen were still good, but not in the realm of amazing. It was the successor to the Thinkpad X1, and was quite popular when it hit the market, but there were a few major drawbacks. Originally, the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen1 launched in 2012. Thinkpads have been around since 1990 – then they were owned by IBM, but Lenovo bought out IBM’s personal computer business in 2005 and continued with the name. Consumer models of Lenovo laptops are still of high quality, but don’t have the same stringent testing and guarantees. These are normally aimed at businesses, due to their military-spec testing. The X1 Carbon is part of Lenovo’s Thinkpad series. ![]() I won’t be looking at too many of the specs, because each generation has had many configurable options – but where it makes sense, I’ll draw attention to technical differences. The Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen3 came out recently, so I thought it would be a good time to review the 3 models and compare. An updated version of this article is available here: Five Generations Of The X1 Carbon ![]()
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