ThinkPad X1 Carbon

There is a reason why Lenovo is selling certified refurbished X1 Carbon Gen 9 with high spec for dirt cheap at the moment. If it sounds to be good to be true… There is a inherent issue with gen 9 unfortunately so they had a huge return back to base from corporate rerun.

4k display kills your battery. Avoid X1 Carbon if you don't like soft touch coating. Some other models might have a soft touch as well, so look that up before buying. I'd go with the same CPU you had, 1185g7 is a good option on a budget. Or AMD 6650u, 6850u are still powerful enough, battery efficie

Factory defect, with a sleepstate issue, units when shut down for a few days or more would no longer POST or charge. CMOS battery was/is fully charged, requiring a pin-hole reset to temporarily resolve the issue. Solution is board replacement, this issue was prevalent in both the X1 Carbon Gen 9 and

The X1 Carbons and T series feel nice (especially recent ones) but they're not a solid piece of metal so they're always going to have some creak compared to a MacBook. But the hinges are very solid and the keyboard praise is real. There are a lot of other compromises though compared to a MacBook. Wi

_UPDATE 2: I returned it. The coil whine was driving me mad. It was not only during load but it also appeared during less stressfull scenarios like browsing and office work :/ Total no go for me. You can find a youtube link in this post. Then there was the issue with the speakers doing a "plop" soun

I am also stuck in this quandary. I much prefer using Linux OS but the Apple portable hardware is so good. I’ve resigned myself to using Apple for laptops, and Linux on desktops. Asahi etc is a route, as you mentioned, but I’d rather just do thinkpad et al as it’s less likely to have problems. I was

I have this exact one so i assume my words will be of help, first to answer your question, it flies with fedora Now to the more important topic, it's a peice of junk, it WILL break, not linux, the laptop's physical frame, more specifically the hinge, it's not a matter of if it will break, it's a mat

This is the laptop https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadx1/thinkpad-x1-carbon-gen-13-aura-edition-14-inch-intel/len101t0108. I didn't notice it before but now that it's in front of me, the right Ctrl key, which I use all the time for Ctrl-left/right, is missing entirely and has be

2 hours would be ridiculous depending on the workload. But yes, I had buyer's remorse. The OLED panel was beyond beautiful but I rarely got to look at it since I mostly used a docking station. Furthermore it also felt like I'd have to treat the screen like a raw egg because a replacement would be ve

E series are imo still pretty muchworse than T series in pretty much aspect except for plain hardware specs. Keyboard replacements on E Thinkpads are a nightmare for instance. They are consumer products after all.However I like the E series more than the L series. Latter are just plastic boxes, E se