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The highs can peak a bit too much, but there are Dolby audio settings via the Lenovo Settings app to help manage sound quality. I found the audio to be among the best of any Ultrabook for 2017. Although not a huge shift, it's enough to give a more sound where it is needed. X1 Carbon audioįor 2017, Lenovo moved the two speakers of the X1 Carbon from the bottom sides to the bottom front. That's fine, however, as Lenovo will take your $280 for its new and more powerful ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock, which can power three 4K displays, add five USB 3.0 type A ports, and more. In the back, through a SIM door, users can add a microSD for expansion and insert the SIM card if purchased with a 4G modem.įinally, perhaps the one downside for some ThinkPad fans is the deprecation of the Lenovo OneLink+ docking connector. There is a standard HDMI port for video output, which is useful for older systems that are not ready for USB Type-C.

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Evidently, a native RJ45 works better for company networks where the MAC address should get assigned to the laptop and not the USB dongle.

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That's true, but you need to use an included mini-RJ45 conversion dongle to get the full port. On the box, Lenovo advertises native RJ45 Ethernet support. The Razer Core eGPU with GTX 1080Ti works just fine with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The only change this year is that the red stripes for the TrackPoint left and right buttons are slightly less bright. I am smart enough, however, to not call for its removal, lest the legions of jet-lagged business folk come for me in the night. It, along with physical buttons that sit atop the trackpad, give a joystick-like experience to the mouse cursor.īut I don't get TrackPoint. For the uninitiated, TrackPoint is that red nub that sits between the G, H, and B keys. Lenovo keeps its quirky TrackPoint system with the X1 Carbon. So it's hard for me to say that Lenovo still makes the best laptop keyboards these days. For me, the significant difference is how well Lenovo's competition has caught up in making excellent keyboards. If you like Lenovo's past keyboards, the X1 Carbon for 2017 delivers on that tradition.

There is also a new user programmable key for F12 that lets you assign it to any app, or even a group of apps, including Windows Store ones. Hurrah! I launch that app numerous times a day, so the quick launch is invaluable to me. I am thrilled to see a new feature (at least to me) that lets you hit Function + PrtSc to launch the Windows Snipping Tool quickly. You feel it, too, as that eight percent size reduction makes the X1 Carbon tiny. Due to the significantly smaller display bezels and reduction in the internals, the new X1 Carbon is essentially a 14-inch laptop in a 13-inch body. The biggest shift is with overall design and ports.

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Windows 10 Pro Signature Edition (no bloatware).

New touch fingerprint scanner (not swipe).

Here is what is new and different with the fifth generation: The good news here is that Lenovo only improved things over last year's model. That means that it should work with external GPU (eGPU) units, and in my experience it does. It is worth noting that the Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C ports support 40Gb/s throughput. The one difference is that HP used slightly faster RAM, with DDR4 at 2,133 MHz. In many ways, the specifications overlap with the new HP EliteBook x360 G2, and most are expected with modern enterprise laptops at the premium level. Customers can optionally add a Sierra Wireless EM7455 modem for LTE connectivity for a hefty $220. Lenovo is using the current 7th Generation 'Kaby Lake' processors in all of its configurations.

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Intel dual-band wireless AC 8265 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 Touch fingerprint sensor for fingerprint authentication with Windows Hello Intel Core i7-7600U (2.8 GHz, 4 MB cache, two cores)

Intel Core i5-7300U (2.6 GHz, 3 MB cache, two cores) Intel Core i5-7200U (2.5 GHz, 3 MB cache, two cores)