Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch Review

1. Introduction2. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch3. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch (Super High Res Gallery)4. Testing Methodology & Configuration5. SiSoft Sandra6. PCMark 77. PCMark 88. Cinebench R11.5 64 bit9. Unigine Heaven Benchmark10. 3DMark 1111. 3DMark12. Hard Drive Performance13. USB 3.0 Bandwidth Testing14. BluRay Playback15. MKV 1080p Playback Performance16. Media Encoding17. Dirt ShowDown18. Metro Last Light19. F1 201220. Thermal Dynamics21. Acoustics Performance22. Battery Life23. Closing Thoughts24. View All Pages

Today we are taking a look at the latest ThinkPad X1 Carbon from Lenovo, which features a Multitouch screen. The review sample we received features a Core i7 processor, 240GB Solid State Drive and 8GB of DDR3 memory. With prices starting around £1,400 this laptop targets the high end enthusiast and business user – but is it worth the money?

We put the diminutive business machine through a series of synthetic and real world tests today.

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is available in various configurations. Our review sample received a processor upgrade from the basic Core i5 3427U to the Core i7 3667U, which has 4 MB of cache with a Turbo speed of 3.2ghz. The Touch screen is an LED backlit model with 1600×900 resolution and features a 720p high definition front facing web cam for chatting and conference calls. Our sample also has a 240GB Intel Solid State drive and 8GB of DDR3 memory.

Lenovo have yet to upgrade their ThinkPad X1 range with the latest Intel mobile processors, which is a little disappointing especially when considering the integrated HD graphics improvements.

The starting price is £1,405.99 and you can configure your own on the Lenovo website over here. The specific configuration we have in for review is £1,727.85 inc vat.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon, 3460AQG Specifications:

• 14.0″ HD+ LED B/L (1600×900)
• 10-Point Multi-Touch Display
• Antiglare w/ Camera
• Intel Core i7 3667U 2.0-3.2 GHz w/ HD 4000
• 8 GB RAM onboard
• Intel QS77 Chipset
• w/o Ethernet (RJ45)
• 240 GB FDE SSD Platine SATA 3 (6 GB/s)
• WWAN Ericsson H5321
• WLAN Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205S-SFF a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 4.0
• 1 x USB 2.0 Always On
• 1 x USB 3.0
• 1 x Mini Displayport
• HD Audio
• Energystar
• 4-in-1 Cardreader
• Ultranav (Touchpad + Trackpoint)
• Fingerprint Reader
• Intel AMT
• 4-cell Battery
• Power Supply 90W
• 3 Year On-Site Warranty
• Power Plug UK
• Keyboard w/ Backlight UK
• Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit UK

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