Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 (2024) Review

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Lenovo’s impossibly thin and light yet mil spec durable 14” Ultrabook gets a new CPU and a redesign for 2024. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 has Intel 14th gen Meteor Lake CPUs with Arc graphics, 16:10 full HD and 2.8K OLED display options, optional 4G/5G, up to 64GB RAM and impressive speakers. Unlike many super-slim competitors, it has plenty of ports.
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Thank you for the review, Lisa. Was waiting for this from you.
Excellent review as always.
Thank you again.

mrugendra
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Lisa nice to see you're still doing reviews. I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga back in 2017 based on your review. Looking to get the Carbon Gen 12 this time.

sygnus
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This is good. Hoping this new gen 'workstation' models don't mess it up either - that fn/ctl key switch is ace. Tradition is fine, but little improvements like this always welcome. Great review as ever.

GaryJohnWalker
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Great review. Thanks. I've also been using Carbon X1s since they first came out and have rarely been disappointed.

Lenovo is no longer making docking stations for the Carbon X1, so I'll have to use an external dock like a CalDigit. This is probably why they moved the power switch to the side, so that the unit can be turned on without opening the lid.

air intakes (or exhausts) are under the keyboard. In either event, if the unit is operated with the lid closed will airflow be restricted, possibly causing overheating and throttling of the CPU/GPU/NPU?

chuckdavis
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Fantastic review, as always. I just really wish they would stop soldering every single port. Even APPLE have made their ports modular. As someone that has to deal with the after-sales support of these devices, the most common failure are the soldered (inherently fragile) USB-C ports. And though most shops can solder a new one on, the average consumer can't. And the Fortune 500 businesses that buy these by the hundreds don't have time for that, and simply dispose of them. It's horrible that this has become the new standard after years of having modular charging ports...

SalemTechsperts
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This is the year to upgrade. We use the 8th generation at work and it still runs great.

JCRdz
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If you're planning on running linux, skip this. Webcam is mipi csi and requires a lot of effort to get working. Ubuntu 24.04 beta and nightly build both have a super buddy track pad. Works sometimes (when it boots it either works or it doesn't, and it's 90% not working) - track point does work and trackpad buttons do work. Ubuntu 22, can't dim the brightness because of OLED screen, power management is crap, webcam again doesnt work, external displays over the USBC don't work and when the lid closes it doesn't go into sleep. Ubuntu 24.04 is officially released tomorrow so gonna try that. If not a lot of hacking to do.
Keyboard is quite nice though. Battery life is pretty poor, about 6 and a half hours day to day tasks under ubuntu 24.04 nightly build.

dr.benjaminbird
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Excellent review =) I'll be waiting for this model in the second-hand market haha. =)

lloritoovidexequield.
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Great review as usual.

Don’t like that camera hump thing.

MorrisIriga
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Looks interesting. But the prices for laptops have gone absolutely insane. Not as insane of a price increase as phones yet, but still. Compared to not even that long ago the performance increase isnt even that drastic!

tHaHxr
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May I ask X1 carbon Gen 11 and Gen 12 which one do you prefer to choose?

thought-uznl
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they have a haptic touchpad now, would have loved for that to be on this review

online_now
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Great review as always. Any chance Lenovo has sent you a ThinkPad P1? :)

willstikken
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Hey, your review is by far the best pick for what matters to know for a Lenovo Thinkpad. Others (video reviews) are squeezing poorlyc rafted jokes and sponsors but they feel like they got a laptop in the mail to talk about whereas you seem to have a decent knowledge of Lenovo laptops.

Rob_Mike_Litterst
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Great review. My Gen 9 had 4 motherboard replacements and Lenovo is sending me a brand new Gen 12, 7 Ultra, 32 gigs of ram, 1 TB SSD with touchscreen.

darrenmilbrandt
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Please review the Thinkpad T14 gen 5 AMD version

jeffersonmp
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Thank you for your review I want to buy laptop pls give me ur recommendation

ashum
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Thanks for the post Lisa, Nice laptop 😊😊

VillageofShadows
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Fantastic review. I just purchased the X1 Carbon Gen12 today. I hope it will be durable as I expected.

edward
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Is it better to get OLED or ips ?? Will I actually notice a difference if I am only using this for Microsoft 365 and YouTube ?

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