2024 ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 - Live Unboxing Part 1

#Lenovo #thinkpadx1

Video Index:
00:00 Countdown
02:04 Intro
06:05 Spes & Pricing
08:07 Unboxing, Design & Build
13:30 Comparison to Gen 11 Keyboard Layout
15:45 Ports & Connections
17:47 Initial Boot
19:27 Display
20:30 Size & Weight
25:36 Initial Benchmarks
49:00 Webcam

[epsilonnought]

Watching this on my X1 Carbon Gen 10 😁😁, Great Job as always Andrew!

[MarcosMalaga]

I have the 8th generation and I love it, definitively keeping it when upgrading to the 12th gen

[theequalizer]

It is very nice to have you, my friend ‏‪🙏

[tonyblack]

Fantastic unboxing and review. Thorough and quite immersive. Just ordered mine today.

[M.ghazi]

Gotta say this might be the most cleanest laptop.

[vitusyu]

Great work, Andrew! Really love your presentation of the latest product, especially Lenovo series.

[AndrzejC]

I like the carbon series, I've had 3 gen for a few years. I like the keyboard and looks but its way overpriced. The outer material was cracking on the lid a few years back already and i changed battery twice. Overall its still useable nowadays

[vitusyu]

I do like this Ctrl - Fn keys arrangement, that means more natural for my keyboard usage inuition.

[Brathoz]

You ever donate the laptops you review? It’d be awesome to finally own a Thinkpad x1. Never had the high tech laptops on the market these days. Thanks.

[DavidGillooly]

Certainly one of the best for 2024 but oh the price even with 32 GB of soldered RAM. They are into Apple MBP 16" space!

I'll check back with Lenovo as you are 100% correct buying when sales are offered is the way to go.

[asianstud]

Why doesnt thst have the hapric touch pad? You said Lenovo is gonna have it later this year? So are there gonna be 2 models?

[pvsamorgan]

Great review Andrew! Loving the change in the keyboard layout. Although, I like the power button on top, not on the side unless its a 2-in-1. As a fan of 16" laptops I hope these changes are reflected on the X1 Extreme this year. If I don't end up buying the HP Spectre X360 16", then that one will be my next best thing to get of course after a sale price!

[omarcortes]

I have the gen 8, works perfectly but I'd like to try this new one.

[Intel-peet]

Like your reviews very much ! Keep going Andrew ! 😊

[joneslukas]

Can't decide between gen 11 and gen 12 because of the battery life! Would gen 12 with 1920*1200 screen last as long as the 11th gen?

[blackgold]

Another quality video, will be interested in seeing the difference in fan noise and temp vs Gen 11 during normal usage, eg: 4k video, internet, office work, etc. Thx!

[KJN]

I think the spec weight is wrong. It should start at 1.09kg instead of 1.12kg … it was the highlight when announced. That’s why the weighting done by you was 1.099kg

[sfadhjkl]

I wish they would put one usb-c on each side so you can charge from either side. Or I would happily give up the usb-a port on the right for a third usb-c.

[marvinzhang]

I have a gen 9 where the chassis changed, and now the gen 12 also have a refreshed chassis. it is time for me to upgrade!

[smartxmusculado]

Does the palmrest bite into your hands while using the sample X1 Gen 12, Andrew? I would say the X1 Gen 12 is a great laptop. Two things I wished: a bigger battery (something like 65 or 70Wh 4-cell) and an AMD processor because they are the best in long-running tasks. Many improvements with the Zen 4 architecture: some Thinkpad Series laptops come with AMD variants and processors, such: R7 7840U or R7 Pro 7840U with a 4nm transistor (reduced power consumption with the same peformance to complete the same task, less heat and longer battery life, while this is true in general).
Intel always had problems with heat, fan noise and battery life, even with sustaining performance under heavy loads (that is held back to the architecture used and the nm process they're at, although they somewhat mitigated this). Two major problems with laptops not being able to cool processors inside them: poor cooling solution and processors too powerful (in a thin and light chassis).
With the 8000 series from AMD released, I hope some units you will be testing containing these new AMD processors are going to see improvements (if any).
I would also like to know your testing methodology that you test when reviewing diffferent laptops from different companies: brightness level to be concerned with (in one of your reviews for the Thinkpad X13s Gen 1 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU you did two tests for it: 1) balanced mode with screen brightness at 200 nits, I think AND 2) 150 nits with battery saver mode. You didn't become transparent about what brightness level you measure battery life with best battery settings. Correct me if I'm wrong!
Anyways, continue with your hard work on presenting laptop reviews Andrew and wish you the best of luck!