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At least in my opinion, the ThinkPad Carbon X1 is glaringly missing in that lineup.

by rufius 10y ago

whytaka 10y ago
We really shouldn't support companies that so shamelessly spies on us.
- xori 10y ago
  If you can pay the premium, then vote with your money. Otherwise succumb and wipe clean.
- aRationalMoose 10y ago
  You can always powerwash it and slap your favorite linux distro on it, no?
  - user982 10y ago
    Lenovo put a rootkit in its laptops' firmware that reinstalled across system wipes, so no.
- na85 10y ago
  I'll bet you have an Intel chip and a phone. Both have surveillance capabilities built in: Intel ME and your phone's baseband processor.
ozi 10y ago
He lists it at the bottom of the page; 2nd to last place of laptops considered. "No USB-C ports. No Thunderbolt 3 ports. Too many video out ports. Unnecessary SD slot. 6th generation CPU."
- drzaiusapelord 10y ago
  >No USB-C ports. No Thunderbolt 3 ports. Why would you want or need either of these for a Windows/Linux machine? USB-C is near non-existant and the Carbon uses the Lenovo flat connector for charging. Instead you get 3 USB3.0 ports. > Too many video out ports Who cares? They aren't taking up space. You get HDMI for easy connecting to a TV without any adapters and a mini-displayport for everything else. Seems like a win-win to me. HDMI is the most common and near universal video connector now. The lack of HDMI on Apple laptops is inexcusable. > Unnecessary SD slot Uh, another who cares. Hell, put a second OS on there for kicks, load up photos from your mom's old camera, run a hypervisor on it and use local storage for your VM's, etc. > 6th generation CPU. The i7 model has a i7-6500U from Q3 2015. Its fairly newish and a great performer considering its energy use. The current X1 is in its 4th generation and from early this year, so of course it has a late 2015 processor. More than likely you'll see a 5th generation early next year if getting the newest processor is important to you. Not that intel's yearly offerings differ too greatly from last year's model.
  - bdcravens 10y ago
    > USB-C is near non-existant True, though with it being featured in the Google Pixel, I'm certain it'll become more common.

At least in my opinion, the ThinkPad Carbon X1 is glaringly missing in that lineup.

by rufius 10y ago

At least in my opinion, the ThinkPad Carbon X1 is glaringly missing in that lineup.

whytaka 10y ago

We really shouldn't support companies that so shamelessly spies on us.

xori 10y ago
If you can pay the premium, then vote with your money. Otherwise succumb and wipe clean.
aRationalMoose 10y ago
You can always powerwash it and slap your favorite linux distro on it, no?
- user982 10y ago
  Lenovo put a rootkit in its laptops' firmware that reinstalled across system wipes, so no.
na85 10y ago
I'll bet you have an Intel chip and a phone. Both have surveillance capabilities built in: Intel ME and your phone's baseband processor.

ozi 10y ago

He lists it at the bottom of the page; 2nd to last place of laptops considered. "No USB-C ports. No Thunderbolt 3 ports. Too many video out ports. Unnecessary SD slot. 6th generation CPU."

drzaiusapelord 10y ago
>No USB-C ports. No Thunderbolt 3 ports. Why would you want or need either of these for a Windows/Linux machine? USB-C is near non-existant and the Carbon uses the Lenovo flat connector for charging. Instead you get 3 USB3.0 ports. > Too many video out ports Who cares? They aren't taking up space. You get HDMI for easy connecting to a TV without any adapters and a mini-displayport for everything else. Seems like a win-win to me. HDMI is the most common and near universal video connector now. The lack of HDMI on Apple laptops is inexcusable. > Unnecessary SD slot Uh, another who cares. Hell, put a second OS on there for kicks, load up photos from your mom's old camera, run a hypervisor on it and use local storage for your VM's, etc. > 6th generation CPU. The i7 model has a i7-6500U from Q3 2015. Its fairly newish and a great performer considering its energy use. The current X1 is in its 4th generation and from early this year, so of course it has a late 2015 processor. More than likely you'll see a 5th generation early next year if getting the newest processor is important to you. Not that intel's yearly offerings differ too greatly from last year's model.
- bdcravens 10y ago
  > USB-C is near non-existant True, though with it being featured in the Google Pixel, I'm certain it'll become more common.