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For macOS users: Checkout Lenovo Carbon X1. It is one of the best things I own. Ever picked up a macbook and paused for a second to think subconciously "it's

For macOS users: Checkout Lenovo Carbon X1. It is one of the best things I own. Ever picked up a macbook and paused for a second to think subconciously "it's gonna feel cold on my lap until it warms up to my body temp"? I know everytime I wanna use my macbook, the cold aluminum is such a pain. I think about it everytime I sit down with it. With Carbon X1 (running macOS[1]), it just feels wonderful to touch, magnesium/carbon body is way lighter than anything Apple makes. I think it is time for Apple to use magnesium alloys, soft touch coating and still maintain extremely premium/luxury aspect. Keyboard is amazing. LCD is on par with Apple or even better. I have the HD 2560x1440 400 nits model. There is a shutter for webcam. I also opened it up and replaced the thermal paste with gallium since the heatsink is copper (can't do this if it is alumnium). It runs cool but there is a problem with the macOS battery management and that's being solved right now. Regardless, I still love this thing. [1] https://github.com/tylernguyen/x1c6-hackintosh https://github.com/tylernguyen/x1c6-hackintosh

Traster 6y ago
How is the power management aspect of running Mac OS? That's the only complaint I have (using windows) on my X1 carbon compared to my old macbook pro.
- fermienrico 6y ago
  Yea that's the only pain, sleep doesn't work and it runs slightly hot. There is an issue around it and hopefully it will be fixed.
mciancia 6y ago
X1 carbon seems nice, but it tops out on 16GB of ram and quad-core cpu. That doesn't look very good when you compare it to macbook pro
philsnow 6y ago
The ergonomics of using any mac laptop are terrible, unless you're indoors at a desk. My eyes are somewhat light-sensitive, and it can be difficult to work outdoors without the aluminum body of the laptop reflecting 90%+ of the light that hits it into my eyes. The body is so slick that unless I have at least one hand on it (gripping it from the side, not just pressing down with the heel of my palm on the wrist rest area), it will just slide right off my lap whenever I shift position or cross / uncross my legs. Likewise, if my lap is not perfectly horizontal (say, if I'm sitting on a couch any way except perfectly straight), macbooks just slide off. The aluminum body is so slick that the only safe way to carry them with one hand is like you're carrying a high school microscope, with your hand cradled under it and it tucked securely against some part of your body, otherwise the laptop turns into "Bilbo Baggins Going on an Adventure" / "Why Can't I Hold All These Limes?". I dropped my first work MBP onto a brick fireplace from waist height, it landed on one of its corners near the hinge -- to its credit, the aluminum deformed a bit but it kept working. I don't even have dry skin (which I think would make this problem worse?). Compare these two points with thinkpads: black body thinkpads reflect more like 10% of incoming light, and they're matte so there aren't any particularly bad angles for light to hit the laptop. I never have to worry about my x1 carbon sliding anywhere; it stays put on my lap no matter what weird position I'm in or how I move. I can pick it up with a thumb and forefinger and not worry about dropping it / can treat it almost like a trade paperback for all the care that's necessary to not drop it. (This is all not even mentioning that I don't have to change the way I type or position my hands to avoid spurious trackpad input on a thinkpad. To begin with, the problem isn't nearly as bad because lenovo is thankfully ceding the trackpad size arms race, but I can also just disable the damn thing in the bios and use the trackpoint.)

Traster 6y ago

How is the power management aspect of running Mac OS? That's the only complaint I have (using windows) on my X1 carbon compared to my old macbook pro.

fermienrico 6y ago
Yea that's the only pain, sleep doesn't work and it runs slightly hot. There is an issue around it and hopefully it will be fixed.

mciancia 6y ago

X1 carbon seems nice, but it tops out on 16GB of ram and quad-core cpu. That doesn't look very good when you compare it to macbook pro

philsnow 6y ago

The ergonomics of using any mac laptop are terrible, unless you're indoors at a desk. My eyes are somewhat light-sensitive, and it can be difficult to work outdoors without the aluminum body of the laptop reflecting 90%+ of the light that hits it into my eyes. The body is so slick that unless I have at least one hand on it (gripping it from the side, not just pressing down with the heel of my palm on the wrist rest area), it will just slide right off my lap whenever I shift position or cross / uncross my legs. Likewise, if my lap is not perfectly horizontal (say, if I'm sitting on a couch any way except perfectly straight), macbooks just slide off. The aluminum body is so slick that the only safe way to carry them with one hand is like you're carrying a high school microscope, with your hand cradled under it and it tucked securely against some part of your body, otherwise the laptop turns into "Bilbo Baggins Going on an Adventure" / "Why Can't I Hold All These Limes?". I dropped my first work MBP onto a brick fireplace from waist height, it landed on one of its corners near the hinge -- to its credit, the aluminum deformed a bit but it kept working. I don't even have dry skin (which I think would make this problem worse?). Compare these two points with thinkpads: black body thinkpads reflect more like 10% of incoming light, and they're matte so there aren't any particularly bad angles for light to hit the laptop. I never have to worry about my x1 carbon sliding anywhere; it stays put on my lap no matter what weird position I'm in or how I move. I can pick it up with a thumb and forefinger and not worry about dropping it / can treat it almost like a trade paperback for all the care that's necessary to not drop it. (This is all not even mentioning that I don't have to change the way I type or position my hands to avoid spurious trackpad input on a thinkpad. To begin with, the problem isn't nearly as bad because lenovo is thankfully ceding the trackpad size arms race, but I can also just disable the damn thing in the bios and use the trackpoint.)