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I really like the x1 Carbon. Nice and light, touch screen is optional and Lenovo is pretty good with Linux support.
by w0ts0n 14y ago
I really like the x1 Carbon. Nice and light, touch screen is optional and Lenovo is pretty good with Linux support.
- loxs 14y agoAt least in European stores, I can't find one with more than 1600x900 pixels. That's too old nowadays.
- tammer 14y agoI also went to take a look at the X1c in a local store, and I was ready to purchase it. Looking at it, however, I couldn't get over how poor the display really looked. Everything was washed out with light blue. It drove me crazy even in the store. After going home and doing some research,[1] it became obvious that the screens were mis-calibrated out of the factory. If you do go with the X1c, make sure you either get a color calibrator or find the color profile ahead of time. [1]: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Update-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-Ultrabook.85315.0.html http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Update-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X... (check the display section)
- w1ntermute 14y agoHave you actually used a 14" laptop with a 1600x900 screen? When I got the X1 Carbon, I was worried that I was giving up a higher resolution screen in order to get a ThinkPad ultrabook. But I've found that even 1600x900 is actually too high a resolution for me, without scaling. For example, I've got HN scaled right now to 125%. A friend of mine has an ASUS ultrabook (the Zenbook Prime UX31A) with a 1080p screen and it was impossible to read anything on it, the text was so tiny. You can read about my experiences with the X1 Carbon here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4848375 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4848375 I'm typing on that same laptop right now and loving it.