MBA vs Thinkpad X1 Carbon

[DFTU101]

If you don't mind responding, how does the screen of the X1C compare to your MBA screen. Especially in terms of resolution and brightness.

 

[yourtoys7]

What air has going for it is the option to upgrade on models to 8gb ram which some don't have at all, some only on loaded model. Price as well, for the most part.

 

[entatlrg]

After Lenovo's much botched intro of the X1C people are finally starting to receive their notebooks ordered in mid-August.

If you search and read end user reviews and comments it confirms the X1c display is poor with their famous dull 'screen door effect' low quality panels, heat is fair, fan noise loud, even at idle.

Numerous owners have returned their X1's, some mention considering the Air, many others have sent their brand new notebooks in for repair due to QC issues.

For a touted 20th anniversary notebook there's a lot of unhappy people.

 

[DrumApple]

After Lenovo's much botched intro of the X1C people are finally starting to receive their notebooks ordered in mid-August.

If you search and read end user reviews and comments it confirms the X1c display is poor with their famous dull 'screen door effect' low quality panels, heat is fair, fan noise loud, even at idle.

Numerous owners have returned their X1's, some mention considering the Air, many others have sent their brand new notebooks in for repair due to QC issues.

For a touted 20th anniversary notebook there's a lot of unhappy people.

Interesting. I've read probably every review and watched every video of the thing and the screen looks good and it's gotten high marks across the board. The screen looks better than the Air's. Maybe it's just a bad early batch. Just like in the auto industry, the first year of a new model/body style there's usually problems to work out.

I won't buy an X1C until I test it in person though, still haven't figured out how/where I can get my hands on one since they don't seem to sell them in stores.

 

[entatlrg]

Read the comments on notebookreview

 

[stylinexpat]

Read the comments on notebookreview

The comments after a review are very important if you ask me as they cover issues that may have been missed by the person doing the review and issues that were probably not mentioned on purpose. One also gets more points of view from others that may already have that machine being reviewed.

 

[DrumApple]

After reading many of the user reviews it sounds like it's the luck of the draw with the X1C right now. Some are arriving with defects, some are arriving perfect. There's going to be lemons... it's a bit alarming some are accusing Lenovo of providing specially prepped machines to review outlets though.

I'm waiting for an i7 + 8gb model, rumored to be out next month. Hopefully they'll get rid of all the bad apples by then (no pun intended).