The ThinkPad Goes Ultrabook — ThinkPad X1 Carbon Tested

MojoKid writes "The venerable Lenovo ThinkPad, with its little red TrackPoint nub, has gone the way of the Ultrabook. If there's one small dig ThinkPads have taken with regularity over the years, it's that though there's a ton of quality and substance built into these machines, style was not a hallmark of the brand. The all new ThinkPad X1 Carbon could very well change the utilitarian stereotype of Lenovo's business-backed line-up, however. As the name suggests, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon is built from carbon fiber material throughout its chassis and internal rollcage. Its 14-inch display drives a native resolution of 1600x900, and its keyboard, arguably one of the nicest features of the ThinkPad line, is backlit and even more refined with contoured key caps. Battery life hits a max of about six hours on a full charge, and the machine weighs in at 3lbs and .31-inches at it thinnest dimension."

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a good start

[swell]

ThinkPad has always been a respected contender and this is a fine example. The main questions for buyers would be 1- how well does it handle OS X? and 2- can it fully implement BSD Unix? and the important issue for those who actually produce with their computers 3- Can it adroitly handle the entire Adobe suite of software?

It's to be assumed that some readers are more interested in hacking than actually producing, and may have quite different interests.