This is a matte black rectangle, as you'd expect from a ThinkPad, and if you're a ThinkPad person, it looks striking and fabulously slim and modern. The latest generation X1 Carbon is virtually unchanged from the previous generation, so I won't dwell on design. It has a carbon fiber and fiber glass casing with a magnesium alloy internal frame (roll cage, in Lenovo lingo). There are 1920 x 1080 full HD and 2560 x 1440 QHD matte displays (both non-touch), a backlit keyboard, 720p webcam and dual band WiFi 802.11ac with Bluetooth. It's available with 8 or 16 gigs of RAM and M.2 SSD drives (SATA-3 and PCIe NVMe available). The ThinkPad X1 Carbon runs Windows 10 on Intel Skylake 6th generation Core i5 and i7 dual core Ultrabook 15 watt CPUs with Intel HD 520 graphics. The drawback? Touchscreen options are gone for the Carbon-you'll have to move to the ThinkPad X1 Yoga or ThinkPad T460s if you want a (very) similar laptop with touch. The Ultrabook now starts around $1,200, and that's for a perfectly respectable Intel Core i5 model with 8 gigs of RAM, a 128 gig SSD and a 1080p screen. Even better, the X1 Carbon's price is now very aggressive relative to previous generations that could easily hit the $2,000 mark with customizations. In fact, there are two very good screen options: full HD and QHD, both bright and with competitive color gamut. The current 4th generation model is an evolutionary improvement with the better screen we were pining for. The second generation floundered a bit with a gimmicky keyboard and the third generation hit the sweet spot with a normal keyboard. Quite the opposite: the first gen was the first extremely thin 14" business Ultrabook with a rigid casing. Not that the previous generations were slouches. In Chief (twitter: time's a charm? Maybe so with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 4th generation. What's Not: No touchscreen option, no USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 port. Fantastic keyboard, very good display, good port selection. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th Gen, 2016) Editor's rating (1-5): Home > Laptop Reviews > Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2016)
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