The X1 Carbon Touch is among the best Windows 8 Ultrabooks around, with a comfortable keyboard, fast performance and a lightweight build. Still, it's pricey, even for a high-end ultraportable.
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Conclusion: We like it
The Carbon Touch takes everything that was good about the ThinkPad X1 Carbon -- including its fingerprint reader, durable shell, and excellent keyboard -- and adds a Windows 8-friendly touchscreen, making it a very good option for business travelers and the companies that sign off on their expense reports. Digital Trends says the Touch "retains almost everything that is good about the original while adding the touchscreen many people value in a Windows 8 machine," and calls it "one of the better Windows 8 touchscreen laptops we’ve tested." Laptop Mag also likes the Touch, saying it's a "strong and sleek Ultrabook that combines Windows 8 with a sharp touch screen." However, as with other Windows 8 laptops, battery life suffers, and Laptop points out that the Touch "lasts nearly 2 hours less on a charge than its non-touch Windows 7 cousin." That could disappoint some users, though Laptop says that anyone looking for a touchscreen Windows 8 Ultrabook "will like what this notebook has to offer."
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The business-oriented Lenovo ThinkPad X1 adds must-have features for 2013, and remains a very impressive business-oriented ultrabook with strong crossover appeal.
Read the full review →If you were enthralled by the Carbon during its first go-round late last year and are prepared to add touchability to your routine, it’s definitely a laptop to consider.
Read the full review →The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is a strong and sleek Ultrabook that combines Windows 8 with a sharp touch screen, but you'll sacrifice some battery life.
Read the full review →We stand by our assessment of the X1 Carbon as the Ultrabook to beat, but we’re a little more hesitant about its see-me-feel-me cousin.
Read the full review →The combination of its rugged yet lightweight Carbon Fiber form-factor, plus its capable performance, solid battery life, great tactile keyboard, and its perks like RapidCharge, all make it a serious business-oriented Ultrabook to contend with.
Read the full review →The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is a good successor to the first generation X1 Carbon. It retains almost everything that is good about the original while adding the touchscreen many people value in a Windows 8 machine.
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We liked the original a lot, and this Touch version succeeds in bringing that up to date and into the Windows 8 space. Good job.
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It seems Lenovo has done it again with the ThinkPad Carbon X1 Touch, crafting a long lasting, skinny ultrabook. But we do wonder if the serious business crowd Lenovo often courts has any interest in the touch friendly frills of Windows 8.
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I ordered mine with the Core i7, and 8GB RAM and 256 SSD drive. The design and form factor are excellent. This is a true ultrabook in size however its performance equals what you would expect from a ThinkPad. The screen is very bright for a TN panel, but it is not up to the standards of the...
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