I just ran another battery test. This time I tweaked some settings, lowered screen brightness to 100 nits just to see what I can eek out of this. I got over 9 hours. This tells me this is a 6 to 7 hour device at most in real world mixed usage. Of course it depends on what you are doing so that plays a major role. So, this is not as bad as everyone on reddit made it out to be. I am seeing 45% increase in multicore performance and about 22% in single core performance when I compared Cinebench R23 to last year's Gen 9. (And yes I have the Gen 9 with me to compare). The fans under load will ramp up but stay very quiet, however it can get hot and surface temps can get up there, and it will throttle down to lower temps but even under sustained load I am seeing that performance increase over Gen 9. Some on reddit claim that performance is worse. That is not what I am seeing at all.
Thanks for the video Andrew! I’m curious how the U series chip will do. I just got an i5 last gen model and it lasts for damn ever lol. An i5 u series seems tempting
Good to hear...but I've seen other reviewers report somewhat poor-ish battery life on all Alderlake laptops....so much for those efficiency cores....maybe there are some OS changes that MS could make to allow it to take advantage of the efficiency cores????
Thanks for the information In my situation that battery life is important, buying a Gen 9 is not a better decision? dou you recommend any other windows laptop similar to Carbon with higher battery life?
@@ehsanmontahaei6447 I would say if battery life is more of the primary concern for you. A ninth gen would be the way to go . Was a huge factor for getting a 9th gen just last week
I have this laptop but with fedora 36 installed , i7 , 32gb ram and aftermarket 2tb 980 Samsung . This is my personal machine for all my coding , only intel graphics. Best laptop I have ever had outside apple ecosystem . Silent and a excellent typing experience.
My working Lenovo X1 Carbon 2nd generation served me for 6 years under heavy working conditions. Despite on constant pressure from management to order a new one as per company police, laptops have to be renewed every 3 years. And became a brick suddenly two weeks after completing moving everything into new one Dell Lattitude 7200 2-in-1. Which I'm very happy with.
I'm a fan of the faster RAM, faster storage, the 1080p installed webcam and the 12th Gen processor. I did notice the audio quality of the internal mic to be quite low so not sure what that's all about. The Lenovo quality of the chassis, the portability of the laptop and the available port selection are all excellent as well. In short, it's a workhorse of a laptop! Another brilliant review from the one and only Andrew Marc David!! 👍😁
this thing is almost perfect but the battery is horrible for its capacity. this would have been laptop of the year if it had a Ryzen 6850U. double the battery life and GPU performance at lower price. I don't care 12th gen cpus should never be put on laptops. they need at least 50 watts to really start using the extra cores and match AMD chips.
Maybe I am wrong, but from all these years of researching these high end Thinkpad laptops, the battery life and performance when they are new appear to be quite poor. My guess is that this is a Business laptop so reliability is the most important thing on the laptop, so Lenovo would rather give the laptop below average yet usable performance in the short term until they can guarantee that the laptop at can run at its peak potential while still being very reliable.
Thank you for a great review, Andrew! Would be great if you could share your thoughts on the key travel of X1C gen 10 vs gen 9. Some complain that on gen 9, the keys are actually shallower than those of previous gen and bottom out too quickly; so, their fingers hurt typing for a long period.
Hey Andrew, thanks for the preview, great video! Hope you're still doing a full review. The general negativity on reddit has led me to have some concerns regarding my order, so i hope your review will put my mind at ease. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Many thanks for the review. Would the X1 Carbon Gen 10 with i7-1255U processor be significantly better than the Gen 9 with i7-1165G7 processor? I'm trying to get a machine with a good performance stability and good battery life, so might not be so interested on the i7 P CPUs, but still I would like to know if I get a Gen 10 with the U CPU I am going to get a good improvement compared to the Gen 9 as otherwise I might go for the cheaper Gen 9.
Better than my 2018 XPS 13 just 3 things which suck. The laptop got slower with the latest bios update not sure why and the battery performance sucks indeed hard. Besides there are some scheduling issues under Linux. With 1 core full load it gets extremely hot and so does the WiFi module. If I compile Linux with it all cores throttle down to 0.8MHz ....
I have a X1 Carbon 7th gen. I love the laptop but my two biggest issues with it are. 1. USB-C charger ports aren't durable after repeated use. Only one of my two charge ports still works after 2 years. 2. The screen is so thin that occasionally it will flicker. If I tap the screen lightly ,it will go away but I wonder how current models are. Any opinion if these are still factors with the latest models? I'm likely looking at a XPS13 as well.
Very insightful video as always. Really want a OLED laptop for next semester. Do you know when/if you will get the z13 and the Acer swift oled? Or any other oled laptops?
This model nails almost everything I'd want in a laptop including that weight of 1.12Kg plus optional 5G and optional better screen. Lenovo imo have always been at the top in delivering. Be interested to know how linux runs on it for a dual/multi-boot. It's even got x2 Thunderbolt 4 ports too as well as 12th gen CPU. Wow, touchsceen too? 400 Nits is acceptable. Thermal and battery is important of course. That's where Apple is really looking good. As you say, I'd be surprised if this is beaten by any upcoming laptops: It's overall excellent in features.
They are 2 different types of webcam in 10th gen carbon. Mainly 2 different types of connection for webcam. One is normal like previous Gen 9 and another one is new type of connection. The newer one doesn't work with Fedora.
But be advised that 4k resolution causes a high cpu load and temps and fan noise, so I don't think most users would want 4k here. I own a portable 15.6 4k display and must say 4k on such a small device is...not something I've always dreamed of. Looks fine, but cpu load is awfully high.
Thanks so much for your review! I would be interested to know how much battery life you would get if comparing the touch vs non touch model with same resolution.
Looks nice, although battery life worries me. Touch display, but no pen support? Curious: how does benchmark performance compare to 11g intel such as Surface Pro 8? Is there an U processor version? If so, performance? Battery life?
I am still using my X1CG7 and love it but this.... this might be the one to pull me away from my reliable daily. The battery is a concern though... But that power increase. Oh my. Nice first take. I'll be watching for the full review.
Nice PC. Camera was good and clear, compared to last year's model where the image was not sharp and had the appearance of a cloud over it. Nice to see 1080p camera. Microphones sounded okay. Agreed this is good for the business user on the road. SD card slot would have been nice but users needing an external drive can always plug in a USB flash drive since this has two USB A ports. Price overall seems reasonable for what you get. Great "First Looks" review as always.
I just ordered one of these. Mind you, the specs are different from market to market The US market always get some xtra features. By way of hard learing the 1st thing I will do is to order a replacement keyboard: the weakest point of the Thinkpad. I and my wife have had close to ten of them. Very few (at best 1 out of 4) of those keyboards survive the keyboard itself!
Nice review and all nice upgrades...Just wish that I could purchase it with AMD 6800 based CPU. And wait did I see a MATTE OLED screen option?????? If so that's the first MATTE OLED screen I've seen offered on a Laptop. Thumbs up for that!!!! I am somewhat disappointed in the poor-ish battery life....and AMD CPU would have solved that problem...and then I'd have the perfect laptop. Looking forward to the complete review....AND a review with the MATTE OLED screen?
I bought this laptop just a few days ago. I love the thinkpad lineup but could just find 1 video review and just did a YOLO, But after hearing this im happy in my investment
Hi Andrew, question for you on the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10: How long would you say the battery would last doing basic office tasks (word, excel spreadsheets, web browsing, email, etc) at a reasonable screen brightness (around 70%), wifi on?...just a normal remote work day?
Would you please let me know more about the heat dissipation in this Thinkpad as the air gets in through the keyboard and the exhaust is at the bottom? I feel dust accumulation will be more over time(compared to other Thinkpads) as it gets sucked in through the keyboard.
Don't you feel the space gap between those "six keys" is tool small ? Pressing left arrow I tend to press the key next to it, and pressing up/down sometime causese I also press up/down keys. Everything accidentally of couse. Don't you this they are all packed too close together ?
@@andyH_England yes exactly. i just picked up the china market only Thinkpad Neo 14 AMD Ryzen 7 6800h version. you are correct. Zen 3+ AMD is the cpu to get. 6nm technology. RDNA2 radeon 680m graphics which absolutely smokes Iris XE out the door and 20% more battery efficient than 12th gen intel.
i just opened the same link you showed in the video for the laptop and starting price is 2499 USD ,, from where the price increased about 800$ in just 10 days ?!!1
The Thinkpad X1 Carbons have always had a reputation for stellar quality and it looks like this doesn't disappoint. I would like to see them move to using a haptic touchpad though. Perhaps that will be in the next gen.
What about the base model with the 14.0" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS, anti-glare, non-touch, low power, 400 nits display? I just want a good, solid laptop. Killer deal on the I5, 16gb ram, and 512 storage. I need a good laptop for retirement.
I've sold my ThinkPad Gen9 i7, because of the poor battery. It's very bad. We always need to charge the bater every 2-3 hours. No more Lenovo ThinkPad until they fix this problem.
I just ran another battery test, I actually tweaked some settings and got over 9 hours. But in real world usage you can expect no more than 6 to 7 hours which of course depends on what you are doing. More to say in the full review.
@@andrewmarcdavid Thanks for the update. This is horrible news. A flagship product that cannot sustain a full days work is a real letdown. I mean sure, it has all the right stuff, but is a no go for people who want a MOBILE computer. They should ditch that Intel contract.
Something has to give with the increase in performance (48% for multicore and 22.5% for single core). Having more cores and higher wattage, throw in faster RAM an faster storage that will take a toll on battery.
@@vivenreddy true Intel went for the brute force approach which is fine for desktops and gaming laptops but makes no sense for light portable laptops like this one. Intel really need to sort out power efficiency as this isnt fit for purpose imo
Basically Linux is compatible with all x86 laptops if you care to compile your own custom kernel. Red hat and others default kernels are not latest stable kernel version because they are intended to be compatible with 10 years old hardware. Compiling your own kernel is difficult for first timers but you'll get used to it. Linux kernel 5.15 lts is minimum for alder lake
@@mzamroni why go through all that? Just install a ready made distro that fits the bill. Thats all I think Andrew would have to do. Not compile a custom kernel. Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch(based distro), Debian (based). Just a simple yes everything works out of the box on this distro or no they do not. Probably could even do it from a live usb rather than install. I think it would be nice to know that before buying a laptop and finding out the hard way something doesn't work. Just my .02
The increase in the performance based on the higher wattage and more cores leads me to believe that the battery life of course will not be as good as last year. That being said, 8+ hours is not terrible considering you are getting a 48% increase in multi-core performance and 22.5% increase in single core performance.
Upgrade to performance thermal pads. The heatsink on the gen 9 does not make good contact when paste is used. A pad will help. I'm using Kritical brand 0.5mm and noticed an improvement.
You'd better get business laptops such as Thinkpad, Dell latitude, hp elite book, etc. than xps. Business laptops are usually certified on military grade durability. They will last for long time just like my current 2015 hp elite book. They usually have spill resistant keyboard, stronger but light magnesium or carbon fiber chassis, anti glare screen, etc.
I just ran another battery test. This time I tweaked some settings, lowered screen brightness to 100 nits just to see what I can eek out of this. I got over 9 hours. This tells me this is a 6 to 7 hour device at most in real world mixed usage. Of course it depends on what you are doing so that plays a major role. So, this is not as bad as everyone on reddit made it out to be. I am seeing 45% increase in multicore performance and about 22% in single core performance when I compared Cinebench R23 to last year's Gen 9. (And yes I have the Gen 9 with me to compare). The fans under load will ramp up but stay very quiet, however it can get hot and surface temps can get up there, and it will throttle down to lower temps but even under sustained load I am seeing that performance increase over Gen 9. Some on reddit claim that performance is worse. That is not what I am seeing at all.
Thanks for the video Andrew! I’m curious how the U series chip will do. I just got an i5 last gen model and it lasts for damn ever lol. An i5 u series seems tempting
Good to hear...but I've seen other reviewers report somewhat poor-ish battery life on all Alderlake laptops....so much for those efficiency cores....maybe there are some OS changes that MS could make to allow it to take advantage of the efficiency cores????
Thanks for the information
In my situation that battery life is important, buying a Gen 9 is not a better decision?
dou you recommend any other windows laptop similar to Carbon with higher battery life?
@@ehsanmontahaei6447 I would say if battery life is more of the primary concern for you. A ninth gen would be the way to go . Was a huge factor for getting a 9th gen just last week
great video ans information. 6 to 7 hours mixed usage is not great for a year 2022 X1 Carbon. sadly.
I have this laptop but with fedora 36 installed , i7 , 32gb ram and aftermarket 2tb 980 Samsung . This is my personal machine for all my coding , only intel graphics. Best laptop I have ever had outside apple ecosystem . Silent and a excellent typing experience.
My working Lenovo X1 Carbon 2nd generation served me for 6 years under heavy working conditions. Despite on constant pressure from management to order a new one as per company police, laptops have to be renewed every 3 years. And became a brick suddenly two weeks after completing moving everything into new one Dell Lattitude 7200 2-in-1. Which I'm very happy with.
7 months after this review, I placed my order. This review helped make my decision. Couldn't pass up with the sale going on last week. Thanks, Andrew.
Glad I could help!
I'm a fan of the faster RAM, faster storage, the 1080p installed webcam and the 12th Gen processor. I did notice the audio quality of the internal mic to be quite low so not sure what that's all about. The Lenovo quality of the chassis, the portability of the laptop and the available port selection are all excellent as well. In short, it's a workhorse of a laptop! Another brilliant review from the one and only Andrew Marc David!! 👍😁
If only these came with AMD chips instead. Honestly thats my 1st requirement on a portable device, their performance per watt is amazing.
alder lake is fast though. wish it had an amd option too though.
the 6800u would make this the perfect laptop.
actually z13 is meant for AMD
this thing is almost perfect but the battery is horrible for its capacity. this would have been laptop of the year if it had a Ryzen 6850U. double the battery life and GPU performance at lower price. I don't care 12th gen cpus should never be put on laptops. they need at least 50 watts to really start using the extra cores and match AMD chips.
Maybe I am wrong, but from all these years of researching these high end Thinkpad laptops, the battery life and performance when they are new appear to be quite poor. My guess is that this is a Business laptop so reliability is the most important thing on the laptop, so Lenovo would rather give the laptop below average yet usable performance in the short term until they can guarantee that the laptop at can run at its peak potential while still being very reliable.
Bloody hell! I wish all reviews (on YT) were like that! Absolutely loved, can't wait for your full review!
Thanks really appreciate it
really appreciate you for always do benchmarks with 3 version of cinebench. very helpful.
Ordered one thanks to your review. Pure business user… email, Office apps, RUclips for fun… wish me luck..🎉
Really enjoy your reviews. Thank you as always for the consistent and thorough reports.
Thanks!
Thank you for a great review, Andrew! Would be great if you could share your thoughts on the key travel of X1C gen 10 vs gen 9. Some complain that on gen 9, the keys are actually shallower than those of previous gen and bottom out too quickly; so, their fingers hurt typing for a long period.
Once again and as always, superb presentation. I will wait for your full review, in terms of thermals and battery life.
Given that Dell decided to go crazy with their design for XPS this year, in addition to 720p camera. I guess X1 will be my choice.
Hey Andrew, thanks for the preview, great video! Hope you're still doing a full review. The general negativity on reddit has led me to have some concerns regarding my order, so i hope your review will put my mind at ease. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Many thanks for the review. Would the X1 Carbon Gen 10 with i7-1255U processor be significantly better than the Gen 9 with i7-1165G7 processor? I'm trying to get a machine with a good performance stability and good battery life, so might not be so interested on the i7 P CPUs, but still I would like to know if I get a Gen 10 with the U CPU I am going to get a good improvement compared to the Gen 9 as otherwise I might go for the cheaper Gen 9.
Got mine for 1624CHF with 1260p 32GB 1TB and 5G. Good value for that money :)
Better than my 2018 XPS 13 just 3 things which suck. The laptop got slower with the latest bios update not sure why and the battery performance sucks indeed hard. Besides there are some scheduling issues under Linux. With 1 core full load it gets extremely hot and so does the WiFi module. If I compile Linux with it all cores throttle down to 0.8MHz ....
Camera looks great. Good video.
I have a X1 Carbon 7th gen. I love the laptop but my two biggest issues with it are. 1. USB-C charger ports aren't durable after repeated use. Only one of my two charge ports still works after 2 years. 2. The screen is so thin that occasionally it will flicker. If I tap the screen lightly ,it will go away but I wonder how current models are. Any opinion if these are still factors with the latest models? I'm likely looking at a XPS13 as well.
Thank you for the review. It was really helpful
Glad to help!
Very insightful video as always. Really want a OLED laptop for next semester. Do you know when/if you will get the z13 and the Acer swift oled? Or any other oled laptops?
Hopefully I will get the Z13 in a couple of days.
This model nails almost everything I'd want in a laptop including that weight of 1.12Kg plus optional 5G and optional better screen. Lenovo imo have always been at the top in delivering. Be interested to know how linux runs on it for a dual/multi-boot. It's even got x2 Thunderbolt 4 ports too as well as 12th gen CPU.
Wow, touchsceen too? 400 Nits is acceptable.
Thermal and battery is important of course. That's where Apple is really looking good.
As you say, I'd be surprised if this is beaten by any upcoming laptops: It's overall excellent in features.
They are 2 different types of webcam in 10th gen carbon. Mainly 2 different types of connection for webcam. One is normal like previous Gen 9 and another one is new type of connection. The newer one doesn't work with Fedora.
But be advised that 4k resolution causes a high cpu load and temps and fan noise, so I don't think most users would want 4k here. I own a portable 15.6 4k display and must say 4k on such a small device is...not something I've always dreamed of. Looks fine, but cpu load is awfully high.
@@adamwalter2573 Useful info. Thank you.
Thanks so much for your review! I would be interested to know how much battery life you would get if comparing the touch vs non touch model with same resolution.
Looks nice, although battery life worries me. Touch display, but no pen support?
Curious: how does benchmark performance compare to 11g intel such as Surface Pro 8? Is there an U processor version? If so, performance? Battery life?
It’s on the UK site with U series 12th gen as options.
I am still using my X1CG7 and love it but this.... this might be the one to pull me away from my reliable daily. The battery is a concern though... But that power increase. Oh my. Nice first take. I'll be watching for the full review.
Great review as always
I appreciate that
Nice PC. Camera was good and clear, compared to last year's model where the image was not sharp and had the appearance of a cloud over it. Nice to see 1080p camera. Microphones sounded okay. Agreed this is good for the business user on the road. SD card slot would have been nice but users needing an external drive can always plug in a USB flash drive since this has two USB A ports. Price overall seems reasonable for what you get. Great "First Looks" review as always.
I just ordered one of these. Mind you, the specs are different from market to market The US market always get some xtra features. By way of hard learing the 1st thing I will do is to order a replacement keyboard: the weakest point of the Thinkpad. I and my wife have had close to ten of them. Very few (at best 1 out of 4) of those keyboards survive the keyboard itself!
Nice review and all nice upgrades...Just wish that I could purchase it with AMD 6800 based CPU. And wait did I see a MATTE OLED screen option?????? If so that's the first MATTE OLED screen I've seen offered on a Laptop. Thumbs up for that!!!! I am somewhat disappointed in the poor-ish battery life....and AMD CPU would have solved that problem...and then I'd have the perfect laptop.
Looking forward to the complete review....AND a review with the MATTE OLED screen?
great preview! (I want to mention some error in display specs - written 1920x1080 instead of 1920x1200)
Yes it is a typo
I bought this laptop just a few days ago. I love the thinkpad lineup but could just find 1 video review and just did a YOLO, But after hearing this im happy in my investment
An Amazing review ! Any plans to review zephyrs g15 & m16 ?
Yes
Hi Andrew, question for you on the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10: How long would you say the battery would last doing basic office tasks (word, excel spreadsheets, web browsing, email, etc) at a reasonable screen brightness (around 70%), wifi on?...just a normal remote work day?
I just bought one (i7, 16+1T, 2.8K OLED), around 3hours for basic working tasks. battery life is very short.
Great review! Any chance to review the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15 X (2022) just released?
Would you please let me know more about the heat dissipation in this Thinkpad as the air gets in through the keyboard and the exhaust is at the bottom? I feel dust accumulation will be more over time(compared to other Thinkpads) as it gets sucked in through the keyboard.
Don't you feel the space gap between those "six keys" is tool small ? Pressing left arrow I tend to press the key next to it, and pressing up/down sometime causese I also press up/down keys. Everything accidentally of couse. Don't you this they are all packed too close together ?
when is te full review going to be publish? I am curious to see the thermals etc.
This week for sure.
Do you recommend standard display or OLED?
X1 Extrreme Gen 5 now please.
sadly. the 12th gen intel is a disappointment. the iris xe graphics is not great and power usage of 12th gen P chips is quite bad.
@@andyH_England yes exactly. i just picked up the china market only Thinkpad Neo 14 AMD Ryzen 7 6800h version. you are correct. Zen 3+ AMD is the cpu to get. 6nm technology. RDNA2 radeon 680m graphics which absolutely smokes Iris XE out the door and 20% more battery efficient than 12th gen intel.
@@andyH_England thanks brotha
11th gen processor better?
@@GurmeetSingh-fr8uo no
@@yellowjoe.2000 Would you go for Surface Pro 8 or X1 Carbon Gen 10?
Hi Andrew, do you think that the Thinkpad extreme will get updated as well ?
Yes
i just opened the same link you showed in the video for the laptop and starting price is 2499 USD ,, from where the price increased about 800$ in just 10 days ?!!1
Wondering what the battery life with be with the OLED. Hard to decide on a spec.
My guess it will be less of course since OLED tends to use more wattage than IPS displays.
@@andrewmarcdavid Sorry, that’s what I kinda meant. Just curious what the difference did going to be. 👍
Reddit users are reporting 3 hours with P-series + 2.8K.
@@blue4059 shocking.
@@andyH_England Laptops like the Matebook X Pro 2022 with a 3K display and good battery life seem like a good option.
Is this laptop support esim,, if so plz tell. I want to go for this.
Can you review the Lenovo Thinkpad X13S? It's running the 8cx Gen3. It would be interesting to see its battery life and real world performance.
Yes getting one very soon
This or the Dell latitude 7440?
Would you go for Surface Pro 8 or X1 Carbon Gen 10?
x1 carbon for sure
The Thinkpad X1 Carbons have always had a reputation for stellar quality and it looks like this doesn't disappoint. I would like to see them move to using a haptic touchpad though. Perhaps that will be in the next gen.
Agreed!
What about the base model with the 14.0" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS, anti-glare, non-touch, low power, 400 nits display? I just want a good, solid laptop. Killer deal on the I5, 16gb ram, and 512 storage. I need a good laptop for retirement.
I have a gen 9 with this display. Nothing spectacular but it gets the job done very well.
@3:26 ahhhh dont do that! lol makes me nervous
Don’t worry I am a professional 😂
I've sold my ThinkPad Gen9 i7, because of the poor battery. It's very bad. We always need to charge the bater every 2-3 hours. No more Lenovo ThinkPad until they fix this problem.
so this or the x1 yoga gen 7 if you don't need the stylus or yoga function?
I would choose this
@@andrewmarcdavid thanks for that. Even with the extra cooling between the keys for the yoga?
I read on Reddit that it gets super hot and thermal throttling is an issue... what were your sensations regarding this?
Still testing will report in the full review.
@@andyH_England that's why Lenovo sells expensive Accidental Damage Protection services
this is not a workstation. make the battery last a day, Lenovo. Damn it.
I just ran another battery test, I actually tweaked some settings and got over 9 hours. But in real world usage you can expect no more than 6 to 7 hours which of course depends on what you are doing. More to say in the full review.
@@andrewmarcdavid Thanks for the update. This is horrible news. A flagship product that cannot sustain a full days work is a real letdown. I mean sure, it has all the right stuff, but is a no go for people who want a MOBILE computer. They should ditch that Intel contract.
@@andrewmarcdavid which is the best display to go for if you are a developer ?
How's the thermal and fan noise?
So far fans are quiet, and it can run hot but will throttle down to lower temps.
Any news on the X1 Extreme Gen 5?
Not yet
Poor battery life is a deal breaker for me
Something has to give with the increase in performance (48% for multicore and 22.5% for single core). Having more cores and higher wattage, throw in faster RAM an faster storage that will take a toll on battery.
Agreed, Intel boosted the CPU power by sacrificing the battery life. Ryzen 6800U may be a better choice for a mobile laptop.
@@vivenreddy true Intel went for the brute force approach which is fine for desktops and gaming laptops but makes no sense for light portable laptops like this one. Intel really need to sort out power efficiency as this isnt fit for purpose imo
@@andrewmarcdavid battery Flor how does it compare with Surface Pro 8 top spec model?
Some linux content on this laptop would be nice to see.
Check out the HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook 2022. You can install Lunix on it. Andrew reviewed it a few days ago
Basically Linux is compatible with all x86 laptops if you care to compile your own custom kernel.
Red hat and others default kernels are not latest stable kernel version because they are intended to be compatible with 10 years old hardware.
Compiling your own kernel is difficult for first timers but you'll get used to it.
Linux kernel 5.15 lts is minimum for alder lake
@@mzamroni why go through all that? Just install a ready made distro that fits the bill. Thats all I think Andrew would have to do. Not compile a custom kernel. Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch(based distro), Debian (based). Just a simple yes everything works out of the box on this distro or no they do not. Probably could even do it from a live usb rather than install. I think it would be nice to know that before buying a laptop and finding out the hard way something doesn't work. Just my .02
@@lightninguru26 that's ideal way if suitable ones are available.
I think you can use Ubuntu 22.04 for alder flame as it uses kernel 5.15.
Looking for a 2in1 convertible for 1000€. Does anyone have nh idea?
Ouch, soldered WiFi. At least with the RAM, you can plan for the future and buy more in advance. You can't buy future-WiFi in advance.
have it for two weeks, so far so good. but battery is only last for 5hrs for web browsing and light tasks.
Gimme dat 500 nit goodness. And lenovo please stop pushing those terrible privacyguard displays.
05:02, A hole on the battery?
The increase in the performance based on the higher wattage and more cores leads me to believe that the battery life of course will not be as good as last year. That being said, 8+ hours is not terrible considering you are getting a 48% increase in multi-core performance and 22.5% increase in single core performance.
14 hours to 8hours???????? That's a shocking result
Not surprised given the more powerful CPU, faster RAM, faster storage.
Wish it had an AMD cpu
I’m using 9th gen. The thermal sucks. Even I blow 10 degree cold air at it.
9 gen had only 1 fan
@@presenceofeden2949 I have the gen 9 and it's the same fan as the gen 10.
Upgrade to performance thermal pads. The heatsink on the gen 9 does not make good contact when paste is used. A pad will help. I'm using Kritical brand 0.5mm and noticed an improvement.
XPS Killer?
Different devices. This a a business/enterprise device and the XPS is consumer based
You'd better get business laptops such as Thinkpad, Dell latitude, hp elite book, etc. than xps.
Business laptops are usually certified on military grade durability.
They will last for long time just like my current 2015 hp elite book.
They usually have spill resistant keyboard, stronger but light magnesium or carbon fiber chassis, anti glare screen, etc.
way to expensive for the price u can get a hp pavilion with better specs for half the price
Windows 11 can be one more reasson for worser battery life :)
Better and faster...but worse battery
Bad keyboard (
No
@@andrewmarcdavid I have P1 gen 3, X1 carbon gen 7 - greatest keyboard. I don't like 1.3mm keyboard in my new brand X1 extreme.
Those giant screen bezles are a deal breaker
For you, us the Lenovo fans, we don’t care.
TBH didn't notice. Bezels look fine to me.
giant bezels? are you for real?
Not really. It is caused by the 16:10 screen ratio while playing the 16:9 video.