I'm a big Fan of ThinkPad, and I take the opportunity to experience a wave whenever there's a new ThinkPad product in the PConline review room. Of these products, the one that impressed me the most was the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021.
New greetings from old friends
If you are familiar with its previous generation, ThinkPad X1 Carbon, you will find that this 2021 model still has a lot of changes in the details of the design.
On the front of the notebook, the color scheme is immersed in black, the logo of "ThinkPad X1" is printed on the upper left corner, and the dot of "i" is dotted with a red light indicating the status of the computer. This is also the classic design ID of all ThinkPad products, and the recognition is quite high.
ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 fuselage using a new generation of aviation-grade carbon fiber high-density material, the whole weight of about 1.13kg, similar to two bottles of mineral water, thickness of about 14.9mm, the fuselage authentic area is comparable to A4 paper.
With such a thin and light fuselage, it is difficult to imagine that it will be a 14-inch business book. You know, many 14-inch business books on the market, the weight is basically 1.3-1.4kg.
There are also big moves on the screen side. This time, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon updated the original 16:9 screen ratio to 16:10.
This not only increases the visual area of the screen, but also for reading documents, browsing the web and other work, 16:10 can display more content than 16:9, and the efficiency has also been invisibly improved.
Considering that business users may stare at the notebook screen for a long time, ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 is also equipped with hardware anti-blue light technology, which optimizes the light emitting mechanism of the screen and reduces harmful blue light. Compared with the software anti-blue light solution on the market, the effect of the screen will be more natural and the cost will be higher. (Is there a reason why you are expensive)
Through the test of the red spider, ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 also has a 100% sRGB color gamut, 77% P3, and a color gamut average of 1.92, which makes thinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 has excellent picture performance ability, review posters, videos, etc., and can be consistent with professional displays. Usually the external monitor office, will not be because of the color difference between the two too large and distressed.
In terms of screen brightness, ThinkPad X1 Carbon has a color gamut of 407 nits, and it works by windows or illuminated places such as Starbucks, and does not have to worry about not being able to see the screen content clearly.
At the top of the screen, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 comes with a ThinkShutter physical camera switch, and a fingerprint reader that supports second-speed unlock and an infrared camera with support for face recognition.
In today's notebook pursuit of thin and light and repeatedly reduce the keyboard feel, ThinkPad keyboard feel can be regarded as YYDS!
ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 is equipped with a ThinkPad full-size backlit keyboard, and ThinkPad engineers have improved the keycap spacing and area of commonly used keys, greatly improving the user's typing feel in terms of detail.
This feeling of tapping, used is good! Buy it!
Inheriting the classic TrackPoint Little Red Riding Hood design, people who have used it have a familiar feeling, and those who have not used it should have heard of its big name. The classic three-button design, people who have used it have said that "daily office can basically use no mouse". If you're using thinkPad X1 Carbon for the first time, the Fn and Ctrl keys still need some attention.
The C-side surprises more than just the keyboard. The speakers that were previously designed at the top are now designed to the left and right of the keyboard, equipped with Dolby Atmos, and the audio effect surround sound is stronger. The previous power button and fingerprint unlock "two places separated", now has also become a two-in-one design, making the C-side more neat and beautiful.
Not only is the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 very portable, it also passes 12 rigorous control tests based on the MIL-STD-810H standard, which means that the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 has excellent stability.
This is essential for business users who travel a lot and are always ready to take out their laptops to handle their work.
For example, dealing with work on the subway, subway emergency braking, notebook flying out of the leg for several meters; talking about work in a café, someone next to you accidentally bumped your coffee into the notebook to "warm up"; going out in the summer, forgetting the notebook in the car, experiencing a wave of "steam sauna"...
With the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021, even these situations will give you peace of mind.
Experience is king is the ultimate pursuit of business users
For business users, the notebook experience is especially critical. This time, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 (i5+16GB+512GB+14 inches (1920*1080)) that we got passed the EVO platform certification launched by Intel, and has an authoritative endorsement in terms of experience, with the characteristics of "fast", "long" and "dazzling".
Of course, in the author's opinion, for products like ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021, which have both quality and classic, which have experienced the test of the market for 9 years, the Intel Evo platform certification mark is the "icing on the cake" for it.
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 I got is equipped with an 11th-generation Core i5-1135G7 processor, comparable to the entry-level unique Xe graphics card, 16GB 4266MHz LPDDR4x memory and 512GB SSD, and the e-commerce platform is priced at 9999 yuan.
In terms of scalability, the memory can be expanded up to 32GB, and the hard disk supports up to 2TB SSD, saying goodbye to the pain of buying a mobile hard disk or replacing a notebook because of insufficient storage space.
In this generation of ThinkPad X1 Carbon products, in addition to the performance upgrade, a fan design has been added to allow the notebook to have better performance release.
Through the test of PCMark10, after simulating application opening, video conferencing, photo editing and other work, ThinkPad X1 Carbon scored a total score of 4576 points, which was very good and dealt with the daily work of business people without stress.
The author used the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 for a light video clip, which can easily cope with the clip processing of short videos.
With the increasing number of mobile offices, stronger performance, thinner and lighter fuselages, it is natural to need a stronger degree of connectivity and endurance. In the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021, these needs can also be met.
For example, ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 has a built-in 4G wireless network card, which can be connected to the network at boot, and users can access the Internet anytime and anywhere, without linking to third-party wireless networks, such as subway stations, airports, etc., making business data more secure.
It was tested for network speed, and the actual test found that its network speed is equivalent to 50M-100M broadband, and the network speed of downloading network files, watching videos, and office chats is appropriate enough (much faster than our network speed).
Therefore, for business users who travel a lot/work a lot on a daily basis, it is highly recommended to choose the LTE version.
In terms of battery life, thinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 has been upgraded to a 57Wh large battery, which supports fast charging and long battery life. In the process of daily office use, it can be easily used for one day.
summary
Through the experience, we can see that thinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 basically covers the needs of all business users, which can be called the flagship of the ThinkPad family. Looking at the current business notebook market, it is still difficult to find a product that competes head-on with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2021, and the only thing that can beat it may be its next-generation product! Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, thinkPad X1 Carbon 2021 is well worth a try, whether for personal use or as an important gift.