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- Lenovo's 7th-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops are lighter than Apple's MacBook Air, have bigger screens, run on better processors, and don't cost much more.
- They also have a classic, stealthy design, the best keyboards on any laptop, and importantly, they have a good choice of ports, including regular USB-A ports, USB-C, and HDMI.
- If you opt for the X1 Carbon with the 4K UHD screen, you should know that battery life will take a hit. If you value battery life, you'll do better with the WQHD or FHD screen options.
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Lenovo laptops should certainly rank high up on any laptop shopper's list, but there's one line of Lenovo laptops that a lot of people likely overlook, just because they're "business" laptops.
Lenovo ThinkPads are often associated with business uses, and they're often issued by companies to their employees for that reason: work. But you'd be missing out if you dismiss Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops while shopping around for a new laptop.
Indeed, there are some things about the X1 Carbon that are only really useful for businesses, like Intel's "vPro" technology designed to make life easier for corporate IT teams. That "vPro" stuff is expensive, but it's only an option.
You, me, and anyone else who wants an awesome laptop can get an X1 Carbon that doesn't come with the business stuff. And they're priced and specced competitively against regular, non-business laptops.
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Lenovo's X1 Carbon start at $1,253 for a four-core Intel Core i5, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage, and a 14-inch FHD 1080p display. If you want a Core i7 and 16 GB of RAM, it'll cost $1,453, which in an incredible price tag for those specs.
Everyone looking for a new laptop should be looking at Lenovo's 7th-gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon.
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