These long term reviews are the best, with a great script, pace and editing! The Nano looks to be a fantastic device. Sometimes I wished I needed an Ultrabook. But I have a chunky P72 instead, which is also an excellent Thinkpad. Also had good experience with Lenovo support for replacing the cooling system after 1 fan decided it would not spin anymore
agreed with the script/pace/editing. i think i got used to watching videos where the host has a script, and when i land on a video where the person is just talking out of their memory, its just not the same... feels uncohesive, random and disconnected.
@@കുട്ടൂസൻ-ദ1ണ Yes. Check the E series on Amazon or flipkart. But stocks are very limited. What I would recommend is to visit your local dealers. I checked out a E14 Ryzen 4500 for 49k on a local shop.
Hey, I came across this video again and I just wanted to say that it is what helped me pick the X1 Nano (along with used prices falling to a range i like). I've been using the device for 6 months and loving it.
Very good review. FYI: Many newer ThinkPads have been having battery issues. Once every couple of months, I would recommend going into UEFI Diagnostics and running the Battery tests. If the last one (Lifespan Mode Test) gives a "WARNING" instead of "PASSED," have Lenovo replace the battery.
Welcome back Sebi I hope you're well, I'm still rocking my T430 as daily driver (thanks to you) but I feel that with the increase of my workload I need to either upgrade to 16 gb of RAM or hunt down a i7 so wish me luck
Welcome back Sebi! I just recently bought a 3rd Gen X1 Yoga and I could feel that the key travel was different than the 1st and 2nd gens. You can't keep getting thinner without losing some of the traditional Lenovo keyboard feel. Thanks for the shout out on your Reddit thread btw. Smiles.
I noticed that the key travel felt different on my P14s compared to even my gf's X230. I can't stand this thinness obsession from laptop manufacturers!
This is my first laptop in over 10 years. Super light weight, nice keyboard, great track pad. Unless stressed with a video game, it never heats up. In fact, sometimes the fans don't even turn on because it's running so cool. Only complaint is the ports, but I knew what I was getting when I bought it, and the reason it has so few is part of why I bought it (compact.) Funny enough, to I actually had to return my first X1 nano due to a RAM failure. I didn't notice a dip in performance, but it sang the song of critical hardware failure within the first week of owning it after a sudden restart so I accepted it was probably a lemon. My replacement is working strong almost a year later.
Nice long term review which gives much more info than a 1 day or 1 week review. That's too bad about the blue screens. But the onsite warranty came in handy! I agree with you about not having the "power port" on a separate board for replacement purposes.
Good to hear from you again. Idk if I'll be buying a brand new laptop any time soon, but this one looks excellent, well the model looks excellent anyway, that bs with the motherboard is unacceptable for any new laptop, nevermind one in this price category.
Enjoyed the review! I still have mixed feelings on this laptop, sounds great on paper but the quality still concerns me. My biggest issue being the lack of being able to change parts. If something goes wrong you have to replace the whole motherboard? I really don’t like that.
Most first-party docking stations have power buttons built in. Lenovo probably moved the power button because they just didn't have enough space on the top of the chassis (they did this with the recent aluminum X1 Yogas with the speakers above the keyboard)
My current Thinkpad E14 Gen3 is the first laptop I've owned that I absolutely adore. I have a MacBook Pro 2020 from work and while that laptop is definitely ahead in terms of specs, I personally prefer my Thinkpad. When I eventually buy myself a new laptop it will 100% be another Thinkpad and maybe even an high end one like the X1.
The rest of the lineup going 16:10 is a welcome idea. The T and X series have always been offered with a 768-row option (because muh bulk purchasers), so there'll need to be a 16:10 equivalent of that - who wants to bulk-purchase these newfangled "so high-res you need scaling" panels? So what will it be? 800-row? (gross, and not an upgrade from my X301 even if it is IPS) 900? 1050? (I'm desperate for this to finally exist in 13.3" - it never has, even though it's the ideal res for the size)
@@SebisRandomTech Just watched a video about the M1's performance for the first time... I feel like I'm getting my mind blown on the state of mobile chips these days lol
The M1’s optimization truly is impressive. It’s incredible to see how well it can perform under the right conditions and how efficient it is per watt, with battery life that almost no Windows laptop can match. Unfortunately as long as Apple aggressively pushes anti-repair practices and lobbies against things like Right to Repair I will never take interest in any of their current products, despite how tempting it may be.
As I said in the video I always find myself gravitating back towards that model despite its age. It's such a solid machine. I do like the X1 Nano for the most part despite its shortcomings.
Hi Sebi. Hows your X1 nano holding up? I also picked up a gen 1 X1 nano and its absolutely brilliant fantastic. Prices are quite good right now. Is it still your daily driver laptop?
I'm still here, just very busy with school and life. I have videos in the works, it's just a matter of finding the time to get them finished and uploaded. Thanks as always for watching!
Would you say there's a better thinkpad for this for video editing? I was looking at a T480 before this, but it seems like Thinkpads in general aren't specifically suited for editing.
Welcome back. Great video. I got my Nano yesterday. QC has declined, the right arrow key was already dangling after just one day of use. The thermal profile is quite horrible - I already did a repaste job and it didn't help. But I guess most of the time, I won't be running it under heavy load, so hopefully, the nano will last for a few years. I am in Hong Kong, but got a US version due to the lower price. So it is a bit worrying about warranty if it comes to that..... :(
Interestingly it seems my thermal situation wasn't bad, maybe it's a QC thing or maybe it's just you and I use our computers for different things. Regardless I hope it works out for you and thanks for watching!
@@SebisRandomTech Thank you sir. I opened up the back cover and was going to do a repaste job. I found that the air duct wasn't installed properly. I removed it and making sure the hot air could be directed out and it seemed to solve the problem. On battery, now it stays around 30-50C depending on load. while plugged in, it can still hit 100C, but I will live with it. Quite happy now. Thank you
Hey there Sebi.. i’ve just bought a Lenovo ThinkPad T400 from my local fleamarket the screen seems to be black however it works perfectly with an external monitor will this be an easy fix do I need to take it apart and fiddle with the ribbon cables?
Sounds like an issue with the backlight. Either the backlight itself is burned out, the inverter for it (if it's a CCFL model) has gone bad, or the backlight fuse on the motherboard has been blown.
I just got an X1 Carbon Gen 9 for work. to replace my T440. This generation is a huge leap forward for the X1 line, mostly due to the 11th gen cpu and the taller aspect ratio display. I wish the Gen 9 were my laptop and not owned by my work because I would send it to you so you could do a review and comparison.
I heard in some review videos that the keyboard isn't as good any more as the older models. I own a T480 and am happy. What is your experience with the keyboard?
Hi from England. I'm still using an x220t (i7, 8GB RAM and 250GB SSD) as my daily driver: It's in a dock and I use an external keyboard, mouse and 24" monitor. For some light gaming it has an an external GPU (nVidia GTX 660 Ti) connected via a Beast to the ExpressCard slot. All works just fine, but it looks like it won't run the upcoming W11, which is a pity.
I’m sure someone will patch Windows 11 soon enough to work with older models. It seems like such an artificial limitation to restrict which computers can run it if they otherwise meet the basic system requirements.
12:49 It is important to mention that being unable to log on when you changed the fingerprint reader is most certainly a security feature. I vaguely remember that on an older thinkpad where the fingerprint reader was just wired to the rest of the board so all an attacker had to do was putting some voltage on the wire and the account was unlocked.
It is indeed a security feature and I understand the intent, however if the reader ever needs to be replaced and the device is out of warranty you'll essentially have to lose that feature.
One of the problems that I am having with both of my nano's ( I own two of them). Is they constantly drop their internet connection?. I have the the Microsoft see your face of windows 10 engaged. One of the units has the Qualcomm x5500 chip in it. It says under the network menu connection connected but no internet This is a chronic problem with the nano's I am told. Any insight would be appreciated.
I haven't had issues with the internet connection on mine so unfortunately there isn't much I can suggest to help. My best recommendation would be to see if anyone on r/thinkpad or the thinkpads.com forum has any suggestions, and if that doesn't work contact Lenovo and see what they can do to troubleshoot the issue (I assume both are still under warranty).
Hi Sebi, keep up the good work!! How do you think an x230 quad core mobo swap will hold up against t430 quad vs t480 quad vs x1 nano performance wise? Interesting topic for a comparison video? Loved yr updated ultra portable recommendations n yr x1 nano vid. Sorry to hear of the complications on yr x1 nano ownership experience .
Thanks for watching! Ever since my Nano's motherboard was replaced performance has been rock solid. The X230 quad swap would be an interesting thing for me to look into someday and to see how it compares to other models.
Newer Thinkpads do have a lot of crashing and firmware issues. My X1 Carbon 6th gen went into the famous Thunderbolt 3 firmware thing once, which blocked me from using Thunderbolt devices for months. and my E14 gen 3 AMD version had to replace its motherboard just before warranty expired. and the replacement motherboard failed again after warranty period, so I have to pay for another motherboard for around 125 USD. Don't get me wrong. I don't hate newer Thinkpads, but they are not built the same as the older ones.
15.12 I also had 2 motherboard replacement. First time when the machine was 10 months old and the second time on the last day of warranty (1 year) I'm quite upset and disappointed with the quality. Even my old 15,000 baht cheaper acer laptop doesn't give me any problem at all. But at least it works fine now.
Yep, I was disappointed with how quickly mine failed but it’s been working fine ever since, and like I said it isn’t rare for a few units to fail early on when a product is produced on such a large scale.
*they took him down brothers we may lose one or two* _brothers here and there for the cose_ ... but we never going stop buy or fix or even upgrade our old laptop .... let's go let's go for legacyyyyyy yahhhhh ... 🔥
16:01 you ain't kidding. Lenovo sent me a laptop without a dedicated graphics card (should have had an nvidia 3050; didn't get anything), which I noticed in a few different programs (and system information). So we emailed them about the issue. And kept emailing. This was back in _august._ After emailing them over tens of times over so many months, it finally seems to be going somewhere. But they aren't even replacing it or refunding - I'm just sending it to them so they can confirm the missing graphics card. After _eight months._
A story of aspect ratios: 4:3 - It's like a classic TV! Plenty of room to get stuff done. 5:4 - Productivity masterpiece. 1280 x 1024 is perfection 16:10 - Okay, we get it. You really want to watch widescreen content. We left enough vertical room for you still have your taskbar or whatever visible, so you can still multitask and get work done. 16:9 - Yeah, ok. We now understand that you are merely a media consumption muppet, and don't want to have any inactive region of the screen while watching your braindead full screen videos. Got it. 256:171 - You know who you are. I love you.
bruh some people just prefer 16:9 there's nothing wrong with that, we all have personal preferences, don't judge someone on something dumb like what aspect ratio they prefer
great video. are you still using the X1 nano today as your daily laptop? can you recommend it today? 16gb ram X1 nano's are selling for $1,100 to $1,300 USD price range now on Ebay. Is it worth it? thank you.
Typing from mine as we speak! Definitely try to get a 16 GB version if you want a Nano for the sake of it being more future-proof. See what Lenovo is charging for a similar configuration before buying one on eBay, you might be able to snag a good deal!
I love my nano EXCEPT that the 2242 SSD drive is non-standard. You can't just easily replace it or buy a spare for backup purposes. Lenovo decided to put a freakish one-sided SSD in this (meaning chips on only 1 side) and normal SSDs with chips on both sides will not fit into this laptop. It took nearly 9 months before Lenovo had replacements of these allowing me to order one. I imagine that if my Nano had required repair I would have just been out of luck.
Agreed, I've thought of upgrading the storage in mine because the original 256 GB SSD just isn't enough for my needs, but it is very tricky to find a replacement drive that will fit.
Hi sebi I'm looking for a ddr4 upgradeable budget thinkpad with external battery for programming and coding with enough graphic card for some games what's your choice? Can you guide me please.
In your opinion is the keyboard easily replaceable for this machine? I can order a replacement keyboard but I would need to disassemble the laptop in order to do it and I'm not sure I'm confident in doing that.
That port selection is just not good. I am in tbe market for a new, long-term laptop. I am looking at maybe buying a brand new framework laptop, but thats $1.5k! I understand that thinkpads have a legacy of repairability and upgradability, as well as utility. So i am up for any suggestions! So far im reallt interested in the T480, but the clock speeds are whats keeping me back. I do a little bit of gaming like minecraft and roblox, but mostly, I'll be watching youtube, web browsing, and other simple tasks like document viewing/editing (i am a student, def not going into an engineering field lol so i dont need any power hungry software i dont think)
@@SebisRandomTech well, certainly with all those thowsands of views and followers, this should be a good income type of option for you....like a priority, a top one I would say. You do nice videos.
@@hmsala Appreciate the kind words. If I made more money from it then it would certainly be more of a priority, but at the moment I'm in college and paying/loaning a lot to be here so I have to maintain my priorities there.
Can u make a video about Chinese mods in the future? Like a x210 x2100 x330 from 51nb or other modders with high resolution screens and modern motherboard replacements or BGAEd processors. Really curious to see ur opinions about those machines.🙏
I would love to, unfortunately getting my hands on one has proven to be a major challenge. If I ever do you can *guarantee* that I will make a video about it!
Hey sebi, do you have any tips on how to restore the functionality of the thinkvantage button? Any replacement software? cause I know that Lenovo removed the thinkvantage software
Lenovo's Vantage software more or less replaced the ThinkVantage software, but otherwise it looks like it's been phased out. I think some people have managed to repurpose the button but that's a bit beyond my area of expertise.
Thanks for the video. Good info overall. On a side note, I'll say that it's kinda hilarious when RU-vidrs take apart a device, then complain about system failure or defective hardware 😆
Except my system failures happened before I ever took the laptop apart. First time I opened it up was to replace the SSD with one Lenovo sent me after I started having issues with it.
12:27 I can't take it. What kind of jerk sets a laptop outside on a bridge. Then makes sure the background has the only set of rails that are 1.5"-2" higher than the rest?
I had to get my motherboard replaced twice because of a failure of the USBC Thunderbolt port. The first replacement did not work, and after much chasing they offered to replace the motherboard a second time. This is truly a poor design choice.
The X1 Nano must be a great laptop indeed! But unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the quality of Lenovo laptops is really lower now, comparing to 10 years ago. See, Sebi had his motherboard replaced. I've got brand new T14gen1 about a year ago and after maybe 3-5 months my motherboard had to be replaced as well. I've purchased my private Ideapad (yeah, that's not a ThinkPad, but still...) and it had a motherboard malfunction as well... In my company we have dozens of ThinkPads and it's sad to hear that some of them had to have their motherboard replaced as well. ThinkPads are known for their reliability, which, in those cases, is rather questionable. Also, there are several leveles of guarantee, sometimes it's neccessary to send the laptop to Lenovo instead of having the fix in our house. That makes it even more tiresome. I've been working on several older ThinkPads, for about 2 years on T530 and I had no issue with it, even though it was several years old. I hope Lenovo gets back on the track with the quality of their stuff asap :/
The good news is since the motherboard replacement my laptop has been working flawlessly, so I'm hoping that my experience was just a fluke and not reflective of the quality of these machines.
@@SebisRandomTech Well, like I mentioned, my privete experience shows that this case was not unique. I've lost an argument of ThinkPad being a super reliable laptop since so many units had to have thieir motherboards replaced...
What i have seen is that Lenovo has bad quality control..for eg even my ThinkPad P14s AMD has weird issues, like touchpad not working on alternative power shutdown/restart, which also persists to the bios Then I need to power off again and start to get the touchpad working And also sleep consumes a bit more battery like 1% per hr on s3/linux sleep Means in 2-3 days rip battery when in suspend
It's one of many signs that were once used for Pittsburgh's streetcar network. They marked where streetcars stopped at, similar to "bus stop" signs today.
@@SebisRandomTech I’m considering all brands not just lenovo. That thunderbolt ports can connect multiple displays, and usb c external ssd. Very helpful
@@michaelkoerli3815 The Dell Precision 7000 series of mobile workstations may also be worth looking into. At this point most laptops that have all of the things you're looking for will either be mobile workstations or gaming laptops, as most ultrabooks are using some combination of soldered RAM or USB-C charging nowadays.
never owned a thinkpad but kind of always looking at them with one eye. this one might be the first model not too clunky and ugly. now give me a ryzen and throw linux at it and it might be one of the first good linux laptop.
You might want to consider the X13. It is very similar to this model except it's a tiny bit chunkier (but has more ports to make up for it) and is available with Ryzen processors.
That may be, but it's still a much larger barrier to repair than simply unplugging the broken port and plugging a new one in, especially for newcomers who may not be skilled with a soldering iron.
Rewatching and removing 99% of the slip ups isn't that important but does get you in top 1% of RU-vidrs. I also f***** up on my first take recording this comment
If the quality issues are so rare, how much do they save by arguing the finer points with customers as opposed to simply repalcing the whole unit with no questions asked?
