ThinkPad X1 Carbon 9th Gen Review - The laptop I have been waiting for! 

Excellent review!!!! I will seriously consider this laptop when I am due to upgrade.

Lenovo Carbon X series has been an awesome choice for 6+ years, perfect blend of power and lightness. No complaints after 3 machines...

The correct and intuitive way to use the 'red dot' is holding it with the middle finger and hitting mouse buttons with the thumb. As a 20+ year ThinkPad user, I find it easier and more precise than the trackpad or mouse.

Thanks for the great comprehensive review

Totally agree with ports! I cannot yet digest that in our days we have to be checking even for 3.5 jack!!!

What an excellent, thorough review!

Excellent and thorough review. Thank you. Well done.

Excelente amigo, te mereces mas suscriptores

Nice videos. The only reviewer I have seen who actually replies to viewer's queries. Keep up the good work and hope you get more subscribers!

Great review! Keep going 👍🏻

Great video!! The looks of this laptop are top notch as well.

Super helpful!

Love this channel great job, keep on moving👍👍👍👍👍

Great review 👍. Thanks a lot!!

Informative, and I also think well made review

Great review, thank you. I heard that this new x1 carbon line comes with some kind of TUV blue-light filter screen for all options. Would it effect the color accuracy when one works on art?

Thanks for this video. I just bought one for me and it's very good!

Had this as a replacement for X260 and its a great buy.

My 5th gen X1 is still going strong, but this looks so good!

great review!

10:30 When you unplug the power adapter you will see the other options :) It's just different when it's charging

great review, have a x1 carbon 7th gen and upgrading to this 9th gen. had a tough time deciding between the x1 carbon and the nano because of the screen. but finally decided for the x1 carbon with FHD screen.

Great review！

Great review

It'd be great if you do a comparison of the carbon x1 9th gen and the LG Gram 14" or 16".

I moved from using a decade of apple macbooks to lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon 6th gen. the new macbook air had butterfly keyboards and they sucked big time. every month the laptop had to go in to get the keyboard fixed. many people on forums had the same issue. i have been so happy with lenovo. amazing keyboard, great build quality and super light and sleek. i feel like batman using it. doesnt have any of the issues i thought windows would, runs smoothly. and instead of me queing up at apple service centre, if any issue arises a lenovo trained techie shows up at my house the next day here in mumbai !

Great review, going straight to the point! I've subbed :)

Nice review. Amen on the Matte 16X10 screen. Overall the X1 carbon is one of the best Windows laptops on the market.

That’s greate video.

For me, one of the most important features is a fairly standard keyboard. This line of laptops has actual keys for PgUp, PgDn, Home, End, Insert, Delete, so thanks for clearly showing the keyboard. Look at some other models that require a Fn key press, or some HP models that have removed the Insert key entirely. I can’t imagine that I am the only software engineer or sysadmin who still uses Ctrl-Insert, Shift-Insert in the vi editor regularly. And how about Crtl-PgDn Ctrl-PgUp to switch to another browser tab, or Linux terminal window. Extra ports are great too. I would have expected to find an integrated pen somewhere like the Yoga has on the side or the rear.

I spoke to Lenovo and they said the 5G / LTE internal data cards are coming in May to these machines as well as the X1 Nano. When the units have the Data access built in, they have to be tested with the Carriers and that's what takes so much time. I MUST have the data access built in, its just key for me working at an airline, its uniquely secure, we can not use WiFi, its insecure. YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT REVIEWER, But you know that, lol. !! Looking for the next review 🙌

Thank you very much for the best ever review. I'm currently using ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Gen. almost every day connected to Lenovo docking station. Can you advise me about thermals results for the Gen9 if connected to the docking station (completely closed)? Is it worthed switching to Gen9? I definitely need more speed. I strongly believe that your channel will reach 1 million subscribers sooner than you expect. Exceptional, high quality and very professional content.Bravo...

It ’s good that Thinkpad started to have PCIE4＆thunderbolt4

Yea good job 👍. Keep it up

Do you notice a major difference when lugging the x1 carbon gen 9 around compared to the lighter x1 nano? Or is it negligible in real life use? I'm torn between the two laptops, I want the power and options the carbon offers but I want to feel comfortable when couch surfing or using the laptop laying in bed etc..

Glad to finally see the 16:10 screens on the X1 Carbon. Two questions, though, that I didn't figure out from your performance coverage. Doesn't this not get power profiles in the Lenovo Vantage app, or did you choose no to install it? Edited: had another question, but you answered that in the Davinci section. thanks!

Wow. This is an excellent review I'm into tech and stuff but don't have even a single laptop but this was honestly amazing I feel if Lenovo can upgrade their screen without increasing their prices too high they can be really sold since people will like them. And you earned a sub!

just got mine for uni def an amazing laptop

Is there a difference in terms of sharpness between the touch and the non-touch screens? (for the 1'200 resolution)

I have 3th generation from 2015, still work very very well. Very light, quite and fast for 4k video editing.

It'd be great if you do a comparison of the carbon x1 9th gen and the M1 13 MBP.

Thanks for the detailed review! I’m wondering what your opinion is on choosing resolution. I have large monitors and just wondering if 4k is necessary or is 1920 x 1080 enough for monitor quality

Great review 👍 May I ask, where I can download the screensaver running in the end of the video?

Hi thanks for the review! Which device do you find more comfortable to work with, Nano 13" 16:10 with higher resolution or Carbon 9 14" 16:10 with 1200p? I'm curious mostly about display and keyboard experience. For example imagine carbon having same ports as nano which one would you choose ? I will use dock anyway so wonder about comfort on the go (don't care about weight/size just comfort to work with in coffee shop/train/plane etc), thanks!

Hi Dave, thanks for a great review! Do you think this laptop will be ok for music production and run a DAW software such as Ableton \ Cubase? I'm trying to decide between the carbon to the new P14 (gen 2) Thanks :)

Are you still happy with this one? Thank you, nice review 👌

Watching it on 6th Gen X1 Carbon :)

I have Lenovo Yoga 530. But I have always loved Thinkpads. I had the privilege of using one at my previous job... I loved it more than my personal Yoga ultrabook.

Ok, currently it seems I will not be disappointed except perhaps choosing the 1185G7 :( I will be so happy to receive mine on Monday to upgrade my T440s

Thanks a lot for your reviews, super useful! How do you like the keyboard compared to the Nano's?

what do you plug into the usb dongles? I can't imagine what that is. The last time I used usb ports I used it for share games from my friends when we hadn't an internet, you can imagine how long ago that was. I mean you can transfer files wirelessly now and all the accessories like mouse and keyboard are wirelessly connected

I'm using a X1 Nano and I love it...but I would like a screen just a bit bigger and the ability to stretch out on the keyboard.

The successor of 2010 thinkpads.

Do you have anti-reflection or anti-glare screen? Lenovo doesn't specify whether their screens are glossy or matte on the website anymore.

Thanks for this review! I have difficulties downloading the ICC proflile -- after providing my email address I'm not getting the magic link. Could you make it available via another filehosting service? Thanks!

Nice review! In the video you mention intel (integrated) graphics, but since you also run Davinci Resolve, there must be an discrete GPU as well. Can you tell us which one it is? And perhaps also the price of this reviewed unit?

Great review! Do you recommend buying the 4K version considering the throttling and PWM flickering issues?

Watching this on my X1 Carbon 3rd gen lol.... Still don't want to upgrade it yet

Thanks for your review! Just saw you were running a game at the end there - I've just got the X1 Carbon i7 9th gen, and tried to run CS:GO, but its extremely choppy for me and virtually unplayable. What settings did you run the game on? How would you boost this machine to get a better gaming performance? Cheers!

Hi, Thanks for the Video. What you use as scaling setting?

Nice review, but missing an important point... How is GNU/Linux compatibility? Thinkpads are kinda famous for good support but nowadays it has been not optimal, so I am quite curious...

everything is perfect, just if Lenovo switch the CTRL and FN key, it would be sublime

Great review. A few things I would like to know: If you disable turbo boost and then play a 1080p video: How long time is the laptop running without the fan starting? How is the CPU temp? At which temp does the fan start? About display: Lenovo is known for it panel lottery. Which one do you have?

Hi David, I am thinking to buy this laptop. From your experience in general with laptops and X1C9 in particular, do you think if X1C9 would able to run statistics software without any issue? Software like IBM SPSS package, R-language, few VMs concurrently, etc? I would like to understand this in particular from the performance point of view. Also, Lenovo has modified the hinge design in X1C9; how it feels like as compared to previous Thinkpad models? I had a bad experience with a broken hinge with one of the Lenovo laptops that's why bit apprehend of trying some new hinge designs by Lenovo. Cheers David for a nice review; this is one of the only few comprehensive reviews available for X1C9 at the moment. (I don't count those marketing reviews)

You are extremely underrated. How about comparison between the XPS 15 9500 and the X1 Carbon?

I would love to see this vs the AMD T14, my favourite laptop.

How is the battery life? Has it improved overtime?

Do you lose something if you go for x1 yoga gen 6?

Can you make a thermal test? My gen5 is horrible.. Is it better? Thanks

Great review! Could you please provide the calibrated colour profile for your screen, i.e. the ICM file? Thanks

Please do a comparison with the XPS 13 9310 :)

If a gloss screen is an option, the LG Gram 14 will give you the same benefits with much better battery life.

I really want to purchase this, to upgrade from my Lenovo Thinkpad T440, but I need to be able to add 3 additional 27 inch monitors without issue, and I really need a side numeric keypad, what would you suggest instead?

The function and control layout is actually the same as on the Macbooks.

This is not one of the best but the best laptop tbh performance/keyboard everything is super, I have this and I am very content with it !!

This thing is beautious

How do you feel about the squashed keys on the right side (left of the return key)?

How does this goes with Linux manjaro??? Excellent review!

I've ordered mine with 1135G7, which will solve the throttling issues straight away hopefully.

You can change the use of the fucntions keys and multimedia keys with fn and esc.

Would you recommend this for someone in the cybersecurity space? As in using Linux and parrot and kali Linux?

Which one is more durable and have great performance between thinkpad T series and X series

Owned several Thinkpads for years, Carbons and T-series. But the fact is their CPUs are underpowered for the price. Bought a decent gaming laptop with H processor and dedicated graphics card and the difference in performance is night and day.

Have you tried screen sharing by video conferencing with Google Meet, Teams or Skype? Connected to the power with the battery selector at maximum performance the laptop is unusable. In my tests I have seen that the system does not have the ability to properly dissipate the heat generated and the performance is very low. Ahh... and I have the latest version of the BIOS. What can you tell us about this?

How do you compare it to the Nano if you are disregarding the ports? Is the screen real estate of the Nano sufficient for example?

I am considering whether I should get an i5 1135 vs i7 1165 for my x1c gen 9 . I am planning to use it mostly for my business work, heavy excel & ppt, web browsing and video streaming, and a bit of light programming & data analytics. What do you think is the better choice?

Could you let me know how to get the battery indicator program you use? I'm looking for it for my x1 carbon gen 9 for hours. Please help me!

Great review as always! I hope Lenovo release this using AMD CPUs.

What wireless mouse are you using? I like it. =)

Just bought an X1 Carbon 9th Gen, and I am having an issue with the touchpad. When the laptop is running on battery power, it works fine. However, if I plug the AC adapter, the touchpad becomes sluggish and with a 50/100 ms latency which makes it almost unusable. Google Search reveals this is pretty common with this and other Thinkpad models. I find it absolutely unacceptable and I am seriously considering returning the unit.

How about sleep battery drain/overheating? Does it support S3 suspend mode? This is where Macs excel.

want it

are those oraimo products in the background?👀

I already bought Gen8, so what are the differents between those two?

Nice one. Can you report idle power draw in watts? I'm getting the 4K version on Monday, and I think a lot of people would be interesting in knowing the "4K tax" is :-)

After half a dozen or so Lenovos and my Thinkpad`s OLED screen breaking twice, I became unfaithful and switched over in February to the Acer Spin 5 with a 3:2 screen, 1 TB SSD, 16 GB RAM, i7 and same sturdiness, albeit thinner and lighter than the Lenovos. 2 USB C Thunderbolts, 2x USB 3, HDMI, card reader and built in pen. 2256 x 1504 screen with 400 nits. 12 hours battery. Much better microphone and cam, ideal for Zoom etc. Running cool and quiet. And more affordable. Didn`t regret the choice for a minute so far.

I was choosing between this and HP EliteBook 840 G8. Went for the latter because of the better keyboard and upgradeability. RAM on this Lenovo is soldiered and capped at 16GB thus not that future proof.

How to do boot to your USB on these things to add windows 10?

Any ideas about Linux compatibility? I'm assuming the fingerprint-reader probably doesn't work in Linux, and the cam unlock thingy, but what about everything else?

Why your Enter button’s shape is different from the others🙀🙀 I like that shape.