Lenovo upgrades the ThinkPad X1 Carbon and ThinkPad X1 Yoga to Comet Lake processors

[Redaktion]

A new year and a new ThinkPad X1 lineup. Lenovo has given the X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga a Comet Lake U refresh, along with other treats for display and keyboard fans too. The X1 Carbon Gen 8 and X1 Yoga Gen 5 will be available worldwide from US$1,499 and US$1,599.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-upgrades-the-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-and-ThinkPad-X1-Yoga-to-Comet-Lake-processors.448602.0.html

[S.Yu]

IIRC X1 Yoga is Lenovo's most expensive business laptop, why are they cheaping out with Comet Lake and LPDDR3 in 2020??

[Anonym]

LPDDR3 is anything but cheap. Are you sure Intel already updated the vPro CPUs to anything other than announced here?

[thowaway]

300 nit displays is laughable. What is this, 2003?

[waaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

I would use the msi prestige 14 as a benchmark against these 2 new Lenovo models. I was thinking that the prestige would have been perfect if it had a convertible hinge and touch screen. Especially since it has dedicated graphics, and good thermal dissipation with high cpu performance, for the same weight.

[Ayoh]

Still only 16gb DDR3? So stupid. No way they are getting my money

[S.Yu]

LPDDR3 is anything but cheap. Are you sure Intel already updated the vPro CPUs to anything other than announced here?

LPDDR3 is cheap and inefficient compared to LPDDR4, moreover Comet Lake should support LPDDR4 now, or soon, yet they launched with LPDDR3 falling behind for a generation.
And not everybody who wants the good business laptops need vPro, for example the OLED screen isn't available even as an option on most Lenovos, what if you just want the good screen but have no use for vPro.

[Lainé]

still dreaming of 16:10 or 3:2...

[pedalpowered]

What exactly are these keycap measurements measuring?

6-row chiclet (1.5 mm & 4.5 mm keycaps)