Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 leak: Tiger Lake-H, NVIDIA RTX 30 Super Laptop GPUs, FHD webcam, 16:10 4K display, and more make for an impressive spec sheet

[Redaktion]

Leaked ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 specifications indicate quite a massive internal upgrade for Lenovo's multimedia flagship laptop. The specs indicate Intel Tiger Lake-H CPU and, for the first time, NVIDIA Ampere RTX 30 Super Laptop GPU options. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is also slated to offer a slimmer chassis, 16:10 2.5K and 4K display options, 90 Whr battery, FHD webcam, and more.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Extreme-Gen-4-leak-Tiger-Lake-H-NVIDIA-RTX-30-Super-Laptop-GPUs-FHD-webcam-16-10-4K-display-and-more-make-for-an-impressive-spec-sheet.542720.0.html

[mixedfish]

Good to see OLED on 16:10 but I hope the touch function means they've fixed previous models fish net effect due to the touch layer not matching the OLED pixel arrangement.

Overall looking like an excellent computer.

[mixedfish]

Just realized I looked at the picture wrong. This has no OLED. But makes sense as I said the previous models has issues.

[Dorby]

"1.5mm key travel"

So it's reduced from last gen?

[Parret]

Looks like there will be no FHD display available?

[gee]

I came to this article hoping to see GA102 in laptops, but the 16GB memory hints that 3080 super is still GA104.

[Aaron]

Will the OLED panel still be glossy with a terrible anti-glare coating (like the awful coating on the x1 carbon's 4k screen option)?

Is there any hope for improvements to the premium screen options from the gen 3 - either matte OLED or a decent anti-glare coating like macbook pros or dell's xps line have?

[Lin Baden]

or a decent anti-glare coating like macbook pros or dell's xps line have?

lmao they were never decent, let's be real here. That layer of anti-reflectivity barely works.

[Dorby]

or a decent anti-glare coating like macbook pros or dell's xps line have?

lmao they were never decent, let's be real here. That layer of anti-reflectivity barely works.

MacBooks and iPads have a 1.5% reflectivity while most laptops with no coating have 7-9%. Windows laptops such as the XPS with somewhat decent Glossy Anti-Glare coating have around 4% reflectivity. 1.5% should be the standard, as it is same as most consumer grade glossy computer monitors at 24-32 inches.

That's a MASSIVE difference in perceived contrast ratio, making Apple devices' blacks almost x3 times as deeper than other devices under indoor lighting conditions.

Less Reflective => More Perceived Contrast => Better Image Quality and Sharpness

There is no substitute for this method. And a Matte Anti-Glare screen is not a good solution as panel technology gets better and resolution becomes higher.
These OEMs need to invest in better Glossy Anti-Glare Coating like Apple. Otherwise, there is no point in using OLED and mini-LED.