Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme: Upcoming XPS 15 competitor has been leaked

[Redaktion]

Lenovo is apparently preparing a big announcement for its ThinkPad laptop line, a completely new model to compete with Dells XPS 15. The new ThinkPad X1 Extreme was leaked by known leaker Roland Quandt and it might be released at IFA 2018.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Extreme-Upcoming-XPS-15-competitor-has-been-leaked.318248.0.html

[Thrandine]

Without excellent display, speakers and touchpad, a Thinkpad will never be a competitor alongside an XPS, MacBook, Surface, etc. Surely why would "business professionals" ever want decent hardware much less a usable webcam, am I right Lenovo?

[Joachim Goldberg]

It also needs an excellent keyboard (and before you ask, no, island keyboards aren't excellent).

[Maskard]

That they decided to finally use some decent GPU is good but Lenovo's QC makes me uneasy.

tomshardware.com/news/lenovo-laptop-quality-control-issues,37510.html

[Wowza]

So, if the X1 "Extreme" (what a stupid name) base model costs 2000EUR with average i5-8300H, how can it compete with the Dell XPS 9570 which for the identical performance and specs already sells around 1200EUR (incl. 15% Dell discount and taxes).

ThinkPad keyboards are really nice to have, and I love my T450 though it's extremely slow even after re-pasting and undervolting for photo and video edition.

Looks like it will be the better value XPS family for Xmas.

[pwmforever]

If take track-point existence in consideration then Dell XPS is like last epic boss. First you need to fight Dell Precision 3530 8400H P600 in performance / price battle.

[Alan]

Lenovo does make a direct XPS 15 competitor: the IdeaPad 720s 15. It even has a better keyboard than the XPS (though not as good as a ThinkPad). The main drawback is that Lenovo still hasn't updated it to a Coffee Lake CPU, which presumably will change the model number to 730s.

If they did make a 15" ThinkPad with similar specs (including weight) to the current XPS, plus a numeric keypad (or at least an extra column of Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys), I'd be all over that. Please, why can't we have a light, powerful laptop with a decent keyboard? A little extra thickness would be worth it.

[NotSureLenovo]

Is it just me or is the name of this new device rather unfortunate to say the least?

"Extreme" is something I associate our 9 year old Fortnite squad would love to hear and be associated with, but serious video editors may prefer something more professional or discreet of a name, no?

Oi you! Do you want to buy a Volkswagen Golf Extreme?

I don't think so.

But I would forgive the name if they included as GTX 1060 MaxQ, 6GB where Premiere Pro and After Effects would fly ^____^