Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Ultrabooks Get Their Flagship for Business [HANDS ON]

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Built for business travelers, the Lenovo X1 Carbon isn't the sexiest laptop ever made, but it impressively fits a 14-inch screen into the footprint of a 13-inch laptop. It also has many practical features such as an anti-glare screen, a rugged carbon-fiber exterior and a large-size trackpad. It's not cheap, though, starting at $1,399.

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Here it is -- the Ultrabook aimed right at businesses and business travelers: The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon.

Lenovo is known for building solid, if unsexy machines for, you know, actually getting things done. The Carbon is the company's attempt at applying that work-first practicality to an "ultra-light" PC.

We've been checking out the X1 Carbon for a few hours. From a distance, it looks like any other Lenovo laptop, but when you pick it up you can tell it's something special.

For starters, it's very lightweight, about the exact same weight as the 13.3-inch MacBook Air at just under 3 pounds. However, the X1 Carbon has a 14-inch, 1,600 x 900 screen -- the company hails it as a 14-…
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