Deal | Clearance discount brings the featherweight Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano below the $1,000 mark

In Lenovo's pantheon of ThinkPads, the X1 line sits at the top of the pecking order. Naturally, as the most high-end series, its models are usually the most expensive there are. Case in point: When the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1, the lightest ThinkPad yet with a weight below 1 kg or just 1.99 lbs, came out in late 2020, the starting price sat at $1,721. A far cry from the promised base price of $1,599 and not a good deal at all.

It is not unusual though for Lenovo to push out their ThinkPad laptops in the US store with jacked-up prices. In pretty much all cases, there are significant discounts a few weeks after availability. As it turned out, the X1 Nano was no exception to the rule.

Recently, the price went as low as $1,199. Now, it can be had for even less, as it dips below the $1,000 mark for the first time. At the moment, the base model of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1 costs $949 with the eCoupon "CLEARANCE5". This configuration includes the Intel Core i5-1130G7, 8 GB soldered RAM and a 256 GB SSD - the RAM in particular could be a deal breaker for many. The SSD though is upgradable, and even the base model includes the excellent 16:10 2K IPS display.

Read our detailed X1 Nano review for more info on the display and other aspects of the ThinkPad laptop.

Alternatively, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano can also be bought from Amazon.com.