Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G9-20XXS00100
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Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix
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Average of 10 scores (from 17 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G9-20XXS00100
We have just reviewed the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 with the glossy 4K screen, and now we have a closer look at the default Full-HD panel. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the matte panel?
Source: Laptop Mag

For years, the X1 Carbon was so far ahead of its competitors that Lenovo simply released the same system with new internals. But the business laptop landscape has evolved and budding competition is keeping Lenovo on its toes. The X1 Carbon Gen 9 is the company's answer to those capable competitors. It adopts modern trends, including a 16:10 display, and combines them with the latest Intel processors and a larger battery. Those aren't groundbreaking changes, but they arrive on what is already one of the most refined platforms — for business users or regular consumers — on the market. What made the X1 Carbon such a compelling option in the first place, like its lightweight chassis, fantastic keyboard and generous assortment of ports, is all still here. Introduce the old to the new and you get a masterclass of a laptop that will satisfy executives, students and everyday consumers alike. Yes, there are excellent alternatives like the Dell Latitude 9420 2-in-1 and HP EliteBook x360 1040 G7, but the X1 Carbon remains the best overall package due in large part to the updates made in this latest model.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/09/2022
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Laptop Media

Support, online available, Short, Date: 01/05/2022
Source: Mobile Tech Review

The iconic slim and extremely light 14” Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen. 9 Ultrabook gets even better with FHD+ and 4K+ IPS displays with a 16:10 aspect ratio, optional 4G and 5G WWAN and a new hinge design. The laptop is LG Gram light at 2.5 lb / 1.1kg and despite its thinness, it has a healthy port selection including Thunderbolt 4, USB-A and HDMI. It’s clad in black carbon fiber and has passed a variety of MIL STD durability tests, and is available with Intel 11th gen CPUs with Intel Iris Xe graphics and your choice of Windows or Linux.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/22/2021
Source: PC World

Nearly ten years old, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 has grown taller. Lenovo’s flagship ThinkPad is still the same sleek, sturdy corporate ultrabook you may recall, but the manufacturer has ditched the 16:9 display ratio in favor of a 16:10 display that provides more room from top to bottom. The taller display gives you more room to work and requires you to scroll less through lengthy documents and long web pages. Lenovo also tweaked the display hinge, expanded the touchpad, improved the positioning of the laptop’s speakers, and integrated the fingerprint reader into the power button. Inside, the laptop received the expected Intel update to the chipmaker’s 11th-gen Tiger Lake chips. With its roomier display and other improvements, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon remains a top choice for business execs, even if its webcam is behind the times.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/21/2021
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Ultrabook Review

I’ll admit, with laptops this small, my expectations drop due to the limited space. But this 2021 ThinkPad X1 Carbon exceeded my expectations. I could easily use this device as a primary computer, especially while on the road. Considering how well it performs, the stellar inputs, all the configuration options, and the battery life, there’s little to complain about.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/20/2021
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: The Verge

Apart from the dim screen (and the lack of an option brighter than 500 nits, when a number of business models now offer 1,000-nit options), the still-slightly-cramped touchpad, and the squeaky keyboard, I have very few complaints about this X1 Carbon. Its price is quite high, of course, so those nitpicks still do give me some pause. Lenovo’s new additions — particularly the 16:10 screen and the upward-firing speakers — are absolutely welcome, and they make the X1 Carbon Gen 9 unquestionably the best iteration of this device so far. It’s a formula Lenovo has perfected to a tee, combining the ThinkPad line’s world-class engineering with exactly the tweaks it needed to stay excellent in the modern market. While the X1 Carbon isn’t the best value for consumers, any deep-pocketed business shopper should give it a look.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/27/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Techradar

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon delivers outstanding performance in an incredibly thin, lightweight, and stylish package, showing once again why the X1 Carbon is one of the best Ultrabooks ever made – if you're willing to pay for the best.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/11/2021
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: PC Mag

If the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 had an OLED screen, we'd be tempted to shut down PCMag.com's laptop-review efforts for a while and say laptop technology had hit an unsurpassable peak. It's that good, a superlative aspirational system for anyone who can afford it. It leaves room for gaming notebooks and content-creation workstations to outperform it, but it virtually defines what a productivity PC or business ultraportable should be. This must be our least surprising Editors' Choice pick ever.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/31/2021
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Laptop Mag

For years, the X1 Carbon was so far ahead of its competitors that Lenovo simply released the same system with new internals. But the business laptop landscape has evolved and budding competition is keeping Lenovo on its toes. The X1 Carbon Gen 9 is the company's answer to those capable competitors. It adopts modern trends, including a 16:10 display, and combines them with the latest Intel processors and a larger battery. Those aren't groundbreaking changes, but they arrive on what is already one of the most refined platforms — for business users or regular consumers — on the market. Yes, there are excellent alternatives like the Dell Latitude 9420 2-in-1 and HP EliteBook x360 1040 G7, but the X1 Carbon remains the best overall package due in large part to the updates made in this latest model.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/31/2021
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Hot Hardware

Lenovo's new 9th generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an interesting machine to be sure. On one hand, it offered some of the best numbers we've seen from this new breed of ultralight Tiger Lake 11th Gen Intel Core-powered laptops, with chart-topping benchmark results virtually across the board. It also exhibited well-behaved thermals and acoustics, with what is obviously a well-design cooling solution on-board for sustained performance when plugged into the wall, and with relatively low fan noise.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 05/27/2021
Source: Mash IT

In this video we show you how easy it is to install your own SSD into the X1 carbon Gen 9, saving a fortune over paying Lenovo for a large capacity SSD.
Support, online available, Short, Date: 05/11/2021
Source: Mash IT

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/17/2021
Source: Mash IT

Hands-On, online available, Medium, Date: 04/13/2021
Foreign Reviews
Source: Golem

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/03/2021
Source: Computer Totaal

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/22/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Mega Obzor

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/26/2021
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Jagat Review

Positive: Excellent battery life; high performance; compact size; light weight; powerful processor; high performance; beautiful display; great speakers; good connectivity; decent ergonomics. Negative: Overheats while using.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/10/2022
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Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G4 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 96 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
i7-1165G7: An upper mid-range, quad-core processor of Tiger Lake product family. The i7 is designed for use in ultra-light (yet actively cooled) laptops; it is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin. The CPU cores run at 2.8 GHz (base clock speed @ 28 W TDP) to 4.7 GHz (single-core Boost frequency). This i7 features the 96 EU Intel Iris Xe G7 iGPU; it was the second-fastest CPU of TGL-UP3 line-up when Intel initially launched the series in 2020.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00":
There are hardly any tablets in this display size range anymore. For subnotebooks, on the other hand, it is the standard format.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small and therefore easily portable. The smaller display also has the advantage of requiring less power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is more strenuous on the eyes. High resolutions are more likely to be found in standard laptops.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
92.06%: This rating is indeed excellent. There are not many models that are rated better. This can definitely be seen as a purchase recommendation.
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