The X1 is a work of art. The lightest, tinnest laptop and is also one of the easiest to upgrade. Except for RAM...that would make it perfect.
It's a very good machine, but I would not call it a work of art. The touchpad is not very good and has QC problems. The coating is uneven and/or rough in some units.
There's also too much glue in the internal assembly.
The wireless card could perform better.
Re:ThinkPads 2020 - X13 AMD - X1 Nano?
by asveikau on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @06:32PM
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Not to mention my complaint, they sell it with a bunk SSD. Googling around it seems not to be an isolated case.
I like the machine a lot though, it's pretty close to my ideal. I hope that nothing breaks on me again.
Need to capture this rant here about part selection. My x1 carbon 6th gen shipped with a crappy SSD which showed random errors in dmesg and would occasionally cause the machine to reboot randomly. Then a few weeks ago after about a year of use it totally died. I googled the model number of the drive and found I was not the only one to experience that. Seems like Lenovo was not adequately testing that part for its impact on overall machine stability.
OTOH I was pleasantly surprised that it was replaceable, even though this is the "ultrathin" model meant to compete against Apple's soldered-in components. Replaced with a third party m.2 SSD and now the system works smoother than it ever has.