[PLUG] Lenovo X1 Carbon - anyone have one?

Scott Garman sgarman at zenlinux.com
Sun Jan 6 17:52:46 UTC 2013


On 01/05/2013 01:07 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 06:52:22PM -0800, Scott Garman wrote:
>> Just wondering if anyone local is using one with Linux and what they
>> think of it.
>
> Thinkpads fascinate me, so I spent way too much time researching.

Thanks for the reply, Keith. It turns out that like you I also ended up 
changing my mind about getting one as I did more research.

The main reason is that I found the T430S (note the 'S') which is only a 
pound more, but doesn't require dongles, has a DVD-R drive I can remove 
and put in another HD if I want, still has the same high-res screen and 
great keyboard, and is significantly cheaper, too.

The disk space issue is a big one - the X1 Carbon maxes out at 256 GB 
SSD, which just isn't quite big enough for my needs. Being able to fit a 
standard sized laptop hard drive in the thing creates a lot of flexibility.

Scott




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