Work purchased 2 brand new identical systems. One for my daily work (email, meetings, video conferencing, etc.), the other for my research and development (R&D) work, for software development, virtual machines, Visual Studio, etc. From day one both systems would act up locking once or twice a day hard, forcing me to have to power them off (long button hold). The work system became rapidly worse and worse. Until finally it started making all kinds of beeping and jingle tones when powered on. They sent a technician to put in a new motherboard in my work system while I limped along on my R&D system. (tok about a week even though premium business support). But also the work one inexplicably shipped with bitlocker on, and nobody had the key (not our IT department or ... MoreWork purchased 2 brand new identical systems. One for my daily work (email, meetings, video conferencing, etc.), the other for my research and development (R&D) work, for software development, virtual machines, Visual Studio, etc. From day one both systems would act up locking once or twice a day hard, forcing me to have to power them off (long button hold). The work system became rapidly worse and worse. Until finally it started making all kinds of beeping and jingle tones when powered on. They sent a technician to put in a new motherboard in my work system while I limped along on my R&D system. (tok about a week even though premium business support). But also the work one inexplicably shipped with bitlocker on, and nobody had the key (not our IT department or anyone else (I did not setup factory setup). So had to completely blow away at the key level and file another support ticket to get the restore image to download to USB on another system, then run the factory reset (took 12 hours to re-image!). Finally the following week (2 weeks dead system, and 6 weeks since I received the laptop new), system is running, and I'm reinstalling everything. Meanwhile, the R&D system keeps randomly dropping the wifi card (turns wifi on and off), and is starting to lock up hard 1-3 times per day. I have an important demo tomorrow where I have to run several VM's. It took me weeks to get everything setup on it, so I can't risk a replacement or wipe yet. After tomorrow's demo, I'll file a support ticket about the locking up for the R&D laptop, and we'll see what we find is wrong with that one. I have lost a LOT of productivity between these two new systems. A co-worker, who started the same week I did, and has another identical to my two, has been having similar lockup and other weird networking issues on his as well. When they run, they are decent, but so far not happy, and have lost a LOT of productivity.

This laptop looks nice and the screen is the perfect size and has good clarity. However, the fan is constantly running, which is extremely loud and annoying when in class. The laptop freezes up frequently and goes to sleep often no matter how the settings are set. The battery life on this device is worse than the six year old Chromebook I was working with before. After spending a huge dollar amount on this computer to use for school, I'm very frustrated and annoyed with the product. Unfortunately, I purchased this summer and it didn't get much use before school started so I am outside the return window. If I could, I would return this laptop immediately and replace with a useable device. I wouldn't recommend the ThinkPad X1 Carbon to anyone.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 Part Number: 20U9001RUSthe build is very good, i7-10610U Processor with vPro™ very efficient in multi tasking the only thing is the RAM LPDDR3 2133MHz is out dated and might affect the peak performance of the processor but over all the system is stable so far working on it for about three weeks now.Good the machine is not loaded with garbage programs its fairly clean beside the windows 10 pro. I did download Lenovo vantage and updated all the drivers and windows as I turned it on so bug free so far.This specific model come with 14.0" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, touchscreen with Privacy Guard, 500 nits screen, there was some reviews saying it was drack dim, I wasn't sure to buy it at the beginning but I gave it a try to see and ... MoreThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 Part Number: 20U9001RUSthe build is very good, i7-10610U Processor with vPro™ very efficient in multi tasking the only thing is the RAM LPDDR3 2133MHz is out dated and might affect the peak performance of the processor but over all the system is stable so far working on it for about three weeks now.Good the machine is not loaded with garbage programs its fairly clean beside the windows 10 pro. I did download Lenovo vantage and updated all the drivers and windows as I turned it on so bug free so far.This specific model come with 14.0" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, touchscreen with Privacy Guard, 500 nits screen, there was some reviews saying it was drack dim, I wasn't sure to buy it at the beginning but I gave it a try to see and compare it with my other laptop just less than two years old Razer Blade Stealth 13, thenX1C looks bit darker although its higher nits, but its much much easier on the eyes it is built for work after all not for entertainment. the touch screen works very well no issues, this screen doesn't have that wide viewing angle that glossy bright screens have, the privacy guard works if people sit beside you the screen will look dark to them. no dead pixels, playing videos pretty good on YouTube and Netflix 1080p very crisp. Sound system very good.Battery life can range between 4 hours and 10 hours depend on the use. charging is fast from 10% to 100% in about 1 hour and 15 minutes.connectivity is very swift with Bluetooth and WIFI, ports all goodBottom line, if you are someone need the computer to do work on it 80% of the time running software, programmes and you are on the go going to sites and traveling I think X1C is the best choice available in the market.