Dealmaster: Lenovo’s best laptop is 50% off in latest doorbuster deal

Probably one of the best business laptops on the market, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 is currently 50% off. Lenovo’s 10th generation version of laptops retains the previous generation’s slim, ultra-portable laptop design while featuring Intel’s 12th generation mobile core processors. One drawback is the battery. The Gen 10 model gets a significant performance boost from Intel’s silicon, but is hampered by a significantly reduced battery life compared to the previous Gen 9 model, as pointed out in our review. increase.

ThinkPad also offers improved durability, including a splash-resistant keyboard, MIL-SPEC 810H certification, and upgradeable and serviceable internal components. Some notebook configurations are now selling for half the original retail price.

• ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 with Core i5-1240P processor for $1,200, Lenovo required coupon code BYOTHINKP2023 (previously $1,399). 14” WUXGA non-touch display with 400 nits brightness.
• ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 with Core i7-1260P processor for $1,565, Lenovo offers coupon code X1CARBONG10DEAL (previously $3,129). Xe graphics. It doubles the RAM and storage from the previous configuration to 16GB LPDDR5 and 512GB respectively, and has the same WUXGA non-touch display.
• A ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 with a Core i7-1270P vPro processor was $1,732 at Lenovo with coupon code X1CARBONG10DEAL (previously $3,609). A 14-inch WUXGA display that supports touch input.
• ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 with Core i5-1235U processor for $1,287 with Lenovo coupon code THINKANNUALW2 (was $2,859): The most affordable Gen 10 configuration of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon on the list is the largest at 55% Reap the savings. This model makes do with a low-power U-series Intel Core i5 processor, but features 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory and 512 GB of solid-state storage, along with a 14-inch WUXGA non-touch display.

All ThinkPad X1 Carbons on the list have a 14-inch display. If you want a larger panel, consider the company’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 laptop. It’s currently 47% off with coupon code BYOTHINKP2023. That laptop, like the X1 Carbon, has a 16-inch WUXGA non-touch display with a refresh rate of 60 Hz. Screen brightness can reach 300 nits. The larger Extreme configuration comes with Intel’s 12th Gen Core i7-12700H processor, discrete Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics, 8GB DDR5 memory, and 256GB of storage. The direct price from Lenovo is now $1,590, a savings of $1,410 from the original list price of $2,999.

There’s a lot we like about this laptop in our extreme configuration review. High-end processor silicon paired with discrete RTX graphics yields a performance boost, but the biggest drawbacks are heat, noise, and a mediocre battery Lifespan. Also note that despite the larger size of the Extreme model with a 16-inch display, it lacks a numeric keypad.

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