New ThinkPad X1 extreme

jonneymendoza · 1 Sep 2018 at 17:23

Looks amazing!

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/ThinkPad-X1-Extreme/p/22TP2TXX1E1

Thoughts?

Are ThinkPad More reliable then Dell XPS?whats w there customer support like?

FISHGUTS · 1 Sep 2018 at 20:30

Yes, really interested in this.
I just want to make sure it's thunderbolt ports are 4 lane, then I think I might buy one with 8850, but 8 gig ram and 250gb ssd & then upgrade ram and add a second ssd myself.

Can't justify the 4k screen, but 3 year warranty is nice.
I really like Thinkpads.
I will be connecting a egpu.

jonneymendoza · 1 Sep 2018 at 20:34

Yes it has Thunderbolt ports but it can only power 5k res at 30hz which is odd. ti has proper dual channel thunderbolt lanes too...

willhub · 2 Sep 2018 at 20:37

Says 4k but res is 2k?

jonneymendoza · 2 Sep 2018 at 20:38

willhub said:
Says 4k but res is 2k?

5k.check the manual of the laptop. The thunder bolt can display on a 5k monitor at 30mhz

willhub · 3 Sep 2018 at 06:09

jonneymendoza said:
5k.check the manual of the laptop. The thunder bolt can display on a 5k monitor at 30mhz

built in screen res

jonneymendoza · 3 Sep 2018 at 08:16

its 4k res??? dont forget theres two panels, a 1080p and a 4k one

willhub · 3 Sep 2018 at 09:17

jonneymendoza said:
its 4k res??? dont forget theres two panels, a 1080p and a 4k one

From website 4K IPS AR/AS Touchscreen, (2560 x 1440, am I missing something to me thats 1440p?

jonneymendoza · 3 Sep 2018 at 10:13

willhub said:
From website 4K IPS AR/AS Touchscreen, (2560 x 1440, am I missing something to me thats 1440p?

Nope. check actual spec sheet : http://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys...inkPad_X1_Extreme_Platform_Specifications.pdf

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2018 at 14:55

Review

EsaT · 10 Oct 2018 at 19:50

jonneymendoza said:
Are ThinkPad More reliable then Dell XPS?whats w there customer support like?

Well, Lenovo gives straight away 3 year on site warranty, while Dell seems to be often talking about usual one year warranty shenanigan.
(just like Microsoft for Surface Book)
While EU requires 2 year minimum quarantee.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees-returns/index_en.htm

Though can't complaint about support for Dell U3014 monitor.
First one had some horizontal striping in image in half toward lower left from diagonal and swap went easily.

Myself have started looking for replacement for nearing decade old Thinkpad T500.
X1 Yoga sure looks mighty good for nicely light device also having some table functionality.
With soldered memory would just have to get 16GB memory model for chances for it stay reasonably relevant for long time.

jonneymendoza · 14 Oct 2018 at 14:38

NIce. that 3 year warranty is worth it!