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    Recommendations for an Ultrabook

    It arrived two days ago and I'm just getting around to tinkering with it today. I can't tell the difference between this and brand new. I'll post again if that changes, but right now overall happy with the X1 and think I made the right choice given its use case. Still light and portable.
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    Recommendations for an Ultrabook

    Thanks for the help with this, definitely put some things in perspective. I ended up grabbing a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10 from Lenovo's factory outlet for $1,110. After some research, I found the outlet laptops are often just returned and can't be sold as new and it seemed like a steal at that...
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    Recommendations for an Ultrabook

    Thank you for this. Leaning toward the Zenbook right now as it seems like the better value for the money. As much as I love Lenovo, I'm struggling to justify paying a $300 - $500+ premium for a secondary laptop. OLED burn in risk seems to be the biggest downside as I'm seeing conflicting...
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    Recommendations for an Ultrabook

    Alright, I think I narrowed it down to two laptops: Zenbook S 13 OLED Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 Intel The Zenbook is $1518 while the ThinkPad with comparable specs is $1877. Is the ThinkPad worth another $350+ for the following use cases? Around the house laptop Travel laptop - may...
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    Recommendation to buy new Asus latop, Zenbook or other serie?

    @ivt which Lenovo laptop were you referring to here? Thanks!
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    Recommendations for an Ultrabook

    Hi, My name is Thomas and I'm new here. I'm relatively tech-savvy and understand the lingo. There are just so many laptop options I'm struggling to pick the right one for me. 1. What is your budget? ~$1,500 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 13-14'' 3. What...