Haɓaka Gabaɗaya: Rayuwa Tare da Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (2023)

Tsawon shekaru, jerin Carbon na ThinkPad X1 na Lenovo ya kasance cikakken misali na littafin rubutu na kasuwanci na bakin ciki-da haske-mai nauyi, mai dorewa, tare da iko da yawa da kyakkyawan zaɓi na tashar jiragen ruwa. Na shafe makonnin da suka gabata ta hanyar amfani da tsararraki na yanzu, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da Gen 11, kuma kwarewar ta kusan kama da nau'in Gen 10 da ya gabata, ban da matakin da ya kai na'urar sarrafa Intel 13th Generation (Raptor Lake).

Yana kama da kusan iri ɗaya, tare da nunin 14-inch, fiber carbon da jikin alloy magnesium, fenti mai baƙar fata da sandar nuna TrackPoint (tare da kushin waƙa mai kyau) waɗanda ke bambanta layin ThinkPad. Har yanzu yana auna 0.6 ta 12.4 ta inci 8.8 kuma yana auna fam 2.57 da kanta da fam 3.25 tare da caja mai nauyin watt 65. Wannan har yanzu yana da haske sosai don injin inch 14, koda kuwa wasu samfura kamar X1 Nano sun ɗan fi sauƙi.

Babban canji a wannan shekara shine mai sarrafawa. Naúrar da na gwada ta zo tare da na'ura mai sarrafa Intel Core i7-1355U (Raptor Lake) mai sarrafa kayan aiki guda 2 (kowace tana ba da zaren guda biyu kowanne) da kuma ingantattun muryoyi guda takwas, don haka jimillar cores 10 da zaren 12. Wannan yana da ƙarfin tushe na 15 watts, tare da matsakaicin mitar 5GHz akan kayan aikin. Idan aka kwatanta da na'urar da na gwada a bara, wacce ke da Intel Core i7-1260P (Alder Lake), tana da ƙarancin aikin aiki guda biyu kuma ta haka ƙananan zaren guda huɗu, tare da ƙarancin cache (12MB vs 18 MB), ƙananan ƙarfin tushe, amma turbo mai sauri don CPU - har zuwa 5GHz. An kera na'ura mai sarrafa kanta akan guda Intel 7 tsari(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga) kuma yana da zane iri ɗaya na Iris Xe tare da ɓangarorin aiwatarwa 96 da tallafin vPro don sarrafa kasuwancin. A takaice dai, na'urar sarrafa kayan masarufi ba ta bambanta da yawa ba, amma tana da ƴan saƙon da ke gudana cikin sauri.

Wannan yana haifar da wasu lambobi masu ban sha'awa. Na ga haɓaka kusan 10% a cikin gwaje-gwaje kamar PCMark 10 da ƙari kaɗan a Cinebench, amma yawancin alamomin zane a cikin 3D Mark suite sun kasance a hankali. (Sabbin injunan da na gwada tare da kwakwalwan kwamfuta na AMD's Ryzen kamar HP Dragonfly Pro ko ThinkPad 13 Z1, suna ci gaba da yin mafi kyau a cikin zane-zane). Lura cewa duk injinan da aka gwada suna da 16GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da 512GB SSD.

A kan gwaje-gwajen da na yi, babban simintin fayil a cikin MatLab ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci sama da mintuna 38, kusan iri ɗaya da sigar bara, kuma musamman a hankali fiye da Dragonfly Pro (wanda ya ɗauki ƙasa da mintuna 34). Mayar da babban fayil a cikin jujjuyawar bidiyo ta Hannu ya ɗauki awa ɗaya da mintuna 50, kusan mintuna 20 ƙasa da na Carbon X1 na bara amma Dragonfly Pro ya yi hakan a cikin awa ɗaya da mintuna 9, cikin sauri.

A gefe guda, babban ma'auni na Excel yana gudana a cikin mintuna 35, mafi kyau fiye da mintuna 41 akan ThinkPad na tushen Alder-Lake, kuma mafi kyau fiye da mintuna 47 da ya ɗauka akan Dragonfly Pro. Na yi imani wannan saboda Excel baya cin gajiyar ƙarin maƙallan, amma yana amfani da saurin agogo mafi girma.

A kowane hali, samfurin wannan shekara shine ci gaba akan na bara, kuma aikin gaba ɗaya ya yi kyau sosai.

Rayuwar baturi ta yi kamar ta fi na bara. A gwajin Office na zamani na PCMark, ya ɗauki fiye da sa'o'i 15 a gare ni, matakin haɓaka. A gwajin sake kunna bidiyo na PCMag, ya ɗauki ƙasa da sa'o'i 13, yana da kyau amma bai fi kyau a aji ba.

Ta wata fuskar, Carbon na ThinkPad X1 na wannan shekara bai canza sosai ba.

Kamar yadda yake a baya, gefen hagu na injin yana da tashoshin USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 guda biyu (waɗanda za a iya amfani da su don caji), tashar USB-A da mai haɗin HDMI. Gefen dama yana da ramin kulle, wani tashar USB-A, da jackphone/microphone. Ina matukar farin ciki da tashoshin jiragen ruwa - sun fi na na'urori masu nauyi da yawa - amma zai fi dacewa idan cajin tashar jiragen ruwa ya kasance a bangarorin biyu na na'ura. 

Kamar yadda aka saba, yana fasalta maballin ThinkPad, tare da jan sandar TrackPoint mai nuni a tsakiya, tare da faifan waƙa mai matsakaicin matsakaici. Ina ci gaba da samun maballin ThinkPad don zama mafi kyau tsakanin kwamfyutocin masu nauyi.

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Yana da kyamarar gidan yanar gizon 1080p, wanda na gano yana da kyau, amma ɗan taushi. Ba shi da kusan kaifi kamar mafi kyawun kyamarar gidan yanar gizon da na gwada. Ya zo tare da Lenovo Commercial Vantage software wanda ke ba ku damar daidaita abubuwa kamar haske da bambanci. Kamar yadda aka saba tare da ThinkPad's, yana da canjin sirri na zahiri. Kamarar ta kuma yi aiki da kyau tare da Windows Hello, kuma na'urar tana da na'urar karanta yatsa da aka gina a cikin maɓallin wuta. Har yanzu, tsaro da kyamarori yanki ne da layin ThinkPad zai iya inganta.

Don sauti, yana ci gaba da samun lasifikan harbe-harbe guda biyu na sama a kowane gefen madannai da fasalin harbe-harbe biyu na ƙasa tare da Dolby Atmos, da tsarin makirufo-array na quad-array. Muryar Dolby tana ba ku damar kashe sautunan waje daga kiran bidiyo kuma yana ba da zaɓuɓɓuka masu kyau. Gabaɗaya, Ina tsammanin ingancin sauti yana da kyau ga kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na kamfani.

Samfurin da na yi amfani da shi yana da nunin taɓawa mai girman inch 14-by-1920 IPS, a cikin tsarin 1200:16 na zamani wanda ake amfani da shi a yawancin kwamfyutocin, tare da takaddun shaida na haske na Eyesafe anti-blue. Gabaɗaya ina son allon taɓawa akan kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci da yawa, samun su da kyau ga abubuwa kamar buga maɓalli don yin bebe ko cire sauti a cikin taron bidiyo (inda ƙila ba ku da yatsun ku akan madannai). Allon yayi kyau sosai. Lenovo yana ba da haɓakawa iri-iri, gami da sigar da ke da gadin sirri, ko ɗaya mai nunin OLED 10-by-2880. Sauran zaɓuɓɓukan sun haɗa da modem LTE da 1800G WWAN, amma ban gwada waɗannan ba.

A gidan yanar gizon Lenovo, X1 Carbon Gen 11 yana farawa daga $ 1,275 don sigar tare da Intel i5-1335U processor, allon taɓawa, da 256GB na ajiya. Samfurin mai kama da abin da na gwada an saita shi akan $1,650. Wannan yana da ma'ana sosai, mafi kyau fiye da farashin da na gani shekara guda da ta gabata don Gen 10 (farashin yanzu na Gen 10 sun ɗan fi $ 100 ƙasa da na Gen 11).

Gabaɗaya, Ina matukar farin ciki da jerin Carbon ThinkPad X1. Na gwada injuna waɗanda suka sami kyamarorin gidan yanar gizo ko na sauti, ko mafi kyawun aiki akan wasu ayyuka, amma suna da nauyi kuma galibi suna da tsada. Na gwada injunan da suka fi sauƙi, amma suna da ƙarancin samun tashar jiragen ruwa kuma galibi suna da mummunar rayuwar batir da/ko ƙananan allo. Bugu da ƙari, babban abin da nake da shi shine kyamarar gidan yanar gizon, amma ko da hakan ba shi da kyau kawai dan laushi. Don amfanin kasuwanci na gabaɗaya, Carbon X1 ya kasance babban kwamfyutar tafi-da-gidanka mai inci 14.