Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (2023) Bita

Watanni goma sha ɗaya da suka gabata, mun ba Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 ba kawai lambar yabo ta Zaɓin Editoci ba amma ƙimar taurari biyar da ba kasafai ba da kuma taken, "To, za mu ce shi: kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mafi kyau a duniya." The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (farawa daga $1,391.40; $2,085.99 kamar yadda aka gwada) shine babban littafin rubutu na kasuwanci tare da 13th maimakon 12th Generation Intel processor-kuma a, zamu sake cewa, mafi kyawun kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka don kowane abu na buƙata. wurin aiki apps ko wasan hardcore. Carbon ba mai arha ba ne, amma ba a yi masa kima ba idan aka yi la'akari da ingancin gininsa mai kyau, saurin aiki, da iya ɗaukar gashin fuka. Yana sauƙaƙa maimaita nasarar zaɓin Editan sa a cikin kasuwanci da nau'ikan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka masu ɗaukar nauyi.

Bangare Daya Kadai Ya Canja 

Ban da sabon CPU, ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 shine siriri 14-inch slimline-a 2.48 fam, yana da ɗan sauƙi fiye da 13.4-inch Dell XPS 13 da 13.6-inch Apple MacBook Air. An ƙera shi daga wani sashi na magnesium, aluminum, da fiber carbon da aka sake yin fa'ida, an wuce gwajin azabtarwa na MIL-STD 810H akan haɗarin balaguron balaguron balaguro kamar girgiza, girgiza, da matsanancin yanayin zafi.

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Farashin sa akan Lenovo.com (saboda haka ƙimar tauraruwarsa) ya bambanta sosai yayin aikina akan wannan bita, tare da ƙirar tushe tana faɗuwa daga hauhawar farashin-kuma ina fatan kuskure-$2,319 zuwa $1,391.40. Wannan sigar tana da na'ura mai sarrafa Intel Core i5, 16GB na RAM, 256GB NVMe solid-state drive, Windows 11 Gida, da nunin 1,920-by-1,200-pixel IPS.

Rukunin bita na mu (samfurin 21HM000JUS) shine $2,085.99 a CDW, ɗan sama ko ƙasa da sauran masu siyar da kan layi, kuma da alama ƙasa tana ƙasa da na'urar daidaitawa ta Lenovo. Yana haɓaka har zuwa guntu na Core i7-1355U (Cores Performance guda biyu, Ingantattun kayan kwalliya guda takwas, zaren 12), 512GB SSD, allon taɓawa, da Windows 11 Pro.

Ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da silin ɗin ajiya sune 32GB da 2TB bi da bi. Zaɓin allo na 1,920-by-1,200-pixel na uku yana ba da ingantaccen tacewa; sauran zaɓukan nuni sun haɗa da ƙaramin dimmer 2,240-by-1,400 IPS panel da taɓawa da mara taɓawa OLED fuska tare da ƙuduri 2,880-by-1,800. Nuni biyu na 3,840-by-2,400-pixel da ke akwai tare da Gen 10 sun ɓace. Tunda ƙudurin 4K yana da ƙima sosai akan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai inci 14, yanke abu ne mai fahimta, amma har yanzu ina baƙin cikin ganin sun tafi.

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Mai karanta hoton yatsa da aka gina a cikin maɓallin wuta da kyamarar gidan yanar gizo ta gane fuska tare da rufe sirri yana ba da hanyoyi biyu don tsallake buga kalmomin shiga tare da Windows Hello. 0.6-by-12.4-by 8.8-inch ThinkPad yana da tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda biyu na Thunderbolt 4, ko dai sun dace da mai haɗin USB-C na adaftar AC, da USB 3.2 Type-A da tashoshin HDMI a gefen hagunsa.

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Za ku sami na biyu, koyaushe akan tashar USB-A 3.2, jack audio, da madaidaicin kulle kulle a hannun dama. Wi-Fi 6E da Bluetooth 5.1 sun zo daidaitattun; idan kuna yawan yawo daga Wi-Fi, 4G ko 5G broadband na wayar hannu zaɓi ne.

Bai Fi Wannan Kyauta ba 

Murfin yana jan zanen yatsu (da kuma kwafin ƙawar kyanwa na), amma Carbon yana jin ƙarfi, ba tare da sassauƙa ba idan kun fahimci sasanninta na allo ko danna bene na madannai. Gilashin nunin matsakaita-sannu ne, kuma da kyar allon ya girgiza lokacin da aka buga shi.

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Kamara na gidan yanar gizon Lenovo yana yin rikodin ƙudurin 1080p kuma yana ɗaukar mai da hankali kaɗan mai laushi amma haske mai kyau da hotuna masu launi, kodayake ɗan a tsaye ya nuna a cikin tsarin rigata. Software na Lenovo View ɗin da aka haɗa zai iya haɓaka haske da bambanci na bidiyon, faɗakar da ku ko ɓata allon idan wani ya kalli kafaɗar ku, ya yi shiru idan ya gan ku ya lumshe, ko sanya ɗan ƙaramin kai na ku a kusurwar gabatarwar PowerPoint ko wasu. app.

Matsakaicin 16:10 na nuni yana ba ku ra'ayi mai girma juzu'i a tsaye idan aka kwatanta da tsofaffin kwamfyutocin 16:9-wani jere na maƙunsar bayanai, in ji. Ko da kuwa, idan allon bai ishe ku ba, Lenovo yana ba da software na Mirametrix Glance don taimakawa sarrafa apps akan na'urar duba waje. Nunin ƙudurin tushe ba shi da kaifi don gyaran hoto amma yana da kyau ga ofis apps, ba tare da pixelation a kusa da gefuna na haruffa, faffadan kusurwoyin kallo, ingantaccen haske, da kyakkyawan bambanci. Launuka suna da wadatuwa kuma suna da kyau sosai, kuma fararen fuskar allon suna da tsabta maimakon ɗigon ruwa, ana taimaka musu ta ikon karkatar da allon kamar yadda kuke so.

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Masu magana zuwa sama (woofers biyu da masu tweeters biyu) suna gefen madannai. Suna fitar da sauti mai tsauri da tsaftataccen sauti, ba ƙarami ko tsauri ba ko da a saman ƙara duk da gajeruwar bass. Highs da midtones a bayyane suke kuma za ku iya fitar da waƙoƙi masu haɗaka. Dolby Access software yana ba da kiɗa, fim, wasa, murya, da saitattun saitattun saiti da mai daidaitawa.

Maɓallin maɓalli na ThinkPad su ne ainihin mafi kyau a cikin kasuwancin, kuma Gen 11's ba banda bane, tare da hasken baya mai haske da ƙarancin rubutu amma jin daɗin bugawa. Maɓallin maɓalli shiru ne da jin daɗi, kuma ban da Fn da maɓallin Sarrafa a wuraren juna a ƙasan hagu (zaka iya musanya su da software na Lenovo Vantage da aka kawo) shimfidar wuri ba ta da aibi, tare da sadaukarwar Gida, Ƙarshe, Shafi Up, da Shafi na ƙasa. maɓallai da kiban siginan kwamfuta a daidai jujjuyawar T maimakon jere. Maɓallan ayyuka na saman-jere sun haɗa da biyu zuwa sanyawa da ƙare kiran Ƙungiyoyin Microsoft.

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Hakanan wani ɓangare na al'adar ThinkPad shine zaɓi na na'urori masu nuni guda biyu, ɗan ƙaramin ƙarami amma santsi, maɓallin taɓawa mai sauƙin dannawa, da Lenovo's TrackPoint mini joystick ɗin da aka saka a cikin madannai tare da maɓallin linzamin kwamfuta guda uku a ƙasa mashaya sarari. Dukansu suna aiki daidai. Lenovo Vantage kuma yana sarrafa sabuntawar tsarin, saitunan zaɓi iri-iri, Tsaron Wi-Fi, da aiki don daskare madannai da shigar da faifan taɓawa na minti ɗaya ko biyu yayin da kuke tsaftace tsarin.

Gwajin Kwamfuta na Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Ƙarfafa Ƙarfafawa 

Babban kishiyar gargajiya ta Lenovo don taken matuƙar ultraportable, idan ba ƙarshen lokacin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ba, shine Dell XPS 13, wanda samfurinsa na yanzu 9315 muka sake dubawa a cikin Oktoba 2022. HP yana siyar da ƙwararren mai da hankali kan kamfani, kodayake rabin fam ya fi nauyi, a cikin HP EliteBook 840 G9. 

Sauran wuraren mu guda biyu a cikin kwatancen kwatancenmu suna zuwa kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci har ma da haske fiye da Carbon X1 a fam 2.2 kowanne: 14-inch Asus ExpertBook B9 da HP Elite Dragonfly G3, wanda ke da tsada amma yana da spiffy, squarer 3: 2- nuni 13.5-inch rabo-rabo.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami 

Babban ma'auni na UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwaya nau'ikan samarwa na duniya iri-iri da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ɗawainiyar ɗaiɗaikun ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, maɓalli, binciken yanar gizo, da taron bidiyo. Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwajin PCMark 10's Full System Drive don tantance lokacin lodi da kayan aiki na ma'ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka.

Wasu alamomi guda uku suna mayar da hankali kan CPU, ta yin amfani da duk abin da ke akwai da kuma zaren zaren, don ƙididdige dacewa da PC don yawan aiki mai ƙarfi. Maxon's Cinebench R23 yana amfani da injin ɗin Cinema 4D na kamfanin don yin fage mai rikitarwa, yayin da HandBrake 1.4 shine buɗaɗɗen tushen rikodin bidiyo da muke amfani da shi don sauya shirin bidiyo na mintuna 12 daga ƙudurin 4K zuwa 1080p (ƙananan lokutan sun fi kyau). Geekbench 5.4.1 Pro ta Primate Labs yana kwaikwayi mashahuri apps kama daga fassarar PDF da fahimtar magana zuwa koyon injin. 

A ƙarshe, muna gwada ƙirar ƙirƙira abun ciki tare da PugetBench don Photoshop ta mai yin aikin Puget Systems, haɓakawa ta atomatik zuwa editan hoto na Adobe Creative Cloud wanda ke aiwatar da ayyuka na gabaɗaya da haɓakar GPU iri-iri tun daga buɗewa, juyawa, da sake girman hoto don amfani. masks, gradient cika, da tacewa.

Carbon na bara a zahiri ya kai wannan a cikin gwaje-gwajenmu na CPU saboda rukuninmu na Gen 10 yana da jerin 28-watt (W) Intel P maimakon 15W U-series processor, amma Gen 11 ya tabbatar da gasa a cikin PCMark 10 da Photoshop. Duk kwamfyutocin guda biyar sun tabbatar da ƙwararrun masu yin aikin ofis da ƙirƙirar abun ciki mai haske, kodayake Core i5 Dell yana da rauni a kan Core i7s, da kuma Asus wani abu na rashin nasara. ThinkPad ya sanya nuni mai kyau a nan, amma za mu ba da shawarar duba cikin masu maye gurbin tebur idan kuna buƙatar ƙarin iko.

Gwajin Zane 

Muna gwada zane-zanen Windows PC tare da simintin wasan kwaikwayo na DirectX 12 guda biyu daga UL's 3DMark, Night Raid (mafi girman kai, dacewa da kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci tare da haɗe-haɗe da zane) da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali). 

A ƙarshe, muna gudanar da gwaje-gwaje biyu daga giciye-dandamali GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, wanda ya jaddada duka ƙananan matakai na yau da kullun kamar rubutun rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto mai kama da wasa. Gwajin 1440p Aztec Ruins da 1080p Car Chase gwaje-gwaje, wanda aka yi a waje don ɗaukar ƙudurin nuni daban-daban, zane-zanen motsa jiki da ƙididdige inuwa ta amfani da ƙirar shirye-shiryen OpenGL da tessellation na hardware bi da bi. Yawancin firam ɗin a sakan daya (fps), mafi kyau.

Tare da haɗe-haɗen zane-zanen Intel Iris Xe ɗin su, duk waɗannan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan guda biyar suna jaddada yawan amfanin yau da kullun, don haka ƙimar su anan za a busa su ta kwamfyutocin caca tare da GPUs masu hankali. Lenovo ya ƙare a tsakiyar baya, wanda ke nufin yana da kyau don watsa shirye-shiryen watsa labarai amma daga cikin abubuwan sa tare da yawancin wasannin PC na yau da kullun. Hakanan, yakamata ku nemi kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta mahalicci tare da GPU mai hankali idan kuna buƙatar ɗaya don gyara multimedia.

Gwajin Baturi da Nuni 

Muna gwada rayuwar batirin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta hanyar kunna fayil ɗin bidiyo na 720p da aka adana a cikin gida (fim ɗin Blender mai buɗewa Hawayen Karfe(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga)) tare da hasken nuni a 50% da ƙarar sauti a 100%. Muna tabbatar da cikakken cajin baturi kafin gwajin, tare da kashe Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai. 

Bugu da ƙari, muna amfani da Datacolor SpyderX Elite Monitor calibration firikwensin da software na Windows don auna jikewar launi na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka - nawa kashi na sRGB, Adobe RGB, da DCI-P3 gamuts launi ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa - da 50% kuma kololuwar haske a cikin nits (candelas kowace murabba'in mita).

Asus ExpertBook ya nuna mafi ƙarfin ƙarfin baturin mu, tare da EliteBook da wannan ThinkPad ba a baya ba. Duk litattafan rubutu guda biyar suna da nunin nuni waɗanda suka tabbatar fiye da haske da launi isa ga al'ada apps, ko da yake ba quite manufa ga m ribobi.

Hukunci: Tsohuwar Labari Daya Har Yanzu Mai Tashi Ne

A cikin Carbon, mun ci gaba da mamakin nawa littafin rubutu Lenovo zai iya shiga cikin fakitin fam 2.48. Duk da yake Dell da Apple suna ba da ƙananan fuska (ko da yake na ƙarshen ya fi ƙarfin tunani na ThinkPad) kuma kawai biyu na tashar jiragen ruwa na Thunderbolt guda ɗaya - tare da XPS 13 ko da ba shi da jack audio - X1 Carbon yana ƙara biyu na USB-A da HDMI. duba tashar jiragen ruwa, da kuma ɗayan mafi kyawun madannai akan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na kowane girman.

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Kamar yadda muka ce, ThinkPad yana da ƙarin farashi ga masu siyan IT na kasuwanci fiye da tsabar kuɗi freelancers ko kananan ofisoshi. (Lenovo yana jagorantar karshen zuwa layin ThinkBook.) Yana iya zama darajar neman yarjejeniya akan samfurin Gen 10 tun da sabon na'ura mai sarrafawa yana inganta aikin ainihin duniya kawai cikin ladabi, kuma tabbas yana da daraja a sa ido kan tallace-tallace na Lenovo.com akai-akai da kuma tallace-tallace na yau da kullun. na musamman. Amma, idan zaku iya samun hannayenku akan Carbon X1 akan kowane farashi, kuna da sa'a. Ya kasance mafi kyawun kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da ke kewaye da ita da kuma wanda ya ci lambar yabo ta Editocin.