![]() Ironically, I might be compelled to reach out and touch my monitor instead of the touchpad if its multitouch didn't work as well as it did. The gesture is easier with a swipe, but so long as I'm not dealing with the metro interface, the existence of the touch screen has no bearing on my use. The only time I felt myself compelled to swipe was when waking up the computer and needing to get through the lock screen, which needs to be swiped or pulled away. These aspects are just easier to use for the relatively small desktop elements (moving, resizing, closing windows, opening applications). ![]() Practically speaking, it's hard to get used to integrating the touch screen into a work flow, especially when the touchpad, buttons, and even Lenovo's characteristic touchpoint are within closer reach than the screen. Granted, if you're getting an ultrabook, you're probably not dealing much with tasks that require color accuracy, but it's noticeable even without a better screen around to compare. On the downside, the screen is, visually, a little strange: its blacks are not deep and colors are washed out. While they were visible from an angle- and in the right light-on the surface of the screen, they didn't impede our regular viewing experience. We did manage to leave some smudges by applying a healthy amount of pressure. Despite our best, most disgusting efforts, it was hard to get the matte screen to pick up our fingerprints. Swipes, scrolls, pinches, and taps all work fine. The touchscreen itself works without fault, and all of the requisite Windows gestures go off without a hitch. It's questionable whether that fractional difference even makes a difference. This is still a more than decent weight for a 14-inch ultrabook. 41 pounds heavier at 3.4 pounds to the regular X1 Carbon's 2.99 pounds. The touch version maintains the exact same physical dimensions, including a thickness of 18.9 millimeters, but it's. We advise checking that in-depth edition out for more details on everything that hasn't changed since then. The X1 Carbon Touch is virtually identical to its Windows 7-running predecessor, the X1 Carbon, which we reviewed last summer. When choosing between the two models, are you a Windows 8 believer? But since the only major difference is the existence of the touch screen, and that feature comes at a premium of $150, customers will have to look inside themselves to decide. Other than the touch screen, this is just a heavy version of a computer that we really enjoyed using. Now that the touch-oriented Windows 8 has been out for a few months, Lenovo followed up with a touch version of the computer we so loved, named a mouthful of words that go like this: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch. The original Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon was the first real Ultrabook we’d seen come out of Intel’s initiative to slim down and beef up laptops.
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