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X1 Carbon G6 14" WQHD / Intel i5-8250U / 512GB SSD / 8GB RAM / LTE / F'Print / Backlit / W10 Pro / $1399 Shipped 2 Days @ Lenovo

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This machine may be 2 years old, but check out the specs - at $1399 these will not last long. Very limited numbers and will be shipped in 2 days from Sydney as this is local stock. Call Lenovo's telesales number on 1300 557 073 (until 5pm daily) with any questions. Ends 11:59pm AEST 27/09/20, unless sold out or withdrawn prior. 150 units allocated to code sold out 4:30pm 23/09/20. Stay safe, and enjoy :)

  • Intel Core i5-8250U CPU
  • 14" WQHD (2560 x 1440)
  • 512GB SSD M.2 PCIe / 8GB RAM
  • Integrated LTE 4G Mobile Broadband
  • Backlit KB / Fingerprint Reader / Win10 Pro
  • 323mm x 217mm x 15.9mm (1.13kg)

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  • gawky on 22/09/2020 - 19:41
    +47

    8gb Ram non-replaceable really sucks for such a robust thin and light machine.

    • capslock janitor on 22/09/2020 - 19:48

      thnx for headsup

    • hippo2s on 22/09/2020 - 19:54
      -2

      I have only 8GB and with 3x browsers Chrome, Chromium and Edge, with about 5 tabs each. They are all technically Chromium project so take it as 15 pages in one Chrome. Trading program which is pretty heavy, MS Teams which is another hog, but I don't feel it's burdened is slow at all. Yes it's at 90% memory usage but that's better than paying for 16GB then only have it use 7.5GB 98% of the time.

      Like seriously, worst case it'll swap out the memory which means machine slows down a bit for that 2% of time you need it.

      Remember this is a word processing/browsing workhorse, not a gaming machine so it does fine.

      • gawky on 22/09/2020 - 20:19
        +1

        Runnings ms teams, word docs, excel docs, pdf, and some internet browser (any kind) - 8Gb is not going to be a pleasant experience, with ram usage easily above 90% (slow down at best, crashes at worst). That is what my partner had on her Dell lattitude - luckily I could swap it out the 1x 8Gb for 1x 16Gb ram stick.

        With 16Gb ram, it barely ever reaches 70% ram usage - no issues now with using all the programs listed simultaneously. Next "bottleneck" to tackle is upping the internet upload speed >40Mbps.

        • justtoreply on 22/09/2020 - 20:28

          Yeah but keep in mind that modern OS's are DESIGNED to cache. You cant look at ram usage like we did 10 years ago and make any conclusions. You just gotta ask yourself "is it slow".. (Which isn't as easy as it sounds, either)

          • happychappy1 on 22/09/2020 - 21:50
            +1

            @justtoreply: That's not caching, it's paging, which is moving of active RAM to 'virtual' memory, because you've run out of the resource. I have 128GB RAM and I've turned off the page file with no issues. Caching is when you're saving additional data to the RAM so it can be loaded faster.

        • Freestyle on 22/09/2020 - 22:40

          I use the same on my Surface 8 gigs and dont have any problems

      • happychappy1 on 22/09/2020 - 21:47
        +3

        Yes it's at 90% memory usage but that's better than paying for 16GB then only have it use 7.5GB 98% of the time.

        It won't use 7.5GB 98% of the time. On an 8GB system, using that amount basically means it's out of RAM and started to use the swap file.

        You can't use more than 8GB if you only have that much. Browsers are very RAM intensive these days and if you want to be productive, it's better to have more than none, especially when the price difference is minimal. If you factor in the fact that you might need to get a new system if the old one feels to slow just because it's not upgradeable, then you've wasted money. Buy nice or buy twice is how the saying goes.

        The reason why these older model laptops are still available, but only at 8GB RAM, is because those configurations were the least popular due to the poorer utility of the lack of RAM.

      • bazingaa on 23/09/2020 - 13:02

        Use firefox

    • team teri on 22/09/2020 - 21:31
      +1

      Ouch, yes. For a moment there I thought I should have waited for this, but the RAM is a deal breaker.

      Biggest reason I upgraded from the last laptop was that it only had 10GB and was constantly swapping. New one had 8 with a free slot, added 16 to bring it to 24. Happy days!

  • SnoozeAndLose on 22/09/2020 - 19:45
    +6

    8gb ram really pushing, chrome with 10 tabs used up 50% of memory and the extensions(cashrewards, shopback). I always run my machine at 95% memory usage

  • zbc on 22/09/2020 - 19:47

    Any dice on an X1 Yoga of similar vintage?

    • bender000 on 22/09/2020 - 20:37
      +1

      2K for the X1 Yoga Gen 4 with 16Gb RAM but no WWAN and only 256GB disk, not bad but worse value than this IMO

  • DoesntEvenMatter on 22/09/2020 - 19:50
    -3

    Not the greatest price for this. About 2yrs old now and was previously cheaper for 16gb touch screen. In 2020 this isn't a deal at all

    • Store Reptightarse @ Cashrewards on 22/09/2020 - 19:55
      +14

      Really interested to know where you've seen this cheaper with WQHD screen & 4G. Can you please link it here. Thanks.

      • ln28909 on 23/09/2020 - 09:41
        +1

        the real answer here is there is no need for such screen on a device with an 8GB RAM, what would be your use case here, photo editing?

        Also 4G was new tech a few years ago but it's pretty old now so not that hard to find an adapter for it

    • gawky on 22/09/2020 - 20:24
      +3

      I also would be interested for a device with similar specs to even come close to the price. 512Gb Surface laptop 1 or 2 no 4g >$1800 (if you can get it lol).

  • ozvictor on 22/09/2020 - 19:53
    +5

    This machine is too old and price is high for a 2 years old i5

    • bender000 on 22/09/2020 - 21:31
      +3

      The 2 years old 8th gen i5 is basically within 5% of a ton of 10th gens due to Intel naming shenanigans, Comet Lake (which is what is in EVERY business laptop because vPro, including the 8th gen Carbon X1) is still skylake cores. And the GPU is the same lol. Look it up if you don't believe me. All the business laptops are using gimped Comet Lake 10th gen (not Ice Lake 10th gen) so doesn't really matter compared to 8th gen.

      HOWEVER having said that, Tiger Lake 11th gen which is supposed to offer real CPU and GPU perf improvement, is due to come out in October, so probably why everyone is on sale ATM.

  • Bappy on 22/09/2020 - 19:53
    +13

    Hi TA,
    Any chance to repeat this deal with 16GB RAM or offer a Ryzen 4000 series laptop?

    • AL0126 on 23/09/2020 - 09:48

      +1 Would love this, or something like the X1 Carbon posted here but also with 16GB RAM. The Carbon’s specs are ideal except for the 8GB RAM…

  • pogapog on 22/09/2020 - 20:00
    +5

    likely a portion of that 8gb ram is dedicated to the onboard graphics, may only have 6 gigs available realisticaly, at least i would be checking before buying

  • cashless on 22/09/2020 - 20:01
    +6

    TRS refundable? Oh, wait a minute…

    • team teri on 22/09/2020 - 21:35
      +3

      Sure, just see how you go with your reason for exemption: "need to get GST back for my laptop" :-P

  • PassItOn on 22/09/2020 - 20:07
    +3

    Hi TA

    Any chance of getting a deal on usb c monitor ?

  • Alialh on 22/09/2020 - 20:08
    -1

    Great computer for just casual users who want an ultra light laptop and with great build quality
    Personally picked up a g8 recently for 2k with 16gb ram, 256ssd and 10th gen i5 and touch screen

    • belongsinforums on 22/09/2020 - 21:08
      +3

      $1400 is insane for a 'casual user'

  • dfitt10 on 22/09/2020 - 20:12
    +3

    Currently using a lenovo laptop with these exact same specs bought two years.
    It is reallly starting to struggle with some tasks, and i'm wishing I went for the 16gb version now. Save yourself a lot of pain and pay for something more future proof.

    • RaihaX on 22/09/2020 - 20:17

      My g3 with i7 and 8gb ram still going strong though a key factor (I presume) is that I’m on Linux.

      • dfitt10 on 22/09/2020 - 20:22

        Possibly linux, possibly your processor; do you have an "u" variant (ultralight), or something else? An i7 with 6 cores is going to cope a lot better then the relatively slow 8250u even with the same RAM (idk if it's ram or the cpu, but 1.6ghz is a bit painful)

        • RaihaX on 22/09/2020 - 20:28
          +1

          Is a g3 x1 carbon so is using broadwell 2c/4t i7

  • rflash101 on 22/09/2020 - 20:12
    +5

    I really don't understand soldered RAM even in 2018 like wtf Lenovo do better!

    • MuddyClear on 22/09/2020 - 20:29
      -8

      De-solder is easy

    • utopia on 22/09/2020 - 20:35

      check out other new slim type laptops - I'e found a couple soldered as well "onboard" eg :https://h20386.www2.hp.com/AustraliaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=1B8W4PA

      • janoski on 23/09/2020 - 00:21
        +1

        this is great apart from the fact its missing the WWAN

    • AL0126 on 23/09/2020 - 09:51
      +1

      It’s LPDDR RAM which is always soldered - this RAM is a lot more power efficient than standard DDR which is great for running on the battery… but agree that 8GB is too little.

  • MrBeeTee on 22/09/2020 - 20:16
    +4

    LTE is why this machine is valued at this price point

  • agalea101 on 22/09/2020 - 20:25
    +3

    Please TA some ryzen 4000 deals 🤗

  • Could Be Better on 22/09/2020 - 20:26
    +1

    Processor is still great, i5 8th gen vs 10th gen quite marginal especially for multi core (however do note that 10th gen graphics are substantially better, around 50 percent faster). What's more worrying is the quite slow and limited 2133mhz 8GB non expandable ram, I mean one of the few reasons I buy Windows laptops is because most of them have replaceable RAM and SSD, and this one only ticks one of those boxes. Screen is pretty good though, and 4G is an added bonus (although the 65whr battery will take a hit, I'd estimate around 15 percent loss in battery life vs wifi).

    • bender000 on 22/09/2020 - 20:36
      +2

      Not this 10th gen, business laptops basically all come with comet lake not ice lake so basically the same CPU perf as 8th gen with maybe 5% more oomph lol and the same iGPU as well.
      The 10th gen parts that do have the massively better iGPU are ice lake, and yes its confusing (deliberately so that they can continue to make money off old rope).

  • sk213 on 22/09/2020 - 20:32
    +1

    Why does this 2 year old laptop have a 14" WQHD (2560 x 1440) yet all the new ones are basically newsprint level of quality?

    • RaihaX on 22/09/2020 - 20:37

      The G7 has WQHD too…

    • Agret on 23/09/2020 - 02:25
      +2

      Because this is a business grade laptop

  • customundo on 22/09/2020 - 20:36
    +2

    8gb ram makes this machine about 5 years old due to the advancement of apps which are more resource heavy compared to 2-3 years ago

    • dtc on 22/09/2020 - 21:50

      I've been looking for a laptop and about 75% of them come with 8gb ram, until you get into the high $1000s category - of course many can be upgraded buy buying separately

    • Agret on 23/09/2020 - 02:25

      I have 8gn of ram in my phone, I'd say 16gb is minimum for modern computers.

  • vrsac on 22/09/2020 - 20:44
    +1

    With many midrange phones now boasting with 8Gb RAM and 256Gb storage, I find this laptop seriously under-specc'd for the price. I have a Lenovo T490s with a better CPU and 16Gb and it's just enough for all the business applications with Chrome and multiple tabs open.

  • OzBargainerr on 22/09/2020 - 21:18

    Love Thinkpad X1, but I would buy Thinkpad X1 Extreme if I have the money.

    • bbcw1980 on 22/09/2020 - 21:57

      X1 Extreme build quality not as good as X1.

  • regenade on 22/09/2020 - 22:02
    +1

    Ryzen 4000 deals with 20% cashback, we are waiting for months TA :D

  • paloverde88 on 22/09/2020 - 22:40

    this is a gorgeous old laptop good for grannies, cheaper than chanel sunglasses this is a bargain

  • El Grande on 22/09/2020 - 23:06
    +6

    Needs 16GB ram and 1TB SSD for this price. A newer processor would have helped.

    Currently using the Yoga 460 WQHD i5-6200u from one of TA's deals which I upgraded to 16GB ram ($260) and 1TB SSD ($160). CPU is the bottle neck now. Wonder what it's worth now?

    • Had motherboard replaced under extended warranty after a BIOS update bricked it @ 1.5 Years
    • Had Battery replaced for $280 after 500 Cycles.
    • kerfuffle on 23/09/2020 - 07:07
      +1

      Does your Yoga have carbon material and a 4G modem though?

  • Ebany on 23/09/2020 - 00:07
    -8

    Like a cheap wine this must improve with age - it was listed cheaper on this Ozbargain post more than a year ago.

    • Falbium on 23/09/2020 - 01:17
      +4

      I have to agree. And if you check the comments, that one had 16GB Memory which makes this deal even worse. That deal doesn't list all the specs so it's possible it had a smaller SSD or something. I know prices fluctuate but in the last few weeks we're seeing some value start to return and this seems like an attempt to clear old stock at higher than old prices.

      Edit: Gonna retract my neg. No way of knowing what the specs were on that previous deal and this one does have WQHD (2560 x 1440) and LTE which I assume is not standard. I wouldn't consider buying it but it's probably not as bad a deal as I thought.

      • Agret on 23/09/2020 - 02:33
        +3

        Click the guys name and it takes you to a comment with the specs. That one had half the ssd size (256gb) & a 1080p display. Don't think it would have LTE in it.

        • Ebany on 23/09/2020 - 15:43

          With more than a year between these 2 computers you'd expect the SSD to be bigger. The other one also had 16GB memory compared to the 8GB this one has.

      • Ebany on 23/09/2020 - 14:57

        It was the same laptop except it had 16GB of RAM (double this one) and a 256GB SSD (half this one). It was also far cheaper.

    • Store Reptightarse @ Cashrewards on 23/09/2020 - 06:33
      +4

      Thanks for the feedback Ebany, however this isn’t like for like. Your link is for a model without a WQHD screen, without a 4G module, and a 256GB SSD (vs 512GB here). Computer Alliance will confirm if you contact them. All the best.

      • Ebany on 23/09/2020 - 15:38

        You forgot to mention the other one had 16GB RAM and touchscreen, also after a year or so we wouldn't expect an SSD the same size.

        There's this $1370 (less with cashback) X1 Carbon G6 from more than a year ago with faster CPU and twice the memory.

        It's almost 2021, 8GB of soldered memory on a $1400 laptop is a crap deal. Additionally the aged X1 Carbon G6 has been in many deals ranging back more than a year with faster CPU's and double the RAM ……

        • Store Reptightarse @ Cashrewards on 23/09/2020 - 16:28

          No cashback available through eBay with code. But anyway, still sold out of the 150 units allocated to this code in less than 24 hours, so obviously a lot of buyers disagree that it's a crap deal. Now to work on another offer. Take care.

  • dbun1 on 23/09/2020 - 07:24
    +2

    Really good laptops and good price, but with soldered RAM I would not go under 16GB personally just for future-proofing.

    Even at work they have now standardised on 16GB when previously it was always the “8gb is enough for office tasks argument” and you had to put in a special order to get more RAM.

  • Starlight8 on 23/09/2020 - 09:13

    @tightarse - Hey there, hope you are well! I was just wondering if you happen to know if there is going to be a yoga sale soon? I'm holding out for one LOL.

    Thanks heaps x

  • Naigrabzo on 23/09/2020 - 09:32

    But can it run chrome with more than one tab? ;)

  • Fobsessive on 23/09/2020 - 10:50
    +1

    8GB RAM soldered - dealbreaker

  • [Deactivated] on 23/09/2020 - 10:50

    If 4g integrated is not a big deal to you, I dont see how this is better than other laptops. 8GB, no touch, old intel proccy etc.

    • skd100™ on 23/09/2020 - 12:03

      1.13kg, build quality.

  • Phoebus on 23/09/2020 - 12:37
    +1

    DOS and Win95 will run fine on 8 GB RAM.

  • xyron on 23/09/2020 - 12:47

    This spec but in an X1 Yoga for similar price would be amazing. I use an X1 Yoga 1st gen for work and absolutely love it. Onboard LTE is essential too (especially when in Court and need access to reliable internet to download a case or document).

    • xoom on 23/09/2020 - 14:48

      Using a gen 3 x1 yoga with 8650u cpu, 16GB RAM, 1TB NVME SSD, HDR 500nit WQHD screen.

      I had to install the lte antenna and wwan card but its worth it.

  • xmail on 23/09/2020 - 21:51

    Be warned that Lenovo use a soldered on USB-C port for charging - if this is damaged it cannot be easily or cheaply repaired and will not be covered under warranty. They will claim it is 'user damaged' as it costs them too much to repair (quoted price is $1300 for repair).

    This port damages very easily due to a bit of plastic holding the connecting pins together that falls off quite easily - which then results in pins being bent by inserting the plug. e.g see these posts:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/euy9cf/a_tale_of_…
    https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/f0zaer/has_the_ti…
    https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-X-Series-Laptops/The-p…

    Again - It breaks easily, Lenovo will not cover this under warranty and it costs at least $1300 (and that's without labour costs) to fix. If it cannot be powered on via this port you are basically left with a brick.

    Learnt this the hard way and won't be buying Lenovo again.

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