![]() It’s sleek and very light when you pick it up. The resale value of ThinkPads is fairly good, but this might require me to replace the battery at least once. Ideally, I aim to use this for two years – perhaps three. Apparently, you cannot get one of those fancy PICe 4.0 2 TB drives, as the memory chips are on both sides of the board, and it doesn’t fit in the tight chassis of the laptop. All of my files amount to just about 450 GB, so I’m good. The drive is 1 TB but can be replaced later for a larger one if needed. I wanted to future-proof it, so I went with the 32 GB of RAM. The total price, excluding tax, is 2016 € ($2370). WWAN antennas installed – 4G or 5G card sold separately (and not available until ~October 2021).Webcam with Windows Hello support, also fingerprint reader.I used the configurator on to set my specs: It turns out that if you insist on having mobile connectivity built-in (WWAN in Lenovo language), you have to prepare for a long wait. It’s now August 2021, and I got the laptop two weeks ago. So, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9) seemed to tick all the boxes. Charge via USB-C instead of ‘yet another’ proprietary connector.And mobile data in the Nordics is dirt cheap. Mobile data capability – tethering is ‘fine’ but built-in mobile connectivity usually gives you better speeds due to the larger and nicer antennas.A WQHD or Ultra HD display – I hate Full HD, it feels like I’m constantly running out of pixels.Windows Hello support (via webcam and/or fingerprint reader).NVMe-grade storage – fast, reliable, and at least 512 GB.At least 16 GB of RAM – I don’t really need more, as all heavy-lifting is done with my servers, real workstations and the cloud.My requirements that I felt were a must-have for a new laptop: Once I gave up my Surface Book 2 when I left Microsoft, I started looking for something more lightweight – as I knew I’d be mostly working from home for the next few years. It wasn’t my first ThinkPad, but it was one of the best laptops I’ve ever used. ![]() I had three batteries that I could carry with me – thus providing me with at least 40 hours of non-stop productivity if I chose to. I did a lot of travel at the time, so the laptop was partially chosen due to its replaceable battery feature. I wanted to separate my work and personal stuff, though, so I got myself a Lenovo ThinkPad T480 about two years ago. Last year, I used a corporate-assigned Microsoft Surface Book 2 as my main productivity laptop. Thanks for reading my blog! If you have any questions or need a second opinion with anything Microsoft Azure, security or Power Platform related, don't hesitate to contact me.
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