I have an X1 Carbon (6th or 7th gen, I forget) and I love it. I've handled dozens of other laptops and tried out loads at shops and nothing else feels as good to me. It ticks so many boxes for me:
- Dual boots Arch and Windows perfectly, never had issues.
- Several years old but still faster than I need with the i7, NVMe SSD and 16 GB memory.
- Soft plastic non metallic feel, doesn't get too hot or cold, fan only rarely comes on and it's way quieter than pre M1 MacBooks
- Feels like the lightest performance laptop I've ever used.
- The PERFECT laptop keyboard. Love the travel, love the dim click, love the positioning of every key, love the dedicated home, end, page up, page down, delete keys. Love the physical left, middle and right click buttons and of course the nipple for comedy factor (however the trackpad obviously sucks relative to MacBooks).
- Lid opens and closes easily.
- Perfect connectivity options, two USB C (PD, Thunderbolt, ethernet), 2/3 USB A, HDMI, microSD, SD.
- Matte screen.
- Physical camera slider.
I understand the latest X1 Carbons have most if not all of these features.
- Dual boots Arch and Windows perfectly, never had issues.
- Several years old but still faster than I need with the i7, NVMe SSD and 16 GB memory.
- Soft plastic non metallic feel, doesn't get too hot or cold, fan only rarely comes on and it's way quieter than pre M1 MacBooks
- Feels like the lightest performance laptop I've ever used.
- The PERFECT laptop keyboard. Love the travel, love the dim click, love the positioning of every key, love the dedicated home, end, page up, page down, delete keys. Love the physical left, middle and right click buttons and of course the nipple for comedy factor (however the trackpad obviously sucks relative to MacBooks).
- Lid opens and closes easily.
- Perfect connectivity options, two USB C (PD, Thunderbolt, ethernet), 2/3 USB A, HDMI, microSD, SD.
- Matte screen.
- Physical camera slider.
I understand the latest X1 Carbons have most if not all of these features.