I‘ve currently reverted to using a X1 gen 5 (2018) to reeducate myself on Windows before the new X1 gen 9 arrives. It’s actually OK for most things, but the fans ramp up big style when on a MS Teams call and using Excel. I’m hoping the new one will be a bit better. One of the reasons I upgraded from my 16 inch MacBook Pro (which ran very hot and very noisy) to the M1 MacBook Pro a couple of months ago was to improve this. The M1 Pro is brilliant, runs silent whatever I’m doing on it.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Recommendation - moving from Mac to Lenovo X1 Carbon or Dell XPS13 for work
- Thread starter interbear
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I‘ve currently reverted to using a X1 gen 5 (2018) to reeducate myself on Windows before the new X1 gen 9 arrives. It’s actually OK for most things, but the fans ramp up big style when on a MS Teams call and using Excel. I’m hoping the new one will be a bit better. One of the reasons I upgraded from my 16 inch MacBook Pro (which ran very hot and very noisy) to the M1 MacBook Pro a couple of months ago was to improve this. The M1 Pro is brilliant, runs silent whatever I’m doing on it.
Right. The other thing is that with my gen 7 trying to self-ignite, I'd get an hour of battery time IF I wasn't doing anything. I used to have regular Skype and Teams meetings for work that lasted 1-2 hours, and from a full charge, my gen 7 could only get to about 40 minutes before the battery was totally gone. Having to have the machine plugged in constantly was a real drag.
Very interested to hear how the gen 9 performs!
Same here - ditched my gen 7 X1C, got an M1 MBA. It outperforms my gen 7 by a signficant amount, is silent, runs completely cold, and has such incredible battery life I charge it maybe 1-2 times per week.
X1C9 is dead silent for me for browsing, mail, reading, writing and such tasks. I'm not using Word/Excel with it though as I'm running Linux. I do have WPS office on it and it's the same. Throwing tons of stuff on it will make the fans go up however. It's a lovely little device and my favorite laptop right now, over Razer Blade Studio and MBP (those are much more powerful however).
Looks like I’ll be able to comment on the X1 Carbon gen 9 sooner than I expected. When I ordered it on December 3rd Lenovo were saying shipment in 6 weeks or more. Just got advised it’s on its way and will be delivered Friday. I do like it when expectations are exceeded 
Please leave a report.Looks like I’ll be able to comment on the X1 Carbon gen 9 sooner than I expected. When I ordered it on December 3rd Lenovo were saying shipment in 6 weeks or more. Just got advised it’s on its way and will be delivered Friday. I do like it when expectations are exceeded
How is it working for you? I'm debating between an X1 Carbon gen 9/10 and a 14' MBP as my new work laptop.