The X1 Carbon Gen 12 has a familiar design.

Nonetheless, the keyboard gets the job done, and some of this is personal preference.

It was very accurate and justfeltnice.

The lockscreen of the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12.

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And it wouldn’t be a ThinkPad without the red TrackPoint button in the middle of the keyboard.

I can’t speak about the IPS version, but I can say the OLED option was stunning.

That said, I noticed less of the oversaturated look synonymous with OLED displays on this screen.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop open to the desktop.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop offers features like an OLED screen with an anti-glare coating, impressive battery life, and a powerful Intel Core processor.

Gaming graphics were also great when they were, well, great.

The Performance: Pro Computing for Every Day

My laptop is my livelihood.

If I didn’t have a reliable workhorse, I wouldn’t have a way to make money.

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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop offers features like an OLED screen with an anti-glare coating, impressive battery life, and a powerful Intel Core processor.

Only one small stutter occurred when I was downloading several large game files at once.

The laptop briefly froze, but righted itself within about 30 seconds.

The report also showed there was a more consistent load on the GPU than the CPU.

The back of the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12.

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Certainly, the benchmarks reflected my experience with games like “Warhammer” and “A Plague Tale.”

Even in the dimmer atmosphere of my bedroom, the camera captured an above-average stream.

I found these features helpful for customizing my stream to suit whatever room I was calling from.

The keyboard, trackpad, and TrackPoint of the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12.

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I still preferred using a Bluetooth speaker when I streamed movies or played an atmospheric game.

At around 50 to 60% in volume, the speakers’s treble and mid-tones sounded balanced.

In quiet spaces, the mics shine with the utmost clarity.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop playing “Pokemon Concierge."

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During gaming or other processing-heavy tasks, the drain was more like 45% per hour.

Should You Buy the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 Laptop?

The Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 12 with its charger.

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