ThinkPad X1 Carbon (3rd Gen.) Broadwell

I'm not planning on scaling it back. It's all about the near 2k screen for viewing movies that are ultraHD and having more real estate on the screen

 

This is strange, I got an email saying due to demand shipping was delayed. However, when I actually checked the order status it's showing that it already shipped and has an earlier delivery date....

 

Alright!!! Got a UPS tracking number!!! Says I should have it by the 23rd.
It's coming from China.

 

What's your shipping process? which state is it going to?

 

Scheduled to arrive Monday, Jan 19 in New York City, NY

Louisville, KY, United States 01/16/2015 12:12 P.M. Import Scan
01/16/2015 9:17 A.M. Arrival Scan
Anchorage, AK, United States 01/15/2015 11:25 P.M. Departure Scan
01/15/2015 12:43 P.M. Arrival Scan
Shanghai, China 01/15/2015 8:56 P.M. Departure Scan
Shanghai, China 01/14/2015 8:23 P.M. Export Scan
01/14/2015 8:23 P.M. Origin Scan
China 01/13/2015 3:46 A.M. Order Processed: Ready for UPS

 

Cool, mine shipped today, says Friday, hope it's slightly faster like yours.. coming to NYC too.

 

You don't find the text too small when doing things like email/word/excel/etc...?

 

No, I don't.

 

Nope, I've got great vision though

 

I do not have great vision... I didn't change the screen resolution though, I just changed text only settings to 175%. It works well, and display looks incredible. The scaling in W8.1 is pretty decent on the WQHD screen, although there are a couple of applications where you have to go into properties and "disable scaling on high DPI settings" to avoid a really grainy appearance. Generally these are older programs on which you have to do this manually.