X1 Carbon Shipping Thread

There are some new models that have shown up on this site:

Lenovo Solutions Center

Systems with an i7 and 8GB of RAM, Intel SSDs with full disk encryption, Windows 8...

 

It was a $20 addition when I added it.

 

Ordered: 08/16
i5/8GB/256GB
Received: 10/23
No dongle received. Received email that I would receive it in October. I don't think it will happen.

I have not experienced any of the noted problems so far (with the exception of the Windows update issues, but this is apparently a Windows issue). Build quality is good. I also don't really have a problem with the size of the AC adapter (1x2x5). My Dell power brick is actually the size of a brick (2x4x8) and weighs in about 2 lbs.
I did notice on the shipping box that the machine is made by Winstron Infocomm Kunshan for Lenovo. I don't know if all Carbons were made by this company or not. I was told at one point that my order had been sent to a different factory for assembly.

 

Well I forgot to mention I ordered my X1c over two months ago, and received it within a month of ordering. So this gift came as a surprise, given that I hadn't even thought about this in a month. Ridiculous that Lenovo is still having issues.

 

My X1C was also made by Winstron Infocomm....

 

Got mine today. Original order was Aug 17th. Had to reorder on Sept. after Lenovo cancelled. So far I do not see any problems. What do I look for? Mine also says from Winstron Infocomm Kunshan. I had a concession of $150.00 for the original order. The guy just reordered off the original order. Do you think Lenovo will honor the concession? I will call tomorrow. If not, even though no problems. Nice machine. I will send it back. I they do I will keep it. 3 months. Almost time for the to announce the new version in January.

 

I finally received my X1 yesterday. (Initially ordered August 17; cancelled by Lenovo; reordered October 10.

Correction of minor typo in Carbonless's comment -- My X1 was manufactured by "Wistron Infocomm (Kunshan) Corporation for Lenovo" in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. Wistron rather than Winstron.

I am generally fairly pleased with it. As shipped, the display had a bad bluish color cast. This can be largely corrected in Windows Color management by reducing the blue slider more than half and reducing the green somewhat less. I corrected the color further by using my Eye-One colorimeter and associated calibration software. As calibrated, the color is fairly close to that of my X220, but the latter's IPS screen is somewhat more saturated and has much wider viewing angles. Even for use for preliminary photo editing while traveling, I find the X1's screen acceptable.

 

Yea I had to reduce the blue-ness of the stock calibration as well. It was almost painful.

 

My saga continues. I ordered in August and received it early October. Of course, it had a number of problems, most severe being a nice line of dots randomly blinking on the display. Service didn't want to try to fix it, so I had it replaced, which included me threatening a BBB report when the rep wouln't respond to my emails or phone calls. I finally received the new one today. It has the loose trackpad. Yippee. So either to the depot or I try to fix it myself.

Oh, for those of you who said they wouldn't let me keep the current X1 while they made my new one, you were wrong. They happily let me do so, which was about the only nice thing through this entire process. All they wanted was a CC number so they could bill if the original wasn't returned in time.

 

Well, I assumed waiting until late November to purchase an X1C would preclude me from delays. Is that not actually the case?