Lenovo Carbon X1 Overkill?

bes44 on 14/11/2022 - 16:59

I am currently using a Lenovo Carbon x1. I am looking to buy a new one as I have maxed the storage and you can't upgrade it.

I work on the laptop all day creating and managing websites, so no real heavy loading. I have had this laptop for 5 years and liked the reliability and how lightweight it was (this was more applicable when I traveled and worked remotely which I don't really do anymore.)

I am looking at purchasing another x1 but do you think the x1 is overkill for the type of work I am doing? Or is it worth going for something in the same Thinkpad range?

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  • spackbace on 14/11/2022 - 17:06
    +6

    I am looking to buy a new one as I have maxed the storage and you can't upgrade it.

    So wait, for the sake of an external drive, or cloud storage, you're upgrading it?

    Is there any other reason?

    Side note, looks like there's plenty of guides re: ssd changing depending on model version

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/11/2022 - 17:14
    +3

    Not overkill if you love it.

  • Drakesy on 14/11/2022 - 17:18
    +1

    Don't you have a removable NVME (i do on my gen 3).

    Even to this day its a ripper of a laptop. Flew off my car at 60km/h - left it on my roof, whoops, and only got a few scratches, works fine.

    Would happily buy one again, they're pretty cheap refurbished.

    • bes44 on 17/11/2022 - 13:23

      Just checked out what generation mine is, and it looks like a 1st gen, done some googling, and looks like I can update it. I am going to call a few local computer shops and see what they charge, do you have a rough idea of what this upgrade should go for? Also veeeery impressed it survived a mildly high crash

  • AndyC1 on 14/11/2022 - 17:34
    +3

    Google says the SSD can be upgraded:
    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-upgrade-ssd-lenovo-thinkp…

    Did you google or call support? Support will have said the laptop is no longer supported, which is true.

  • mskeggs on 14/11/2022 - 18:57
    +2

    Another old x1 user here, I would definitely spend money on a nice big SSD rather than a whole new machine.

    • bes44 on 17/11/2022 - 13:24

      thanks mate, I am going to call a few shops and see what they quote for it, do you have a rough idea of what it should go for?

      • mskeggs on 17/11/2022 - 14:46

        Assuming you’d rather not do it yourself (which is not hard), I’d go to a local computer shop, tell them you want a 1Tb or 2Tb NVME SSD and ask them to migrate your existing files over (do your own back up first, of course).
        Should take an hour, so you should be prepared to compensate them appropriately for their time, but they will also probably charge a little more for the drive than you would get on ebay or Amazon too.
        You can see how much these disks cost with a search on OzBargain, so you will know if they are being competitive.
        When all is done, you might put the old, smaller SSD in an external disk enclosure and you will have a back up drive too.

  • kogi on 14/11/2022 - 18:57
    +2

    Is the data stuff you are currently working on?

    It might be worth getting a nas or external drive. You should also set up a proper backup regime.

    My non-current work is on my server. Both pc and server gets backed up online and elsewhere

    • Chandler on 16/11/2022 - 12:46

      This 100x

    • bes44 on 17/11/2022 - 13:25

      All my important spreadsheets are on a onedrive and I do a monthly backup to an external drive.

      What would you consider a proper backup regime?

      • kogi on 17/11/2022 - 17:23

        google an artice on 321 backup

        but i think you just need to add an encrypted online or offsite

  • AustriaBargain on 14/11/2022 - 19:19
    +1

    What about a OneDrive account? It's not that big a hassle to redownload files as needed and apps will do it automatically if it needs to download linked files, just delays opening your documents by a few seconds.

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