The display looks good right out of the box. Also, its 2K resolution is a fair compromise between full HD and 4K, and it can hit a 450-nit brightness level (for working in bright conditions) and covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut. For instance, it has a 13-inch display but gives you some extra vertical room to work with its 16:10 aspect ratio. There are always trade-offs when you make a laptop this small, thin and light but Lenovo manages to keep things comfortable. The Nano X1 has a TrackPoint and touchpad, but a touchscreen is optional. As you might expect, the controls are designed to improve your work experience, such as setting the laptop's mics and speakers (there are four of both) to improve your VoIP call quality while also suppressing keyboard noise. In the app you'll find everything from battery and power settings to audio tweaks for its mics and speakers to turning on and off the keyboard's various hotkeys. This setting and many more can be controlled through the laptop's Commercial Vantage app. Called Human-Presence Detection, it's simultaneously awesome and a tad creepy. It can also sense when you return and automatically wake and unlock the Nano. The Nano can also be configured with an ultrawideband radar sensor that can tell when you walk away from it and quickly lock the laptop. The BIOS is self-healing, too, meaning it can repair itself from a back-up in case of a malicious attack or a failed or interrupted update.

The X1 Nano has a privacy shutter for its webcam.įor the X1 Nano that means a Mil-Spec-tested magnesium-aluminum body with a hybrid carbon-fiber lid, a match-on-chip fingerprint reader (the biometric info is stored on the reader, not the computer) with anti-spoofing technology, and an IR camera for facial recognition.

Business laptops are regularly more expensive than consumer models, too, because they are more durable and offer greater privacy and security features. You'll get greater performance longevity out of the version I tested, though, with its slightly faster processor, extra RAM (it's onboard and can't be upgraded) and additional storage space for files and software. The clearance model is pretty enticing and would be a good choice for a commuter laptop for work or school.

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