If you are getting a WWAN card for the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2, make sure you have the WWAN antenna installed in the machine already. Otherwise, you would have to get the WWAN and WIFI antenna kit and install it yourself, which involves disassembling the whole machine.
For some reason Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro has included some key design elements that is missing in the current ThinkPad. One of the useful feature that the Yoga 2 Pro has, and that the ThinkPad does not, is the Function row shortcut key for switching off the internal LCD without having to close the screen lid.
I just recently received my first 4K LCD (ThinkVision Pro2840m) from Lenovo Australia, and i have to say this is one of the coolest monitor that i have ever played with in the recent years. But i will defer the actual detailed review of the ThinKVision Pro2840m to another day, this post is merely a short summary list of all the ThinkPad laptops (with Displayport/HDMI) that i have tested with the new ThinkVision 2840m. I have omitted some models from the compatibility list, as i do not own these models and i could not test their compatibility with the new 4K LCD. Following is the list of machines that i have tested, which shows support for the 4K resolution of the new ThinkVision Pro2840m (@30hz):
Got my first classic ThinkPad, and decided to use it only for Linux at first. But then I got tempted to install Windows 8.1 on it. What’s a very portable laptop without Windows 8 or 8.1? It feels considerably faster than Windows 7 and easy to use on the go.