As everyone knows, the MacBook Air series and the ThinkPad Superbook in the notebook field have always been a pair of enemies, fighting for many years, and continue to this day. Thinkpad Super New X1 Carbon (hereafter referred to as the new X1C) has just been launched, and the predecessor of this series will be traced back to the 2008 ThinkPad X300, and the original MacBook Air also appeared at this time, both from then on It’s getting better. The stunning MacBook Air in the early 08s has just been cherished here. The cost of thinness is like the side effect of liposuction. It is achieved through the “subtraction†of the unrelenting face, while the X300 has always adhered to pragmatism, CD-ROM, The interface is stuffed in the hell of the fuselage inside the fuselage, the ThinkPad dictionary seems to be only practical, and does not allow a trace of exaggeration. Today, the new thinkpad Superbook X1C and MacBook Air meet again. This is a reunion after a lapse of six years. The two notebooks on the Forbidden City are still the best on their respective platforms. After six years, the MacBook Under the MacBook Retina 13, the Air is slightly late, and the replacement is very likely to be completed this summer, while the X1C is a new force. After landing on the Win8.1 platform, it has realized an exploration on carbon fiber materials. More critically, the X1C uses a larger 14-inch display, which in itself gives the new X1C a huge psychological advantage. 1. Material: aluminum alloy and carbon fiber Apple began to use the Unibody process in 2008, and it has been used up to now. This technology of CNC cutting of a whole piece of aluminum plate, still few companies can learn to transplant 100% today, so that Unibody became Apple. The label also made other Apple products like the iPhone, iPod and other MacBooks. Aluminum products are very common materials in daily life, so the material cost of MacBook Air is not high, but the almost technical monopoly of technology and scale make it difficult for other manufacturers to follow up at a lower cost, which has been the case for 6 years. 2, portability: 14 inches lighter than 13.3 inches This round of testing is unfair, the 14-inch new X1C and the 13.3-inch Air are not a heavyweight, so in terms of portability, this is a cross-level contest. Light and thin has always been the core selling point of the two series. Especially when Air was born and slowly taken out from the envelope, it became Apple's highest light moment in 2008, and also announced the advent of the ultra-lightweight era of notebooks. In terms of weight, the X1C achieved a counterattack. The 14-inch X1C is slightly lighter than the 13.3-inch Air 13, which is partly due to the slimming effect of carbon fiber. It is hard to imagine a 14-inch notebook that can be so light. And insisting on the 14-inch, the most popular size in the country, while pleasing the domestic consumers, it also enhances the product experience. 3. Screen: 16:10 or 16:9? The 13-inch MacBook series is the only notebook on the market that uses a 16:10 ratio screen, and the MacBook Air 13 is the thinnest one. Many people still miss 16:10, about 16:9. The question of who is the golden ratio has been arguing, 16:10 is more pixels than 16:9, more pixels can be seen when drawing, and 16:9 is more criticized for cutting costs. Compromise the product, and in my opinion, individuals prefer the Air 13 16:10. For example, for film post-workers, 16:9 HD movies need these "extra pixels" to put the progress bar and screen Editing together...etc. In short, there are always no more defects in some pixels. Resolution is the culprit relative to the screen ratio. Fortunately, both of them do a good job in this respect. The resolution of the new X1C is 1600×900, and the highest brightness can be equipped with WQHD (2560 x 1440) IPS. The Air 13 resolution is 1440×900, and it is possible to complete the iteration of the Retina retina screen version this year. 4: Interaction: comfortable touchpad and humanized Little Red Riding Hood The glass material touchpad of the MacBook series has been rated by users as the most comfortable and most comfortable hardware design, and has been applied for a patent. I also believe that there is no notebook touchpad that can reach the MacBook. Comfort level, whether it is a button or the accuracy of cursor control. The new X1C's touchpad has been replaced with a glass material, and the left and right buttons have obvious red lines to separate them, and the left and right buttons are set (to avoid infringement), but it is still worse in terms of hand. That being said, TrackPoint's little red dot has once again saved the situation in the user-controlled interaction. It's really unnecessary to say about TrackPoint. When IBM researched a special transfer function and algorithm for the TrackPoint controller, it filtered out the user's finger operation. The slight error on it, so there will be a wonderful "pointer acceleration" experience. It can be said that the advantage of the MacBook Air trackpad is multi-touch, which gradually eliminates the mouse through the combination of multi-finger touch and Mac OS system. The X1C's TrackPoint and future touch screens are, to a certain extent, a replacement for the mouse. 5, interface: The slim body will undoubtedly abandon some of the larger connectors, for example, VGA, such as RJ-45, for the new X1C and Air is past, but to reduce the weight of the body, reduce the fuselage In terms of volume, it is obviously not a big problem to carry two power cables of more than ten grams. Both of them only need a mini DP to VGA. The original wire has better quality and compatibility, but the price is not. Philippines. The left side of the new X1 Carbon is equipped with a power jack, HDMI port, MINI DP port, a USB 3.0 port that supports the shutdown charging function, and a headphone microphone jack. The right side of the fuselage is equipped with a USB 3.0 interface and a network port conversion interface. The interface configuration of the MacBook Air 13 is basically the same, except that the Air has a Thunderbolt interface and is compatible with the MINI DP standard. 6, details: At this price point, the details are very important. Let's take a look at the heat dissipation. I have to say that the cooling design of the Air hidden in the shaft is so wonderful that the hot air blows out in parallel with the opening direction of the screen, and will not interfere at all. To the user, the new X1C's vent is on the left side of the fuselage, and there is a large hollow vent on the back. In the absence of a separate graphics card, it is a relatively rare notebook with two cooling copper tubes. Under high load conditions, the temperature control ability of both is not bad. Air's aluminum-magnesium alloy heat conduction is faster, so the temperature and heat dissipation speed are faster than X1C. In terms of personal experience, X1C is in use experience. Better than Air, but the advantage is not obvious. In terms of opening and closing angle, the X1C uses a sunken shaft to achieve a full opening of 180°, while the maximum opening and closing angle of the Air is only about 150°. In terms of damping, the X1C cannot achieve one-handed opening and closing, while the Air's shaft The damping is more uniform and the feel is better. From the details, Air's one-piece molding process makes the appearance of the notebook more holistic, a sense of tightness, the tolerance of the metal casing under high-precision machining is very low, the overall workmanship is excellent, and the X1C is also good. It almost represents the highest level of ThinkPad, and the overall experience is more focused on business, and a lot of effort is made in terms of security. 7, hardware / battery life: Air slightly out In terms of hardware configuration, they all use their own "乞ä¸ç‰ˆ". In contrast, Air replaced the new processor Intel core 4260U, while the new X1C continues to use 4200U, the performance of the two is almost the same, but AIR The HD5000 is a basic low-frequency model of the GT3 class, and its graphics performance is stronger than that of the X1C HD4400. In terms of solid state drives, the two versions of the notebook are equipped with a 128GB solid state drive. For everyday use, the difference is not obvious. In terms of battery life, the Apple MacBook 13 is upgraded to the Haswell platform and claims to last up to 12 hours. The power consumption of the Mac OS system and the processor is reduced, and the official life of the ThinkPad X1C is claimed to be 9 hours, which is not much different from the actual battery life. 8, system: Mac OS / Windows habits first The dispute between Mac OS system and Windows system has always existed. It is impossible to give a clear result objectively. Generally speaking, most domestic business users have their work platform built on the Windows system, and Mac OS. For the types of work such as advertising design, graphic video and program development, they have their own strengths. In the end, it is better and worse, and it cannot be judged. There are almost all software and applications that can replace each other on their respective platforms. For users, this is actually a matter of habit. For users who use Windows for a long time, it is difficult to get started with Mac OS quickly, at least the time required. It is longer than the person who has never touched the computer at all. The interactive language of the two systems is completely different. Once one is selected, the cost of migration is not small. summary: Air's fine workmanship and minimalist design style make it easy to put it down, and the new X1C's innovative improvements in notebooks are also very exciting. Simply put, Air is more fashionable, the new X1C is more practical, and the two products represent two. The company's product philosophy is divided into two areas, in fact, it is also good, at least give you a few choices, the right to buy is in your hands, the contrast is meaningless, most people have already made it before reading this article. Decide. ARC Advanced Royal Champion , https://www.arcimportcorp.com
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