Lenovo showed me its new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, and this year's upgrades caught me off guard

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 features a redesigned, double-sided motherboard called a Space Frame. 
• It's a significant commitment to a repairable design on a flagship product.
• Users can replace individual parts instead of buying a whole new laptop. 

Repairability was a key theme at CES this year. From removable keyboards to easy-to-access memory, manufacturers are finally catching on to consumers' desire to increase product lifespans and push back against all-or-nothing purchase cycles. 

Most laptop manufacturers are making incremental commitments to user-repairable elements, and that's great, but Lenovo went ahead and redesigned one of its flagship laptops' internal structure. 

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