Lenovo X1 Carbon AI Laptops Debut Space Frame Design For Better Cooling And Repairs

Lenovo is refreshing its ThinkPad X1 laptops with some exciting new hardware upgrades, not the least of which is the debut of what it calls a Space Frame design to facilitate better cooling and to make swapping out components a lot easier. This is brand new and a key differentiator from the previous generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon we reviewed. The "engineering breakthrough," as Lenovo refers to it, rethinks the interior so that components can be placed on both sides of the motherboard.

"This optimized space enables improved cooling, contributing to higher sustained performance, and in addition supports faster, simpler repairs with replaceable USB ports, battery, keyboard, speakers, and fans. It also makes room for a larger haptic touchpad," Lenovo says.

It's basically a redesign from the inside out, with what Lenovo is calling a Space Frame design because it's adding more space to the system layout. Lenovo realized ...