The bottom line: this is another great ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9) currently has a starting price of $1,457, and is priced at $2,135 as configured in this review ...

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop with the Intel Core Ultra 7 165U processor is usually sold for $3,499, but it's on sale from Lenovo for $2,099 right now.

Maybe so with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ... generation Intel Skylake Core i5 and i7 ULV CPUs. 8 or 16 gigs DDR3L RAM, soldered on board and not upgradeable. 128 to 512 gig M.2 SSD drives available ...