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 ...

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 ...

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.