if anything impresses with the Lenovo Thinkcentre X1 is its design

This analysis of the Lenovo Thinkcentre X1 introduces us to an All in One with a very attractive design integrated into a 24″ display. Our test unit’s i7 6600U processor along with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD complete this computer. We’ll see how it unfolds.

An All in One with design

This analysis of the Lenovo Thinkcentre X1 introduces us to a different PC format, the All in One (AIO), a category that refers to productivity-focused computers. Traditionally they have not had great success among consumers, although certain niches such as graphic design have resorted to the convenience of having a fully integrated equipment in a screen, with little maintenance and enough power to perform tasks in principle not too demanding.

With the evolution of hardware, the performance part has improved exponentially and we even have today AIO gaming, computers that are powerful enough to be able to enjoy the latest games on the market.

The model at hand doesn’t reach this endpoint, although it does have a state-of-the-art Intel Core i7 processor along with 8 GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. Its features allow you to deliver sufficient a priori performance for office tasks and basic editing programs.

Premium finishes

The truth is that when you deal with an AIO there is not much to see, since basically, and in appearance, we are talking about a monitor. And what should we value then? Well, in this sense Apple with its iMac has offered a very solid speech, with an unequivocal design line for its equipment. Although if we compare it to a monitor of the same brand, we will be able to differentiate both by the number of connections available.

The same thing happens here. Both the appearance and the design correspond to that of a high-end monitor, with a very nice and elegant finish. The base is made of a circular piece of black-finished aluminium, from which comes a chrome bar that will serve as a support for this AIO. In this bar we have a red element that allows us to pass the cables for better management of them.

If we exclude the support and do not close exclusively to the equipment, it has dimensions of 570 mm wide by 360 mm in height. As for the thickness, it ranges from 11 mm from the top to 33 mm at the bottom, which is where the processor is located.

These figures are increased to 451 mm in height and 240 mm in background when we include the bracket, which in Lenovo they call Orchid Tilt. However, the weight is up to 5 kg, making it a non-too light equipment, largely due to the aluminum used.

It may seem big, but we’re talking about an AIO with a 24-inch screen. The front is covered by a single piece of glass in which we can appreciate the Thinkcentre logo in the lower left corner.

The anchoring of the stand to the computer allows us to pivot up to an angle of 45 degrees, something that we have been able to check in this analysis of the Lenovo Thinkcentre X1, and that allows us to view from different angles of view, and thus make our working position more flexible with the equipment.

Continuing from the rear, it features a main piece made of aluminum with the same finish as the base, which covers much of the monitor and features the Lenovo logo under relief on the left side. The characteristic Thinkcentre with the red-backlit «i» point is a common feature on Lenovo professional PCs in the upper-right corner.

The above-mentioned bottom has a structure made of a grooved black plastic, where we have all available connections along with an air outlet for the processor fan located on the top edge of the boss.

On the right side of the computer we have the power and volume control buttons, while on the opposite side we have two USB 3.0 connections, one of which has fast charging. We also have the card reader and the combined audio connection for headphones and microphone.

At the rear we also have more connections, with an RJ-45 for network, 3 additional USB 3.0 ports, and a port display to connect an additional monitor to our computer. Closing the connectivity section, we can not forget that we have AC wifi connection with built-in Bluetooth.

Maintenance and accessibility

This is a section that has always been premeditatedly out of the user’s reach, something that also happened on laptops, although it seems that little by little this is changing and manufacturers give us more facilities to keep our equipment clean. Although in this test of the Thinkcentre X1 we have discovered that this AIO does not make it entirely simple.

In fact there is no notch, opening, or screw that can be removed to access the fan and the CPU heatsink, so we will not risk damaging the chassis of the fan. Therefore the maintenance of the equipment will be limited to using a compressed air canister through the fan air outlet.

This seems like a missed opportunity to have resorted to a passive solution without fans, something that given the size of the equipment and the space available to place a large heatsink, which in addition to completely eliminating the noise (although it is fair to say that this is quite low even at maximum load), we would not have problems accumulating dirt inside.

On the other hand, given the low revs to which the fan works and the good operating temperatures, which we will see later in this test of the Lenovo Thinkcentre X1, it does not seem necessary to worry too much about this section, since the accumulation of dirt will affect later than soon.

The biggest problem we could find in this regard is the inability to expand the computer, in case you need more storage or more RAM, two elements that we should have access to make a simple change.

Screen

Speaking of a team intended for professional use, we could only encounter a screen of high quality. And here we have it, although if we consider the price of the Lenovo Thinkcentre X1, we also did not expect to have a screen at the level of what we can find on an iMac with retina display.

What we find is a 24-inch more earthly panel, with a resolution of 1920 by 1080, although thinking of the most professional users who require to spend many hours in front of it, it incorporates an anti-reflective layer that avoids much of the annoying reflections that glossy finished monitors usually have.

IPS technology also accompanies this monitor, allowing a visualization with hardly any loss of image quality, something very important if we take into account that we can pivot this AIO up to 45 degrees.

We also don’t have any complaints in brightness, being in the mean of what we might find on a good Full HD monitor with an average brightness of about 250 nits, which is what this Thinkcentre X1 declares.

One detail that we found very interesting is the presence of a tab to cover the front webcam capable of recording at 1080p, so in case you do not want to use it we can cover it and avoid any possible privacy problems.

Input and audio devices

Neither the specifications nor on the product’s own website appear, except as an optional element, but if we enter the configurator it will be when we appear that this computer includes a wireless keyboard and mouse.

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