No dispute on the last four points, but honestly... as a Thinkpad user for 7 years, I honestly prefer the current keyboard on the Carbon X1. It feels much better than the other shitty keyboards that exist, especially on most ultrabooks, and the keys don't ever get stuck compared to the old keyboard version. In fact, I think it takes the cake for favorite laptop keyboard I've ever used.

Frankly, the keyboard on my T430 is the best I've ever used. But yes, it seems to suffer from a severe case of Apple copycatness.

One thing I find odd is the statement that they asked people "from all walks of life". It may be a good idea if you're building a generic laptop, but I don't understand why you'd want to do this for a business laptop. You're not going to build high-quality professional sports equipment to cater to the amateur crowd, so why would you do this for a business machine?

It's not a chiclet keyboard - you can see the air gap under the keys in the first photo.

Or to condense it even further: Like a MacBook Air but with a trackpoint.

* Non-replaceable battery * horrible resolution (my phone has higher)

But it's 10% lighter than the T430s!!