An outstanding laptop missing one key feature. The premium Ultrabook market has really come of age. Today's options include exquisite machines such as the Dell XPS 13, Surface Laptop and HP Spectre x360, yet you could argue that Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the one design that stands the test of time.

Introduced way back in 2012 as the flagship of the ThinkPad line, the X1 Carbon has been refreshed on an almost annual basis in the interim years, with each new model retaining a familiar aesthetic while introducing improved performance and updated connectivity.