On the lid there’s the signature ThinkPad X1 logo with the blinking red LED and a Lenovo logo stamped in the corner. The X1 Carbon has a large center-lip with a metal plate in the shape of a pill.

For the second year in a row, there's new branding. The Gen 4 debuted a new black ThinkPad logo and a new X1 logo. Now, those two are being combined into a ThinkPad X1 logo that sits in the corner.

It has the same black ThinkPad logo that's reserved for premium devices, but it has X1 branding under it now. The body only comes in two flavors, both of which are black. There's regular black ...

Bathed in Eclipse Black, you have the traditional ThinkPad logo with the glowing dot over the letter “i” and the X1 branding. There’s also a thin aluminum bar at the top which houses the webcam.