ThinkPad past several years." Although Lenovo acquired the right to use the IBM brand name for five years after its acquisition of IBM's personal computer business, Lenovo only used it for three years. The majority of ThinkPad computers since the 2005 acquisition of the brand by Lenovo have been made in China. In addition to these Chinese manufacturing facilities, Lenovo employs 300 people at a combined manufacturing and distribution center near its American headquarters in Morrisville, North Carolina. Each device made in this facility "is packed in a box that sports a red-white-and-blue sticker proclaiming "Whitsett, North Carolina." In 2012, Lenovo
ThinkPad X1 Carbon short out, leading to rapid overheating and failure. 83,500 of the laptops have been sold in the US and Canada before recall. In January 2018 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Lenovo presented their sixth generation X1 Carbon, weighing 1.13 kg. It features an 8th generation Intel i5 or i7 processor, along with up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage. X1 branding is also now present on the cover. The ThinkPad logo has changed to black instead of the previous silver branding. ThinkPad X1 Carbon The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a high-end 14-inch notebook