X1 Carbon - thoroughly disappointed!!

I have been using my X1 Carbon for 6-7 months.  I have used it with an open mind long enough.  I now have to submit my final review.  
I wish I never bought this computer!  I hate it!  It is so frustrating to use I avoid using it.  Here are my top 10 reason why I hate this computer, not necessarily in order of disgust.
1. Display quality not as good as others like Samsung Series 9 
2. Intermittent WiFi connectivity.  Sometimes it automatically connects.  Other times it does not.  Random drop connections.
3. Reconfigured keyboard (I was open minded about this, but after trying for a long time it really sucks.  I hate it, especially backspace, delete, home, end, page up, page down, all arrow keys)
4. Adaptive keys (I don't use these keys much so I really did not care much initially.  My biggest problem is with the slightest touch I inadvertently but frequently activate some crapware help software Lenovo installed which I then have to close which happens everyday.  On the rare event I have needed to use a Fn key they are not nearly as responsive as a clickable Fn key)
5. Extra bloatware I don't want
6. Clickable trackpad is TERRIBLE!  This might be my biggest hate.  In particlar right clicking is so unreliable I am afrad to right click.  It works maybe 60% of the time.  Other times it does nothing or activates left click instead which opens or selects something I did not want to and then I have to undo that error.  Frustration!!
7. New trackpad makes the red dot trackpoint unusable.  I love the old trackpoint.  It is one of the main reasons I went with Lenovo again, but I never use it on this.  
8. USB ports are completely unreliable.  I am not sure they ever worked reliably, but I thought I would stick it out and assumed I was doing something wrong.  No.  They frequently disconnect whatever I have plugged into them.  Many times while while copying large amounts of data from a phone or external HDD they have disconnected me and I have to start my transfer all over.  Terrible!
9. Lack of SD card slot.  I was also open minded about this.  It is a problem, a real problem.  Basically I have not transferred over than 50% of my photos and videos taken over the last year because of it.
10. Speed is extremely unreliable, sometimes slower than 5 year old T series, and I paid for the core i7.
Here are my specs
3.3 GHZ  core i7
Win 8.1 Pro 64
8GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 4400
512 GB SSD
Wireless 7260AC with Bluetooth 4.0
I miss my T61P.  It served me well for over five years travling around the world and getting beat up and thrown around.  
I wish I would have bought the Samsung ATIV 9 Plus.

Should like a hardware problem. But what you can do is reset your bios to default and see if that helps. If you are on windows 7 you can get the firmware or driver from lenovo but I don't think that is the issue.

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    Departure Scan
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     1:22 P.M.
    Arrival Scan
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