Originally Posted by
KRSW
Does anyone have a Lenovo P-series laptop? If so, what are your thoughts on them?
I've played with an eval P50 that my prior employer had on loan from a rep -- they had it for a few days, I got to play with it for maybe about 20 minutes.
I prefer the ergonomics on the new Dell Precision 7510, but it seems like a very good machine.
Our office standard-issue are T-series ThinkPads, usually full-blown, but it appears you can't get any of the newer models with Quad-Core CPUs. Nor can you stuff a decent amount of RAM into a T-series. BUT, the P-series does!
If you can actually get one (still not showing up for direct order on Lenovo.com or on CDW), the T460p goes up to 32gb RAM and has a quad core CPU option.
For similar machines, the Dell Latitude 5470 is also a good bit lighter than the 15" ones. The Dell Latitude 5570 and Precision 3510 (closely related models) are a good bit cheaper than the P50 or 7510, although not much lighter.
It'll be replacing a full-blown ~2009 Macbook Pro, with my Unix load averages running ~8-15 most of the time I'm using it. Yes, 8.0-15.0. It is as miserable to use as you would guess. Worst, the Mac drops keystrokes under high load.
If you want something with a similar form factor to the Macbook Pro, the Dell Precision 5510 or the HP Z-book Studio (if you can live with the gawdawful HP keyboard) are both PC-branded Macbook Pro clones, and go up to 32gb unlike the real MBP.
Also, the new MBP is coming out one of these days soon, and it will feature a Skylake processor which should go up to 32gb. I always recommend against running Windows on a Mac, but if happy about using the MacOS now, it should run rings around a 2009 Core 2-based model. (As would a 16GB 2014-2015 Haswell-based model.)
Originally Posted by
chx1975
What T450p? They skipped that one, went from T440p (Haswell) to T460p (Skylake.)
Had the T450p been released with a quad-core Broadwell chip, it
would go to 32gb.
Originally Posted by
Dodge DeBoulet
3K on a 14" display isn't a big win in my estimation. It should support 3K (or even 4K) with the discrete GPU on an external display, though.
Especially as it's already got WQHD (2.5K) not just 1080p.
I'm actually moving down from WQHD+ (3200x1600) on my current machine to 1920x1080 on my new one -- moving from laptop screen to non-HiDPI desktop monitor decently requires signing out, which is too big a pain to be worth it.
I had originally planned on buying a P50 once they were released, but the quad cores available are very power hungry, and it ships with a 190W power supply.
That's entirely the need to support non-CPU stuff, especially a large GPU. The Dell 5470 with a quad core and no dGPU runs OK on 65W. The CPU maxes out at 45W, and the bigger GPU in the P50 at 55W. I'm not sure why they don't let you run that with a 130W adapter.
At this point I'm waiting for the T460P's variants with the i7-6700HQ or i7-6800HQ processors (4 cores/8 threads) and discrete GPU to become available. 32GB should last me a few years.
Pretty sure that there's no 6800HQ, just 6700HQ or 6820HQ.