Lenovo has a strong track record when it comes to mobile workstations. We are talking about these laptops designed for everything, autonomy, resistance, hardware and connectivity that have accompanied these laptops from the Chinese company for a long time. Lenovo's P-Series is currently undergoing a major makeover, so if you're interested in upgrading your business laptops, check it out What are the characteristics of these laptops before buying anything, and it is that it is possible that they attract you both in price and performance and get one of them easily.
We go there with Lenovo devices and what are their main characteristics that determine their usefulness in order to carry out the work.
ThinkPad P51
This Nvidia laptop will have an Intel Xeon E3-V6 processor (no less), one of the best on the market, accompanied by a graphics card NVIDIA Quadro M2200M. To move all the programs without messing up, we have some succulent 64GB of DDR4 RAM. Regarding internal data storage, we will have a choice of up to 2 TB in total.
The screen is not left behind, which we will select according to our needs, FullHD both touch and classic just to see, and finally 4K UHD, all IPS panels.
The connectivity is accompanied by four USB 3.0s. a Mini DisplayPort 1,2, another Intel Thunderbolt 3 (USBC), Ethernet connection to get us out of trouble, audio jack, classic card reader and ExpressCard and finally HDMI 4.1 connection, apart from the already classic Bluetooth 4.1 vPro, WiFi and 4G LTE-A connectivity.
It will run Windows or Ubuntu, at our choice, if we have the no less than 1.400 dollars from which the laptop will start. Funny that it is cheaper than the MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
ThinPad P51s
A more stylized version of the previous one, with a smaller size but facing the same principles of resistance. In this case we will have a processor Intel Core i7 seventh generation, accompanied by a graphics card NVIDIA Quadro M520M. For storage we will choose between SSD or HDD and up to 1TB of both.
Less connectivity, of course, Bluetooth 4.1, WiFi and a 4-in-1 card reader that will get us out of trouble. The RAM memory alternatives are similar to the previous models, although nothing indicates that we can easily go from 32GB. And finally, the screen that we select based on our needs, FullHD both touch and classic just to see, and finally 4K UHD, all IPS panels.
Among other possibilities we are going to find three USB 3.0s, one of them will allow us to continuously charge any device that we connect to it. In addition, it has an Ethernet connection, an audio jack, a USB-C (Intel Thunderbolt 3) and HDMI 4.1 based on the 1.050 dollars.
ThinPad P71
What do you want power? Do not think that we were going to forget about you, and this model once again has a processor Intel Xeon E3-V6, accompanied by a NVIDIA Quadro P5000M, others 64GB of RAM to move everything easily into DDR4 category.
Storage up to 2TB on HDD, and a DVD rewriter that we can convert into a connection bay of a hard disk with up to 1TB of storage. Once again, we will choose the screen according to our needs, FullHD both touch and classic just to see, and finally 4K UHD, all IPS panels.
Connectivity is not far behind, a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), accompanied by four USB 3.0 ports, one of them with "always on" technology. Smart card reader, audio connection, classic Ethernet internet connection, a Mini DisplayPort, and HDMI 1.2 connection to get us out of the way. In wireless aspect we will have Bluetooth 4.1 vPro, data connection 4G LTE-A WWAN and the same possibilities in terms of the operating system as in the previous models, Ubuntu and Windows 10.
The price rises slightly, all available in April and for this model nothing less than the 1.850 dollars, cheap cheap.