Lenovo ThinkPad P50s Review and Specifications

May 1, 2020

The Lenovo ThinkPad P50s, though probably the slim model in its line-up, is chunky for 2016. The longer you use the ThinkPad P50s, however, the more it should start to feel a little more reasonable. The ThinkPad P50s should be judged on its own merits as a Windows 10 laptop that wasn’t meant to fill the same roles as a slim and light productivity machine.

It’s hard to hold a bulky workstation on the street, but the Lenovo ThinkPad P50s (beginning at $839; $1,537 as examined) is Lenovo’s effort to mix portability and performance. It weighs just 5 pounds, which is light for a laptop of this size and excellent for road warriors. However, it eschews a highly efficient Intel Xeon CPU for a Core i7 (although you still get a Nvidia Quadro M500M GPU with 2GB VRAM for AutoCAD or Photoshop). Whether the Lenovo ThinkPad P50s is for you depends on how much power you want versus how often you’ll want to take the machine away from your desk.

Lenovo ThinkPad P50s

Lenovo ThinkPad P50s 15.6" Mobile Workstation - Intel i7-6500U Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA Quadro M500M, Windows 7 Professional
$1,249.00

[Check our Full Review on Lenovo ThinkPad P50s here.”]

Lenovo ThinkPad P50s – Specifications


Display 15.6 (2880 x 1620 pixels) LCD display
Dimensions 14.98 x 10.17 x 0.88 (inches)
Weight 5.0 pounds
Processor 2.6-GHz Intel Core i7-6600U CPU
Operating System Windows 10 Pro
RAM 16 GB DDR4
Storage 512 GB SSD
Secondary Storage none
Graphics NVIDIA Quadro M500M 2GB
Video Memory 2 GB
Networking
  • Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC(2×2) 8260,
  • Bluetooth Version 4.1
Audio HD Audio, Dolby® Audio / stereo speakers, 1W x 2
Ports
  • 3 USB 3.0
  • 1 HDMI
  • Mini DisplayPort
  • Ethernet
  • 4-in-1 card reader
  • 1 Headset/mic combo jack
  • Security lock slot
Optical drive none

Where To Buy

Lenovo ThinkPad P50s 15.6" Mobile Workstation - Intel i7-6500U Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA Quadro M500M, Windows 7 Professional
$1,249.00

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8 Total Score
Summary

The Lenovo ThinkPad P50s is a lightweight workstation with a bright, vivid display, but it runs hot and trades power for portability.

Design
9
Keyboard, TouchPad and TrackPoint
9
Display
8.5
Graphics and Audio
8.5
Hardware and Performance
8
Heat
8
Battery Life
7
PROS
  • Lightweight and portable
  • Bright display
  • Good battery life
CONS
  • Blurry webcam
  • Bottom runs hot
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