[Video Review] Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 – a proper mobile workstation


Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 in-depth review

Once again we are delving into the realm of mobile workstations. However, today we're not going to look at some finicky thin and light machine, that claims it can handle your heavy workloads but ends up crying on the couch after the first CAD render. No, no, no. With us, we have the ThinkPad P15 Gen 2.This time, you should expect not only a beastly processor but also a pretty capable roster of graphics cards, which maxes out with the NVIDIA RTX A5000. Of course, for this, one would need a good cooling solution, and as the ThinkPad P15v Gen 2 has shown us - this could be a problem.Howe[...]

Pros

  • Up to 128GB of RAM and 6TB of storage
  • Very good thermals
  • IPS panel with 533 nits of max brightness (BOE NV156FHM-N65 (LEN4182))
  • No PWM (BOE NV156FHM-N65 (LEN4182))
  • 91% of sRGB coverage and accurate colors with our Gaming and Web design profile (BOE NV156FHM-N65 (LEN4182))
  • Comfortable spill-resistant keyboard
  • Great battery life
  • 2x Thunderbolt 4, SD card + optional IR face recognition and fingerprint reader
  • LTE support

Cons

  • Thick and heavy
  • Quite pricy
  • Could use a better cooling

Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 - Specs

  • BOE NV156FHM-N65
  • Color accuracy  3.0  1.4
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 8000GB SSD
  • M.2 Slot
  • 2x 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 + 1x 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4  See photo
  • RAM
  • up to 128GB
  • OS
  • Windows 11 Pro, Windows 10 Pro, Linux
  • Battery
  • 94Wh, 94Wh, 4-cell, 94Wh, 6-cell
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate, Glass Fiber
  • Dimensions
  • 375.4 x 252.3 x 24.5 ~ 31.45 mm (14.78" x 9.93" x 0.96")
  • Weight
  • 2.87 kg (6.3 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 1x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
  • 2x USB Type-C
  • Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
  • HDMI
  • 2.1
  • Card reader
  • SD
  • Ethernet LAN
  • 10, 100, 1000, 2500 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.2
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5mm Combo Jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Microphone
  • Dual Array Near-Field Microphone
  • Speakers
  • Stereo Speakers by Dolby Atmos
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot
  • Kensington Lock Slot

All Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 configurations

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