Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen1 laptop review: Mobile workstation with a weak spot in the keyboard

[Redaktion]

After we tested the ThinkPad T15g with a GeForce GPU, we now take a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 1 model. The entry-level version of the workstation fares well in terms of the performance, but it shows a surprising weakness in the input devices.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-P15-Gen1-laptop-review-Mobile-workstation-with-a-weak-spot-in-the-keyboard.526237.0.html

[panzersharkcat]

Is there a link to the T15g review? I'm not seeing it when I look for it. Might have overlooked it.

Judging by this, it looks like Gen 2 will be a good upgrade over my P53. Gen 1, not so much. Hopefully Gen 2 has Ryzen options but as long as Tiger Lake H is competitive, I'll be reasonably happy.

[xpclient]

In all ThinkPads, Lenovo has adopted the ClickPad for the touchpad and kept only the upper buttons. This is a mistake in my opinion. They are copying what Dell and HP and everyone else did with the touchpads but people buy ThinkPads for their superior input devices - that includes superior touchpad and keyboard too - not just the TrackPoint.

Oh well there's nothing we can do about it as every single touchpad of current generation lacks the bottom buttons.

I am looking forward to gen 2 of ThinkPad T15p or ThinkPad P1 Gen 4. I hope with Tiger Lake 10nm, at least one of them will be USB-C chargeable yet remain in the 1.7-2 kg range (or become lighter) and retain the 2 x M.2 slots.

[Diego Sabolo]

Great review! Writing this from my p15v XEON using Linux.