ThinkPad P16 G2: Lenovo should offer more SSD storage slots

[Redaktion]

We recently reviewed the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2, the biggest and thickest ThinkPad workstation. While this powerhouse offers much more expandability than smaller models, we still find one area lacking: There are only two M.2 2280 storage slots.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/ThinkPad-P16-G2-Lenovo-should-offer-more-SSD-storage-slots.813080.0.html

[NikoB]

Firstly, as the review showed, it has a completely mediocre screen with low ppi. Anything below 220-230 ppi is a priori bad screens for text and graphics. For many years now, all laptops, like smartphones, should only have screens with a ppi above 220-230, i.e. Only 4k screens are really good for text and graphics. Who needs 3D with high fps - 4k switches perfectly to fhd mode with perfect pixel sharpness.

Secondly. 3 slots don't make any difference. Only 4 slots matter (which support double-sided SSDs, which the review authors do not indicate), because... only 4 slots allow you to create a fault-tolerant RAID10, which is mandatory when working with professional data. And this is especially critical when working with SSDs - which suddenly fail with 100% data loss.

Therefore, this series is definitely not professional, but amateur. Lenovo can call it whatever they want, but the reality is that it is not suitable for professional data work.

[Lenovo_Needs_Help]

If you want more storage lots, then Lenovo forces you to buy their least reliable ThinkPads: the E series. I've seen so many issues with them, but at least you can get AMD + more than one M.2 storage slot. X, T, Z, and most P series you cannot have AMD and more than 1 NVMe, which is ridiculous.