Lenovo ThinkPad P series
Ranked 2 of 3 mobile workstations by recommenders
People recommend the P series as a workstation-class laptop for demanding work, and several buy used models on eBay.
People recommend the P series as a workstation-class laptop for demanding work, and several buy used models on eBay.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Workstation-class laptop for demanding work
“The 15"-17" workstation class Dell Precision, Lenovo P*, HP Zbook, and Framework 16 laptops are well suited to this purpose.”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers” “Only P-series are workstations.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Apple Introduces MacBook Neo” Hardware described as great
“a few P series I've used over the years since 2021 were also great”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Quality of recent gens of Dell/Lenovo laptops worse than 10 years ago?” “The P Thinkpads hardware looks great but is out of my budget”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 on Hacker News
Other mobile workstations people recommend
The two most recommended other mobile workstations, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad P1 | 11 | 4 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Lenovo ThinkPad P seriesThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 5 | — | — |
| Lenovo ThinkPad P50 | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“omg the power draw on the P-series!”
“The 15"-17" workstation class Dell Precision, Lenovo P*, HP Zbook, and Framework 16 laptops are well suited to this purpose.”
“The secret is to buy a used ThinkPad on eBay. I have two of them.”
“Only P-series are workstations.”
“a few P series I've used over the years since 2021 were also great”
“His brother's P series should be fine, though.”
“The P Thinkpads hardware looks great but is out of my budget”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.