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Lenovo - ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 21FA002TUS 16" Mobile Workstation - WQXGA - Intel Core i7 13th Gen i7-13700HX - 32 GB - 1 TB S - Villi Black,Storm Gray
Average customer rating
4.4
(99 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 99 reviews
5 Stars
65
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
6
1 Star
3
89%of customers recommend this product.
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55 out of
62)
Customer Reviews for Lenovo - ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 21FA002TUS 16" Mobile Workstation - WQXGA - Intel Core i7 13th Gen i7-13700HX - 32 GB - 1 TB S - Villi Black,Storm Gray
Posted by: david2703
from Yakima WA
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This reminds me of my first laptop in so many good ways.
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Posted by: Spencer at HomeSource
from Charlotte, NC
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This machine is a definite workhorse. I've had some hardware compatibility issues, but nothing that amounts to more than an annoyance. I only wish that I had read the physical specs a little more as it is a massive laptop which, in my opinion, stretches the definition of the word mobile. It works for me, but it isn't a device I would purchase for most of my users.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Posted by: David Yakima
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Fast. Well built. Heavy. Satisfying. After 7 years of dells this is so good to work with again.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Manufacturing Teacher
from Rockford, Il
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got the laptop to run CAD/CAM software and it has not disappointed. I am able to run 3 different programs at the same time and not so much as a flinch out of this machine. I am very happy with this!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Farared
Verified Purchase:Yes
By far the fastest computer we have in the office.
Written by a customer while visiting lenovo.com
Customer Rating
3
Very Limited RAM Speed Options -- Missing XMP 3.0
on July 31, 2023
Posted by: iinspired
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I just got my P16 Gen 2 in and there are a couple of oddities. I was surprised that it did not have a LAN port but this is easily corrected by using a USB to LAN adapter or a docking station. I checked and the LAN connection does work when docked. What is bugging me about this high powered laptop right now is that it does not support Intel XMP 3.0 so as you add more RAM the speed of the RAM gets reduced. This is a known issue that XMP 3.0 was designed to work around by safely over-clocking RAM that is also designed for XMP 3.0 to bring it back up the rated speed. Without XMP, you can only run up to 16GB DDR5 @ 5200, Up to 48 GB @4800, Up to 64 GB @4000 and anything over is limited at 3600. I purchased 128 GB of 5600 CL40 to increase memory in my system. Now I have to run tests to see what that does to my application. Hopefully, the rest of the system is fast enough I won't notice. I don't know if the reduced speeds translate to even lower throughput due to the potentially magnified effects of a higher CL on higher speed RAM. I may have to return the memory I bought and stick with 4800 RAM CL 34 since that might actually run faster. I hope I'm splitting hairs on the memory speed but it's logical to assume that 5600 CL40 would run faster than 3600 CL38 or CL40 and be a noticeable difference. XMP 3.0 would have been very nice to have and logical for this workstation. BTW the brightness and range of brightness on my screen is fine (WQUXGA 3840x2400 non-touch 800 nits).
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Posted by: Nickaroo321
from Atlanta,Georgia
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Great Computer and very fast. Good screen and great keyboard.
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Posted by: pgubs
from CO
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This model is a Brick House! Very mighty... but weighs almost 7lbs. I wanted a system that had at least an RTX 3500 and 32GB RAM. It's great if it is going to live on your desk 90% of the time. I would have went a different direction if I needed more portability. The big chassis allows for the components to be spread so it seems to run optimally.
It does need some configuration out of the box and although willing to help, technical support doesn't get technical enough. I had problems where I had to change the frame rate to 59.94HZ on my two external monitors to help the flickering. I also had to change the virtual memory, configure the dedicated graphics card to work with certain programs, and configure Firefox so streaming sports wasn't painful. I would have given a rating of 2 stairs if I did not figure that out, but then I finally had a helpful tecnician and had me open ESPN in Edge and it worked fine. Then I found a fix for Firefox on YouTube (link below). I prefer not to use Edge. https://softwarekeep.com/blog/speed-up-firefox-browser
I do wish it was a little lighter and it had more memory... But the Black Friday Deal was amazing and I walked away with a machine that was half the price of a machine with the same components from a different company.
Any given day, I'll have Revit, Photoshop, Premier, Outlook, 15 taps of Firefox... including one that is streaming Youtube and have had no problems since I configured everything. My only complaints are the time to configure it, no XMP in the BIOS so the RAM speed that comes with the computer cannot be fully utilized, and the weight.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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