Customer reviews from lenovo.com
Lenovo - ThinkPad P53 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive - Black
Average customer rating
4.6
(572 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 572 reviews
5 Stars
422
4 Stars
106
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
11
1 Star
13
94%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Lenovo - ThinkPad P53 15.6" Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive - Black
Posted by: Smegma Merkin
from Los Angeles, CA (Heavensville)
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Excellent laptop. Excellent laptop. Excellent laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: OmShukla
from Irving, Texas, USA
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Its a great beast .. can take load n really perform.. I just started using a bit n so far so great :)
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Norph
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] You are getting the best price and performance with this system. So far it's peforming well, the extra slots for memory and pci-e storage options make this system the best value and quality in the market currently for me.
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Posted by: cndaugherty
from New Jersey
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] the quality is obvious. From the feel of the keys to the solid feel. Great workmanship and attention to detail.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Big Ray
from Monterey, CA
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Slim, light weight, great build quality, fast, great graphics
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: GScottS
from Waterford,MI
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Quiet and good build quality. I haven’t had a chance to dive too deep but the login with fingerprint and soft texture is great.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Public Name Is Private
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] P53 with i7-9850H and RTX 5000 GPU replaced most of my hardware, and I couldn't be happier about it. At work, it's an IT-managed BYOD workstation for coding and ML. At home, it's a nice 4K gaming rig. OLED screen is amazing, LTE works fine with T-Mobile SIM. It's a bit heavy by modern standards, but given that it replaced not only a laptop and a tabled w/stylus but also two full tower PCs, <6 lb is nothing to complain about. Its 230W brick is bulky, but I carry around a smaller, lighter 170W one, and it seems to work fine when not pushing the GPU.
To keep work and home stuff separate, I added a second NVMe storage device, installed two copies of Windows 10 - Windows 10 Enterprise IT image and Windows 10 Professional MSDN image that assumed the Lenovo's key, and used Bitlocker to secure them independently. The only issue I've run into was that the OS-es LTE drivers disagreed over the modem's firmware for a while, but at some point they stopped flashing it every time the machine rebooted so I assume it's all good now. It worked fine regardless.
Because of the setup above, I couldn't use Lenovo's image and install clean OS, then used Windows Update and installed a few drivers from the support site. All the hardware works fine, and I don't care for most of Lenovo's "value add software" anyway. X-Rite calibration software has been able to download the color profiles from Lenovo's web service, so that wasn't lost either. Took a few retries though, and it keeps complaining about not supporting the external 4k monitor, a minor annoyance. I just use the Default profile though, not sure it's necessary at all. Windows Hello with face ID works fine, very convenient.
Adding the NVMe was very easy, make sure to get the right size though, PCIe M.2 2280. Upgrading RAM to 64GB was a bit tricky because it required a special keyboard removal tool Lenovo neither sells nor includes with the laptop. One would think they'd splurge with a $5K machine... Two small screwdrivers worked fine though.
Not running into any thermal issues, although it does get loud under max load. "Best Performance" (under Battery taskbar icon) is required for uncapping both CPU and GPU clock. It's too aggressive and loud for CPU performance, so have to toggle between that and "Better Performance", when it's silent on idle. Meh.
Overall, very happy with my purchase!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Europa
from Columbia, MO
Verified Purchase:Yes
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been using this laptop for a few days from tasks ranging from light gaming to clerical work and I can say that it has gracefully taken whatever I've thrown at it. I look forward to utiliizing it more to its fullest potential when I start architecture school.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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