ThinkPad P53

Lenovo

ThinkPad P53

25 positive 0 neutral 10 negative

Based on 35 Reddit mentions

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What’s a good older laptop for Linux?

Lenovo Thinkpad P53 - they were often used as graphics workstations and are available with 4k monitors despite their age

evild4ve in r/linux4noobs

June 1, 2025 1:55 AM

17

Maes me paso lo que a muchos les paso

A mi me pasó y ya hace un par de años la vendí... Amaba esa PC pero se convirtió en un costoso pisapapeles.. Ahora tengo una modesta lenovo p53 Y no necesito nada más.

melkor1293 in r/ticolandia

February 10, 2026 10:13 AM

7

Framework laptop with a ThinkPad keyboard

I heard that in a recent video from Framework as well. I don't know why they need such a tight gap. Lenovo managed, so did Dell, HP and even Sony when they were still using TrackPoint's. It certainly hasn't been an issue in a combined 5 years of recent Thinkpad usage (P53 for work, P14s Gen3 and the

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TomOnABudget in r/thinkpad

October 12, 2025 9:39 PM

13

Need help picking uni laptop

Lenovo workstations (preowned refurbished) are usually the bees knees I have the P53, which is unfortunately discontinued :( great laptop, has lasted me years and years without even slowing down. My beloved P53 brick

devvaughan in r/CarletonU

July 13, 2025 5:44 PM

11

BME mérnökinfóra vagy ELTE proginfóra milyen erős laptop kell?

Nem, mert ezer tab a browserben, docker konténerek, virtualbox mindenféle minden eszi a ramot. Valami ilyesmiket nézz: https://hardverapro.hu/apro/sok_lenovo_thinkpad_p53_i7-9850h_32gb_1tb_nvidia_r/friss.html https://hardverapro.hu/apro/lenovo_thinkpad_x1_extreme_4k_touch_i7_32gb_ram_2t/friss.html https://hardverap

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nkaroly in r/askhungary

May 29, 2025 8:26 AM

10

Any issues running Mint on a Thinkpad P50/P53 (advice please)

ThinkPads are generally considered to be goated in regards to Linux support. Mint should be perfectly fine because it's based on Ubuntu, and Canonical works with Lenovo to validate hardware compatibility. Don't know about specifically P50/P53, but they're usually good.

FinGamer678Nikoboi in r/linuxmint

April 26, 2026 7:58 AM

3

MSI of 10+ years died.

I’d avoid a gaming laptop if you don’t do much gaming TBH. A Dell Precision or Lenovo P Series will be much better for civil engineering and still be able to game a bit. Most of them have enough VRAM to handle most games, but will work especially well with AutoCAD Civil, InRoads, HECRAS, etc. Source

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broncofan303 in r/laptops

July 22, 2025 1:22 PM

6

Brand new chromebook. Only payed like 200 or 300 for it. But how. Absolutely nothing installed on it

I do know what I said as I never lied. I have bought a Lenovo Thinkpad P53 with these specs: i7-9850H CPU Quadro T1000 GPU (horrible but better than nothing) 32GBs of RAM 512GB M.2 NVMe If you dont understand what GBP and Thinkpad P53 is, just search it up online mate.

Jwhodis in r/computers

December 16, 2025 12:45 AM

3

P16 Gen 3 - Real-world experiences before I pull the trigger? concerned about power limitations

I'll be genuinely impressed if it can even sustain 180W load with its form factor, usually that's reserved to those comparatively ancient 5cm thick desktop replacement gaming laptops. I'm more worried about the port wearing out - I undock my P53 daily and have had the dock for the best part for 4 ye

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saltyboi6704 in r/thinkpad

March 14, 2026 9:36 PM

3

Considering buying a P53

I bought the Lenovo ThinkPad P53 in this constallation --> i7-9850H 32GB 512GB SSD NVIDIA RTX3000. Strong points are: The Notebook is powerful and durable. I can have multiple programms open without problems and the baby of a friend at some point walked on top of the Notebook (it was closed) and not

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Uebercombo in r/thinkpad

May 14, 2026 8:45 PM

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