ThinkPad P53

Lenovo

ThinkPad P53

25 positive 0 neutral 10 negative

Based on 35 Reddit mentions

$1699.00

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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

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I need a pretty tanky laptop for school.

Maybe such refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad P53 Workstation for 655 usd could be one of the options. It has grade B, so it's okay, although not exactly like new. It has CPU Intel i7 9850H, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, GPU NVIDIA Quadro T2000 GDDR5 4GB, 15.6-inch FHD display, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, Webcam, and W

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lencc in r/laptops

May 31, 2025 9:20 AM

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I’m looking for a thinkpad for a game dev course

Hey fellow Game Dev here (UE5). Well depending your use case i would rather recommend you buying a tower , rather than a laptop . As laptops tend to be underperformant around ur budget , and not only that but the models that you may be able to find used wont satisfy you needs .If you are planing to

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Low-Arugula-5179 in r/thinkpad

February 22, 2026 1:55 AM

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