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

The T480 was the best thing I've ever bought in my life. (no joke)

My p53 with the RTX 4000 is the best purchase I made. it repalced my p53 with the t2000, whcih replaced my p52 with the p1000, which replaced my p50. Having a numpad is a HUGE must for me when travelling. Moving my 128 GB RAM and my multiple m.2 ssd's between these made it worth it. Do I need 128 GB

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Bolinious in r/thinkpad

April 20, 2026 1:58 AM

2

Recherche ordi portable pour étude

Si tu n'as rien contre l'occasion, cherche sur backmarket : j'ai trouvé ce laptop avec une rtx quadro 3000 et 32gb de ram pour moins de 700e. https://www.backmarket.fr/fr-fr/p/lenovo-thinkpad-p53-15 Quant à la question sur les macd, je suppose que c'est des questions de compatibilité logiciel (pas d

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tyanu_khah in r/pcmasterraceFR

December 12, 2025 7:37 PM

2

Running Single Node OpenShift (SNO/OKD) on Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 with Proxmox

First, make sure you have enough RAM, cores and disk space. I used to run SNO with VMware workstation on a Lenovo P53 and was still able to work, but the fans were running at max. speed. Was OK. Now I run it with KVM on an old HP Z820. Feels way snapier than the on-prem clusters at work. If you meet

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AvgExcepionalPanda in r/openshift

December 15, 2025 2:54 PM

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