ThinkPad P1 Gen 8

Lenovo

ThinkPad P1 Gen 8

113 positive 3 neutral 38 negative

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Buying Advice: ThinkPad for AI / Cybersecurity Studies

If portability doesn’t matter and performance + quiet operation are the priority, the ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 or 3 is the best ThinkPad you can buy. It has HX-series CPUs, the strongest cooling in the lineup, supports very high RAM (ideal for AI and VMs), and sustains heavy loads far better than P1 or X1

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nehro7 in r/thinkpad

December 13, 2025 5:11 PM

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Really Looking to move to an AMD Thinkpad but don't love the configurations

Lenovo has made such a model line with the Z13 and Z16, which were high-end AMD models. Unfortunately, they did not sell well, so Lenovo discontinued them. Intel is paying a lot of money to support Lenovo in the development of the X1/P1 line, so naturally, these models are Intel exclusive. AMD did t

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ibmthink in r/thinkpad

September 12, 2025 1:07 PM

5

В одно окно смотрели двое...

У меня был Thinkpad P1. Это ещё мощнее, чем X1. До сих пор есть, но не пользуюсь уже, поскольку сыпется он - то одно отвалится, то другое. Гомно. Никакого Lenovo больше.

KgLmx in r/ruAsska

April 28, 2026 1:10 PM

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I feel like I'm going insane. Why has the ENTIRE industry decided touchpad click buttons are outdated?? Is the ThinkPad the ONLY modern laptop brand that makes touchpads with physical discrete buttons?

The buttons have a touch feedback when you don't look at them. You will know if your thumb is rested on the button that you won't move the cursor. Lenovo removed the physical button on the P1 Gen6 and as a result, when working with the touchpad, I have to constantly check where my button-clicking ha

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karatedog in r/thinkpad

May 1, 2026 10:26 AM

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End of an era: Why the construction of the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 is so significant

I am not too happy with my P1 gen 6 as a long time user. The thunderbolt port is problematic in Linux, the keyboard has failed for no reason after 3.5 years of usage, and the flaws of the design make it suck more dust in between the motherboard and the keyboard than on the bottom. The performance ha

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Maleficent_Trip6885 in r/thinkpad

April 29, 2026 12:32 PM

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$3000–$4000 usd (us) college laptop

I was gonna say get a Mac probably a 15" MacBook Air M5 maxed if you want light weight and killer battery or a 16" MacBook Pro but I saw you last sentence. They are really hard to to beat for school and general usage. I hate MacOS but I can't deny the hardware is the best on the market along with th

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Spirited_Line_1702 in r/laptops

May 26, 2026 2:58 AM

1

Is this true?

If you are lucky everything works. If not everything breaks with a major update. I didn't have issues on my old Lenovo t460 , but my p1 breaks after each update. Nothing major, but without chatgpt it would be hard

M4n745 in r/MicroSlop

April 22, 2026 3:42 PM

1

buying my fist thinkpad

I recently learned that the T1g (which is the same laptop as the P1) will get a Gen 9 soon that has a 12GB VRAM SKU. If you want to get a portable laptop with a GPU, this would be the one to buy. It will be expensive, but at least it won't be immediately obsolete like the T1g/P1 Gen 8 are. For the m

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BradleyMarie in r/thinkpad

April 27, 2026 6:38 PM

1

Dell to Lenovo?

I am going to write you my 6 year experience with lenovo laptops and docking stations. We use P1 as a power laptop, and currently T16 as a light laptops. Everything was fine until cca. 2021 then the problems started with the F**** docking stations. Instead of the old ones where the laptop would lay

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Master_Kidfisto in r/sysadmin

March 23, 2026 10:13 AM

1

Which of the 2 options?

For the ThinkPad? It's an older model. and you can find options with more processing power/newer for similar pricing. Examples: Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 5 Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 6

jaksystems in r/laptops

February 1, 2026 9:54 PM

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