Lenovo ThinkPad P52 Brings VR Support with New Quadro P3200 GPU and 128GB RAM
Jun. 14, 2018After several new products in the ThinkPad series a few months ago, Lenovo has nowintroduced a new mobile workstation – ThinkPad P22. The P22 comes with the latestIntel Coffee Lakeprocessors, a powerful GPU, and support for VR.
The ThinkPad P22 is a compelling choice for those who want to perform multiple demanding tasks all at once. It comes with hexacore CPUs with optionsup to 8th-Gen Intel Xeonprocessors. Those buying this workstation can opt to add up to 128GB of RAM and up to 6TB of storage.
The 15.6-inch display comes inFull HD non-touch and 4K/UHD touchscreen variantswhich is certified for 100 percent of Adobe RGB. Forgaming and other graphics-intensive tasks, the ThinkPad P52 gets anNVIDIA Quadro P3200which is the mobile version ofNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. Although not as capable as the GTX 1060 itself, the GPU is pretty powerful andadds VR capabilities to the workstation.
The ThinkPad P52 follows the characteristic design language of the other ThinkPad workstations. Just like its predecessor, theP52 also features a numpadand comes with twoThunderbolt 3ports while the ExpressCard slot has been removed.
Lenovo also gives you the option to choose an Infrared camera as a webcam for smooth login using Windows Hello while a fingerprint scanner comes as standard. Additionally, you get standard connectivity options such as USB 3.1, HDMI, SD card, ethernet, and even a Smart Card reader.
But all this power is strapped with a significant bulk andthe laptop weighs 2.45 kg. The ThinkPad P52 will beavailable starting the end of Juneand while Lenovo has not talked about the pricing of the workstation, we expect it to be upwards of $1,000 easily.
Back in April,Lenovo introducedthe lightweight X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga, and other ThinkPad laptops in the X, T, and L series to suit customers with different budget constraints.
