June 14, 2018
BY TechSepian0
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A t the NXT BLD conference held in London, Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad P52 - a 15.6-inch laptop with VR-ready features and high-end specifications.The highlights of the new Lenovo ThinkPad P52 is the 8th Gen Intel Xeon hexa-core processor, a massive amount of storage of up to 6TB and the most attention-grabbing spec is the up to 128GB of RAM, which should be able to help this monster plow through any workload with ease.
The Lenovo ThinkPad P52 features a 15.6-inch 4K/UHD touchscreen display with 100 percent NTSC colour gamut and Adobe RGB coverage and maximum brightness of 400 nits. The 8th gen Intel Xeon hexa-core processor is paired with up to Nvidia Quadro P3200 GPU, the mobile Nvidia workstation GPU designed to support Virtual Reality and work in compact 15-inch display. The laptop supports up to 128GB DDR4 RAM (depends on the combination of ECC vs non-ECC).
Notably, Lenovo this year introduced plenty of ThinkPad laptops including the high-end ThinkPad T480s and ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2018. With the Lenovo ThinkPad P52, the company has added another laptop to its mobile workstation lineup. The ThinkPad P52 features a basic functional design similar to other ThinkPad P series laptops.
The new ThinkPad also includes two USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, three USB 3.1 Type-A, one HDMI 2.0, one mini DisplayPort 1.4, headphone jack and an SD card reader. The laptop offers Bluetooth 5, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Gigabit Ethernet and optional Cat 9 4G LTE under its connectivity suite. It measures a dimension of 14.9×9.9×1.0 in/377x252x25 mm and starts at 2.5kgs. Lenovo hasn't revealed the pricing as of yet, but it plans to make it available later this month.
Lenovo will provide a choice of five operating system options for developing needs: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home, Ubuntu, or Red Hat Linux. Lenovo Vantage and a trial of Microsoft Office 2016 will be pre-loaded. The ThinkPad P52 comes with an infrared camera for facial recognition in Windows Hello, and an additional 720p webcam as well.
| Lenovo ThinkPad P52 | |
| CPU | Up to an 8th Gen Intel Xeon hexa-core |
| GPU | Up to Nvidia Quadro P3200 |
| RAM | Up to 128GB |
| Storage | Up to 6TB |
| Display | 15.6-inches, 1080p or 4K |
| Ports | USB 3.1, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, SD Card Reader, Smart Card |
| Size | 15 x 9.9 x 0.96 inches |
| Weight | 5.4 pounds |
