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The specs sure sound quite interesting. Intel i9 or Xeon, 64GB memory (also ECC), dual PCIe SSD (up to 4TB), 80Wh battery. 3mm thicker than MacBook Pro, but bit lighter. And since it is part of Lenovo professional lineup, I assume you can get the onsite warranty for this, meaning the components can be actually replaced with normal tools.

Interesting to see the reviews on screen. The display has been usually the weak point on the more powerful Lenovos, but hopefully this is not the case here.

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ECC isn't available at 64GB configurations.

  Memory
  Up to 64GB DDR4 2666MHz
  *Up to 32GB for ECC

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-p/Thi...

I wonder what the explanation for this is.

Usually available DIMM sizes, 32GB ECC DIMMs may come along eventually. May also be a power restriction, since (AFAIK) ECC draws more power, so at some point the DIMM may hit an upper limit (ECC running on each refresh cycle).

The latest X1C HDR panel is just awesome. Bright and AdobeRGB 100%. I doubt the panels here are worse.

Regarding the memory size limit: unlike the 15" macbooks, ThinkPads use ram sticks that you might change/upgrade in the future.

I am telling this because the 64GB upper limit is likely to be due to current ram stick size availability. This also happened with the X220/T420 series, that were sold as supporting up to 8GB ram but only because there were no 8GB memory sticks.

When such sticks became available, those model supported them, and it was possible to have a ThinkPad X220 with 16GB of ram (I had one).

So the same might happen with the P1

As someone who has an X1, very little of it considered an FRU. my trackpoint died and in the past that meant simply replacing the keyboard, and I've done that many times. They had to have me ship it back for that.

I always update to onsite warranty because of this. It is well worth the money.

Had to get my personal X1 fixed while on a business trip in a company meeting room and another personal X1 in a hotel room while on vacation.

how do non FRUs work for onsite service? Do they just replace the whole laptop?

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