Published on 2019-11-13 by Mohd
- T - Thin-ish. Medium/standard sized laptop. 14" and 15" variants available.
- X - Ultraportable. Same thickness as the T series, but with a smaller screen (12" or 13') and less expansion options in favor of weight and a Yoga (2-1, touchscreen) option.
- W - The old workstation line, discontinued in 2015 in favor of the P series. Thicker and heavier than the other classes - but you gain workstation-class graphics and CPU power.
- P - Same as the W, but given that they are newer, they are relatively light and thin.
- X1 - Flagship mainstream ThinkPad line. They tend to be comparable to the MacBook Airs in weight and thickness.
- X1 Extreme - Compared to the other X1's, the Extreme is much more comparable to the MacBook Pro in terms of weight and power. The Extreme in particular is a near perfect blend of weight, power, and durability for the traveling worker/prosumer/gamer. Battery life pays a bit for that that power tradeoff. The ThinkPad P1 is the same design, but with a Xeon and Quadro rather than an i9 and GTX. The X1 Extreme is the only ThinkPad that can be considered a 'Gaming ThinkPad' - unless you consider the PCMIA/ThunderBolt options (that can be paired with external GPUs) as well.