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    ThinkPad W550s available, T550 available soon

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ibmthink, Feb 7, 2015.

  1. ibmthink

    ibmthink Notebookcheck Deity

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    As the W550s is the first of the classic ThinkPad models now available in the US, it might be a good idea to start a owners thread for it. T550 is almost identical, with only minor differences.

    W550s is available since today on Lenovo.com: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w550s/

    T550 is not yet available, but when it is, it can be found here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t550/

    Major/minor differences between both according to PSREF:
    • W550s seems to be only available with i7-CPUs (i7-5500U or i7-5600U)
    • All W550s come with the nVidia Quadro K620M - T550 is available with Intel HD 5500 or GeForce 940M
    • No HD option on the W550s, only FHD TN and FHD++ IPS

    PSREF for spec overview:
    W550s: http://psref.lenovo.com/PSREFUpload...inkPad_W550s_Platform_Specifications_v467.pdf
    T550: http://psref.lenovo.com/PSREFUpload...hinkPad_T550_Platform_Specifications_v467.pdf

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    Thinking about getting a W550s to replace my T440s (because I need more power), but they price is so high...although there is a good offer in Germany: http://www.campuspoint.de/lenovo-campus-thinkpad-w550s-20e1s00n00.html
     
    ibmthink, Feb 7, 2015
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  2. oct

    oct Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm trying to understand the target market for W550S. It's max CPU I7-5600U has 3864 avg cpu mark ( https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-5600U+@+2.60GHz&id=2456). The X230t, I just got, has I5-3320m with 4012 avg cpu mark. Am I missing anything? Both have 16GB of RAM

    The large screen is great, but is that enough to call it a workstation? We still have to see how's battery life.

    Also, dell's m3800 is thinner and has a twice as much powerful cpu, i7-4712HQ with avg cpu mark of 7608.
     
    oct, Feb 7, 2015
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  3. olakiril

    olakiril Notebook Guru

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    After returning a W540 for an XPS 15, I have no idea what Lenovo is doing. They should have a T550 which is larger than the XPS 15/M3800 with i7 quad core, GTX 960 and 32GB ram.
     
    olakiril, Feb 7, 2015
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I prefer the owners thread be started by an owner or user.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 7, 2015
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