Lenovo ThinkPad P15

I have been daily driving a P15 (mostly as a desktop replacement for competitive gaming, along with school work) for the past 6 months, and I can safely say that this is the lowest quality ThinkPad I have ever owned, excluding my T450S. The palmrest is popping out near the keyboard, the trackpoint scroll button is tilting to the side, the screen broke from a fall inside of a Targus NotePac, and both hinge caps were loose out of the factory. Meanwhile, my T61 survived high pressure water being sprayed all over it and being dropped down a flight of hardwood stairs, my T40 and 600E were abused for years before I got my hands on them, and my T430 looks new after 9 years of use.

Bottom Line:. This is a good Linux workstation. I am extremely happy with the performance and stability after a few minor tweaks and I think that it has a good place in the P-Series if you don’t want to shell out for the P1 or P15 and still want something nice and portable.

The RAM is upgraded to more than I need, and I've got 2xSSD+1xHDD in it for storage. I have a (more or less) blank check from work to buy a new laptop, but I don't see anything in the current lineup which wouldn't be a compromise.. The P15 comes somewhat close, but the keyboard and ports are lacking for my needs. Also, why isn't it available with the fastest CPUs available right now?.

My Lenovo Thinkpad from nearly a decade ago hasn't been working too well for me lately, sometimes struggling with video calls and buffering videos. Also, it's graphics card isn't good enough to run a few games I'd like to play (Civ 6, Ori & the Blind Forest, Journey). Not sure if that's specifically something I'll have to look for or if all modern computers will be up to the task. I'm in the US, looking for something <1K.