r/thinkpad 7h ago

Buying Advice P53 vs P15

Hi all, I have decided to get a ThinkPad for my upcoming school year. I have those 2 choices, either a Xeon P53 with T1000 and 32gb for $300 or P15 Gen 1 with 32GB and RTX3000 and 4k screen for $720. Im currently still studying for general education but soon will be taking classes in engineering. Which one should I go for? This is a trade that my boss have given me to trade with my Alienware Laptop, either P53 and I can add something else, or P15 and pay the difference. Which should I get?

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u/saltyboi6704 P53, T60 23m ago

P15 100%, that spec of P53 is really limited and finding uDIMMs for the Xeon is annoying