Lenovo ThinkPad W550s-20E1000BPB
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Average of 7 scores (from 8 reviews)
Reviews for the Lenovo ThinkPad W550s-20E1000BPB
Source: Hot Hardware Archive.org version
The Lenovo ThinkPad W550s has the performance chops to satisfy most creative pros. It’s also good for some gaming in your downtime, and HD video work isn’t a problem, either. The W550s has a tough competitor in the Dell Precision M3800, as we saw in our tests – both systems offer solid performance for their size and price.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/15/2015
Source: Tweaktown Archive.org version
The W550s comes equipped with just about everything you would want. The feature load out and bundled software is typical for Lenovo devices so we had no surprises there. We were rather surprised to see only dual-core processors available for the W500 which somewhat limit mobile workstation use, but overall the Intel Core i7-5600U processor that came equipped with our review unit was able to keep up with us just fine. If you needed to do heavy duty video work or encoding, you might want to take a look at the W540 instead because the CPU's you can pick from can have as many as 4 cores or double what you can get with the W550s.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 06/05/2015
Rating: Total score: 95% price: 95% performance: 90% features: 96% workmanship: 97%
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
The Lenovo ThinkPad W550s is a solid laptop for the user who needs basic workstation capabilities, but puts portability first. If you are frequently on the road, or you regularly shuttle back and forth between locations, the ThinkPad W550s is a great pick, thanks to the thin and light design, combined with the extremely impressive 17+ hours of battery life. In terms of performance, however, the Lenovo ThinkPad W540 is still our top pick, offering more processing power and better graphics capability.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/21/2015
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
While the W550s isn't quite as fast or as light as HP's Zbook 15u G2 or MSI's WS60, its monstrous 16-hour battery life makes up for that. And at $2,460, it costs $200 less than the MSI, while also featuring an excellent keyboard and military-grade 810G durability. Other highlights include a bright display with accurate colors and fairly speedy graphics performance.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/04/2015
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Computer Shopper Archive.org version
All in all, the ThinkPad W550s is about as good as a dual-core mobile workstation gets, but "dual-core" is an important qualifier. As we saw with HP's ZBook 14 G2, the W550s can't match the raw performance of its predecessor, with the difference between "Broadwell" and "Haswell" underscored by the company's decision to use a lower-end Quadro GPU as well.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/01/2015
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Notebookreview.com Archive.org version
The ThinkPad W550s has such an abundance of great qualities that we basically have to recommend it. The W550s combines an excellent quality 3K (2880×1620 resolution) touch IPS display, wonderful keyboard, clickpad and TrackPoint along with 15 hours of battery life into an exceptionally strong chassis that’s 20 percent thinner than Lenovo’s W541 workstation.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/30/2015
Rating: Total score: 69%
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
With understated aesthetics and a durable design, there is much to love about the ThinkPad W550s, if you can afford it. Long battery life and a large, high resolution display keeps you productive longer while you're mobile. Plus, the docking port allows users to take the ThinkPad W550s back to their desks to use as a desktop replacement, given its strong performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/30/2015
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Source: Benchmark.pl PL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/19/2015
Rating: Total score: 95%
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Model: The Lenovo ThinkPad W550s-20E1000BPB is powerful mobile workstation that can withstand rigorous usage as it passes 11 military spec tests. Needless to say the device has a solid chassis that is durable while still preserving a very slim and streamline profile. Design is kept simple with a textured black finish that looks professional and serious. The Lenovo ThinkPad W550s-20E1000BPB variant sports the highest hardware specifications such as an Intel Core i7-5600U processor, a maximum of 16 GB RAM, an NVIDIA K620M GPU with 2 GB dedicated VRAM and a selection of storage options ranging from 500 GB HDD to 512 GB SSD.
The laptop comes with a full-sized keyboard that is spill resistant as well as ThinkPad's famous Trackpad and TrackPoint for navigation. It features a 15.5 inch 3K IPS panel with optional touchscreen capability. Other features found on the laptop are three USB 3.0 ports, a VGA out, a mini DisplayPort, a proprietary docking port and a card reader. The laptop weighs in at 4.92 lbs (2.23 kg) and users can select the operating system installed with Windows 8.1 being the currently best. Audio quality is good with Dolby Advance Audio speakers. Battery life depends on the battery pack selected, which comes in the form of a 3-cell or 6-cell option.
NVIDIA Quadro K620M: Workstation graphics card based on the 28 nm GM108 Maxwell chip with 384 shaders and a 64-bit memory interface.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
5600U: Broadwell-based ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for notebooks and ultrabooks. Offers an integrated HD Graphics 5500 GPU and is manufactured in 14 nm.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.60":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.
In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.
In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.
82.71%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
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