Question Is this configuration of the ThinkPad P1 worth £3,200 (~$4,000)?

[SYAS2016]

Hi all - I am considering buying a ThinkPad P1 (which has a base price of £1,449 or ~$1,800) but with the following specs, which brings the price to £3,200 or ~$4,000; my question is, is it worth the cost? My intention is to use this P1 to link to 3 external displays (I am going to buy 3x ThinkVision 27" monitors and also 1x ThinkPad's Thunderbolt 230W USB-C dock). I am mainly going to use this P1 for doing all the following simultaneously: (1) running multiple large Excel spreadsheets, (2) working on multiple PowerPoint presentations, (3) viewing multiple Adobe PDFs, (4) opening dozens of Chrome tabs and (5) playing several VLC videos, all at the same time, which is why I need the spec upgrades as detailed below.

Link to the base (£1,449/~$1,800) model: https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/p-series/ThinkPad-P1/p/22WS2WPP101

ThinkPad P1 upgraded specs, causing the price to go to £3,200 (~$4,000):

• Processor : Intel Core i7-8850H Processor (9MB Cache, up to 4.30GHz)
• Operating System : Windows 10 Pro 64
• Operating System Language : Windows 10 Pro 64 WE (EN/FR/DE/NL/IT)
• Microsoft Productivity Software : Microsoft Office Home and Business 2019 and Adobe Acrobat Standard 2017
• Display : 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, 300nits, 72% NTSC color gamut
• Memory : 32GB DDR4 2666MHz SODIMM
• Graphic Card : NVIDIA Quadro P2000 4GB GDRR5 128bits
• First Graphic Dongle : HDMI to VGA
• Camera : HD 720P Camera with microphone and ThinkShutter
• Keyboard : ThinkPad Precision Backlit Keyboard Black English (UK) with Fingerprint Reader
• Fingerprint Reader : Fingerprint Reader
• Security Chip : Hardware dTPM
• First Hard Drive : 1TB Solid State Drive, M.2 2280, NVMe, Opal
• Total Hard Drive Capacity : 1TB
• System Expansion Slots : Smart Card Reader
• Battery : 4 Cell Li-Polymer Internal Battery, 80Wh
• Power Cord : 135W AC Adapter (3pin)-UK
• WiFi Wireless LAN Adapter : Intel Wireless-AC 9560 2x2 AC, Bluetooth Version 5.0 vPro
• Ethernet Dongle : RJ45 Extension Connector
• vPro Certified Model : vPro Certified
• Display Shell : 15.6" FHD (1920x1080), IPS, No touch, 2D Camera, Mic, WLAN
• Package Box : Retail Packaging
• Language Pack : Publication-WE (EN/FR/DE/IT/NL)
• Security Software : Norton Security Deluxe-36 Month
• Warranty : 3 Year On-site

Are these specs worth £3,200 / ~$4000?

Thanks!

 

[xravenxdota]

Tbh.It's like i said if i had to pay 1200 usd for a rtx2080ti then they bloody hell hope that thing is made of gold(in my currency its 30k my whole pc only cost 17k)Well if you want a work horse then meh i guess but personally i would go with custom build.I am a sucker for a custom build as you can add your own flavor to it.It's still 4k usd hell you can get a proper 9900k system with that money.

 

[Does it work]

Honestly, I wouldn't.