What is it? The Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 3 is the most affordable laptop on the market right now with an 8-core processor and 16GB of memory. It has been discontinued, which is why it is being heavily discounted. It is also one of the best value for money business laptops right now.
What makes it special and why should I buy it? Other than the fact that it comes with the ThinkPad sticker - and the expected high level of craftsmanship - the E15 Gen 3 brings together three other things that you almost never find at such a low price: 16GB of RAM, Windows 11 Pro and eight real high-performance cores. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700U CPU is still one of the fastest true mobile processors (i.e. with a low TDP) on the market.
How much does it cost? The Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 3 (20YG0031US) costs only $636.35 at Walmart.com with free delivery. That is a saving of more than $340 (about 35%) off the sticker price, which makes it a great deal in our books.
What else should we know? Since it has a 15.6-inch display, there is space for a full numeric keypad. The screen itself is a 300-nit full HD model, which is the ideal screen resolution. At under 19mm thick and weighing only 1.7Kg, it still manages to be MIL-STD-810G compliant, so should be able to take its fair share of knocks and bumps. Its 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD is big enough for most users and its Trackpoint input peripheral provides a compelling alternative to the traditional touchpad.
Any cons? There’s no fingerprint reader, which is a bit of a let down given the audience it is targeting, and the lack of a backlit keyboard is also a shame. Wireless connectivity is limited to Wi-Fi 5 only, there’s 8GB of RAM that’s soldered (and therefore not upgradable) and the battery is a puny 45WHr model.
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