Lenovo ThinkPad W540 Review: A Business Powerhouse
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The Lenovo W series is a powerful and affordable beast that can do what a MacBook Pro with Retina cannot, run CAD programs effortlessly.
Most people who buy the macbooks spend 2k for a machine to watch youtube and check their facebook.
Shaojackify Which I find hilarious and ridiculous, a $99 Windows Tablet like the HP stream 7 can easily do that.
I use this at work. I also run a MacBook Pro with Retina display at home. In my experience, the MacBook Pro runs AutoCad 2015 much smoother and quicker. My W540 is a good computer, but for over $2,500 (for my configuration), my cheaper MacBook Pro has given me a better experience.
doubt it
@@danielwwf82 Hmmm..... $2500, vs. $370, and you get roughly, the same performance. I' assume you have the K1100m in your W540? My W540 K2100m runs AutoCAD 2015 quite a bit better than my workmates MacBook Pro. As a matter of fact, she's offered to purchase my W540 i7-4800mq, if I replace the IPS panel, with a 3k screen.
I know this is a very old video, but I'm going to chime in anyways. I noticed a lot of negative comments on this portable graphics workstation. I bought a used one and did all the upgrades:
i7-4800mq
K2100m Graphics
32gb/RAM
Samsung, 860 EVO 500gb SSDx2
IPS display (Lenovo upgrade)
T450 trackpad transplant (done before I bought it.)
PCIexpress, that added an additional, two USB 3.0 ports
Win7Pro (I chose this due to Win7's excellent gaming capabilities).
This computer, is replacing my T440p, with nVidia GT 730m graphics, and i7-4700mq processor. A beast in it's own right!
I paid $370 USD off Ebay. Upgrades cost me another $183.
First off, those who said it's junk?... It's STILL a thinkpad, and built like a tank. Dropping it, or spilling liquid on it, STILL does no harm.
Yes, the original trackpad sux, however, as I'm a "mouser", I don't really care.
The display, without question, is one of the best I've ever used.
The keyboard on the T420 is better, yes. However the W540 keyboard is still LEAGUES above 90% of other laptops, AND it's backlit.
I've heard that it's not a very good "gamer". I disagree. It hasn't failed to play any game I have, on at LEAST, high settings.
The K2100m Graphics, plays older games MUCH better than any newer GPU. It also plays NEWER games as well, and nearly as well as some of the newer, dedicated, video chipsets. It plays ANYTHING I want to play with ALL the graphics option on "Ultra".
I have YET to see any newer computer, that DOESN'T have a $3500+ price tag, that performs better overall than the W540.
The i7-4800mq processor, out performs MOST newer processors for over all, real world computing. In short, the ThinkPad W540 is a pure, unadulterated BEAST, with the right combination of upgrades.
For $553, you're NOT going to find a better, across-the-board performer!
For the naysayers.... You obviously haven't used one of these. If the funky trackpad is THAT important to you, then THIS machine just isn't for you, Go buy a "Wally-World" special, with a "button clicky" touchpad.
Thanks for chiming in with your thoughts and how effective it is for you
@@BooredAtWork You're welcome. Great video, BTW. It just chaps my hide to see stupid comments like "Crappy touchpad! Junk!" These are comment made by those who shouldn't be trusted with pointy objects, children, or decent laptops. If you don't like the trackpad, REPLACE IT! $25, and ten minutes (or less) of your time, are all it takes.
I've been a computer programmer/builder/repairman, since 1978, and I'm telling you, that the W540, along with the T420/T430/T440p, are the best built, most serviceable, most capable machines ever built, in my opinion, and I've either owned, worked on, or currently own nearly everything that's been built, at one time, or another. :)
@@BooredAtWork I own anywhere between 50, and 100 laptops at any given time, and for the last seven years, the T420 (4 yrs),T440p ( the last 3yrs) were my "Daily Drivers", and the W540, is my newest, "DD". :D
@@dragunovbushcraft152 so u would recommend it to a java, c, python programmer? I am curently studying programming and my laptop died so Im choosing a new one and deciding between t440p, t450p and w450. I also want to edit videos m there and play some basic games like cs:go, garry's mod, wow, halo2 and I would like to also play pubg on it, but it is not that important as i have it on my phone, but I found w540 just with inteh hd graphics, is it possible to exchange the gpu or connect external one in this laptop?
@@CalistFitness I would recommend it for just about everything but the newest, graphics applications. Even then, it may be an adequate budget machine.
I just purchased now in 2022, its amazing performance,
adobe photoshop, coreldraw, adobe after effect , runs smoothly, my problem solves.
Wow amazingg
You have the Quadro K2100M and 4th gen i7?
This is an older device now. The older models like the W510, W520 and W530 are still available as refurbs and are really good for editing photos and videos. Some of the W's even have hardware colour calibration. Even the older models have excellent screens. Lots of repair and upgrade parts are still available. If you drop one, you should worry about breaking your foot or the floor. The ThinkPad will be fine!
I've just ordered one yesterday. Definetely a good laptop.
We are close to 2021 and while Apple and other companies want to charge you 1.5k+ for their latest models, this ancient masterpiece is by far the best laptop for the money. You can't beat those specs for the $400 a refurbished unit costs. I am going for it and move on with my video editing projects. :)
How’s it doing, I’m currently debating if I should get this one for video editing purposes.
@@sem_7015 I ended up getting the W541. No major difference. Just the touchpad buttons are back. I did some research and these W500 models have some compatibility issue with Premiere Pro 2020, which forced me to install the Adobe 2019 suite. I have not had any compatibility issues. My workflow is smooth and tidy with this laptop. The one thing I did have to tweak was: set Premiere Pro to automatically turn off the GPU when rendering. The NDIVIA GPU isn't powerful enough, so it crashes when rendering complex compositions.
ugly as all heck for those who do not have any idea about thinkpads - the problem is exactly the opposite, that it does not look as classic as it should - do your homework boys about thinkpads and then comment - there is a large number of very bad choices in the new thinkpads - most of them have to do with drop of quality, no status leds, not so sturdy case, out of center trackpoint because of num keypad, no lid lock, screen flexes, and !!!! no trackpoint buttons!!!! what is this awful touchpad design??
So...you like the older Thinkpads with perhaps what...the hiherst rez IPS screen? Maybe a T-60? Why not tell us what you DO like. That would be of more help.
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@@geraldhenrickson7472 obviously i like the rest, but thankfully since that time many things have improved, but i still rely on my w520
lol testing WOW on a business powerhouse, how ironic
I do utterly detest new laptop keyboards. Lenovo completely dropped the ball when they changed from the classic design.
Because of this, Thinkpads went overnight from being for Linux geeks, programmers, engineers, etc. to being better-suited for useless farting around like a Dell or Macbook or something. Getting anything done quickly on one of those keyboards isn't a waltz like with the old ones, but a wrestling match.
Hi, did it good for architecture software like autocad, sketchup, vray, 3dsmax, lumion 3d, photoshop, illustrator??
I'm interested in finding this out too
I have this and I can says this is good ❤💯😍
Nice review. What would you think it is a better option for architecture and engineering. Lenovo W540 vs Dell Precision M4800?
Honestly, I have issues with Dell's QC. I have no issues with Lenovo QC.....Yet.
Hey Matt,
I'm a researcher thinking about get this. I run Qgis/Arcgis (similar to cad I suppose), lots of R and MS Access. I also do a little bit of gaming here and there (mainly LoL).
Will this meet my needs (I have it priced at $2200), with the SSD driving up the price, the 1100 GFX card and i7-4700 processor.
Thanks!
NO HOW COULD THEY DO THAT MAC FAIL THE USB IS SO CLOSE YOU CANT USE 2x FLASH DRIVES
Hi Matt, excellent review! Can you tell me how the 2880x1620 screen you have compares to a macbook pro retina? Also, any scaling problems using photoshop cc with this laptop? Thanks very much, best, rick
"and a little port right here" UMMMMM What port was that?
an expresscard port
i wonder if this laptop would perform right in 2020
it's alright, does most things pretty well, if a craptop is a toyota camry, and a new P15 is a corvette c8, this is a corvette from the 90s.
bought 25 X240 laptops for company 8 laptops replaced in 3 months still some have issues
Would this be good for editing gaming videos on using the elgato and sony vegas?
Just Zach every high end computer will be good. Its all about internal parts. When You buy thinkpad its more about quality of extrerlan parts, good screen and maybe sometimes - quadro graphic usefull in the cad applications.
The shell of the laptop looks really flexible, like it looked as if you were bending the lid when you were opening it. Does it really flex like that?
I can confirm there's a lot of flex. The hinges being tight are also a reason. My W540's display has warped a tiny not-very-noticable-bit due to the years of opening and closing it. I would suggest loosening the hinges a bit.
caplock button no have light on it... it bad with me ... lenovo! just keep ibm original keyboard
is this made in china or USA? Cause I heard that they started a new Thinkpad assembly line in NC ..
designed in china assembled in usa? what a rebel :D
Person who give idea with NUMPAD on this computer should be fired and sentence to working in the mine for the end of his life.
why lol
Hi Im Seyf
Because when you use it on you laps, it's hard to type because you're off balance.
what about other laptops with number keyboard?
@@autolubesoilservice1541 Protip most people dont actually use laptops on their laps.
The offset keyboard is my second biggest complaint about this laptop. The keys feel good, just the positioning is off. The first complaint is the trackpad buttons.
I have this laptop Its got 20gb ram and 256gb ssd and its so so so quick
Apple ka hisab alaghe uske liye Hur cheez topki honi chahiye net ka cannection , usb data wali , software
Good for autocad 2016 and revit?
Yep!
I am still waiting. Take away the cd drive (add a fan there to cool it more and go thin), swap the vga for hdmi, add option for touch, and I would consider this.
But too many people use the optical drive for Lenovo to do that, like me for example, I have textbooks on CD, and I get CAD software on DVD, etc. And thinness is not the biggest concern for workstation lappy. However, another fan or even a multibay graphics card like the Y510p would make sense to most users not using optical media as much.
Chuckles DeClown Get external and copy them to disk. turn cds into ISOs and preserve the originals. I personally have dozens of DVDs and software but all are turned into ISOs. Preserves them. Harddrives are large enough and networks are fast enough to not need a DVD drive IMHumbleO
Does this run the latest iteration of WoW (Warlords of Draenor) really well? The GPU isn't the best, but the CPU is top-notch.
If you want a gaming laptop get a consumer/gaming machine. It will be cheaper and higher specced for that. These cost more because the quadro gfx GPUs are necessary for cad purposes. A very niche purpose. If you don't do cad your an idiot to get one of these. Thinkpads and the like are also famous for external build durability at the expense of size/style. This is important for a work laptop, heavily used, shared etc. But not for a personal one which is more carefully looked after.
dfpguitar the GPU is not only for CAD, but for other engineering applications as well. I have the W541
Thinkpads make fantastic music audio and MIDI sequencing machines; really rock solid and work reliably with other hardware, and do not cause unwanted noise issues. Compared to other laptops I have used including a Mac, the Thinkpads just plain damn work with no aggravation. I'm using older Thinkpads though, so not sure how the newer models like the W540 compare. I have considered the W530 but to be honest, I do not really need it.
@@dfpguitar I beg to differ. I use mine for graphics/animation work, and for playing games. It's just fine for an upper-mid range gamer, if you have the K2100m graphics.
is there any display port there?
there is mini display port on the left side of the machine yes
Atm me rukhta nahi chulo me jugad bhi kurdu to uspe me jada sikyat nahi kursukta
No hdmi?
does this laptop have a fingerprint
Yes
Dang I don't like the keyboard or trackpad. Lenovo what happened to Thinkpads?
Go buy a Dell then. That leaves more ThinkPads for me.
Im still using my W510. I was going to upgrade to a W540 until reading about the horrible keyboard layout and touchpad design on the newer models.
Don't knock it til you try it. The W540 will absolutely blow away your W510 in EVERY performance category.
@@dragunovbushcraft152 3 years late man 😢
@@GlassJoe-fgc I'm sooooo sorry. :(
@@GlassJoe-fgc Good news though, is the W540 is a great deal right now.
@@dragunovbushcraft152 Yeah. I bought one last Friday
I still have this laptop with me and looks like it's not going to die soon enough. Still looks like new, albeit some dust in the insides that I blowed off with some air. I use it as my daily driver.
Will update if it ever dies, seems pretty unlikely it will die by itself though.
Has it died yet?
Well, looks like the W530 was the last real ThinkPad.. This looks like the consumer line of junk laptops from Lenovo...
I own a t530 and w540. To me, the centered keyboard of the t530 is it's greatest benefit over the 540. That said, the 540 screen options ( 3k IPS and in my case a custom installed 1080 IPS panel) are better than even the legendary panel in the 530.
Клавиатура водонепроницаемая, хочу заменить на новую, но все продавцы говорят что ее замнет и про всякие краштесты не знают.
Pur uski accesories hogi nahi logope hogi bhi to laptop ke alawa uske alag dam charge na kure
Oh God 930$ Just an Upgrade from Intel Core i7-4900MQ to 4930MX? in fact Intel i7-4930MX is just slight performance increment just very few!! NOT WORTH 930$$$ Anyway
Not even a mention of the thunderbolt port,so I'm thinking[musician-who desperately needs thunderbolt 2] ,that [since it wasn't even mentioned] it's the lowly thunderbolt 1,little more than a mini display port in it's usefulness for external sonnet pcie in order to run UAD plugins et al? little more than 1000 USD,but in Oz 2,5K AUD 3 + if i7 4900mq =ridiculous, macs do not run my daw software,and even more insane pricing.I'm just such a happy guy.
i lost my f key on that computer :( my battery in the computer is 30 min because the battery got old so i have to replace it
Gauva 0rca wait all this happened the same to and did you give to someone computer? In cyprus?
This computer sucks, just google "W540 won't wake up" If you own this computer there is a problem with BIOS and Intel Driver compatibility whereby anytime it goes to sleep or hibernates the main monitor won't wake up. However, if you are running multiple monitors the other ones will. I've tried updating bios, drivers and the like including downgrading and cannot get this solved. Lenovo is silent on this issue.
Hum etne Ameer nahi he ki roj software hi lete rahenge eskeliye mehge mehge
Lol that wobbly LCD looks funny to me (t60p user :) )
is this 16:10 display ?
Muje toughbook achi lugi thi
Do u think this is suitable for video editing
for sure
YEP!
Ese to acha mera hi system he samne lo dikkat hue to sahi kuralao unihse
thank you very nice review
Ek bar mal aagaya to kuch hi dino ki guarantee hotihe or ye cheeze ka koe bhurosa nahi hota
Workstation chahe kiska bhi ho hp dell lenevo ThinkPad sub ache hote
w530 is better
fight me
Not. The 4thGen Haswell is a MUCH better performer than any 3rdGen Ivy Bridge. Faster processor, better.... MUCH better video.
Ese achi quality dell ki he
Muje dell hi pusand he , ya hp , ya Japan ke laptop bus
OFG, this is a review? "playing WoW on battery" yeah pretty much tells everything US customers need to know, WTF, get some burger and go home
One of the worst. Right at the beginning of this video, can't even tell where the USB 3.0 are located, as they do not have a blue tongue. No HD light, No locking lid, No WiFi switch, the worst track pad EVER!, improperly labelled F-keys, no lights under scroll-lock, num-lock etc., no light on power brick, drive bay not easily removable, terrible phone jack, SD card slot physically impossible to use ... Too much to write about.... not a workstation. Obviously from the video, a toy.
Both IPS screen for the 540 are excellent though, a step up from even the legendary panel of 530. The trackpad is upgradable. I guess it depends on which features are used by the owner. To me lack of lights doesnt hurt my activities. I agree though that the offcenter keyboard was a big step down even though the keys feel good.
Then get yourself a T430. The USB is marked with "SS". look a little harder. You don't NEED all the extra lights, The trackpad works just fine if you bother to learn how to use it.
It sounds to me, like you were born with either no hands, or eyes, or a sub-par brain (16bit Processor, 8 bit bus).
Subme kuch na kuch khas he esliye eska nam aap ye kaho sub Esme acha to esa kuch nahi
Ye Etna powerful bhi nahi hoga jitna dell
Hul to bahut he logope cheez to ho
Can u give me this ?? :')
Ek or hul he phir pur wo ho jub
Judging by the reviews, this is an awful, awful machine.
Then go buy a Mac.
OMG at 0:19 subliminal message !!! .....wait its a crumpled piece of paper on a desk ...why?
hm... reading the comments i better choose another brand
friends suggested a thinkpad cause its sturdy built or better was...
No paper visible anywhere. Stay off the drugs.
No it's true check it at 0.25X speed
Age of Reason Meth guy crack your eyes open
Apple sahi he pur buchodihe usme
No they didn't make the trackpad a button! Hahahha!!! What a joke.
Lan hiç türk yokmu izleyen yav
Windows subse budiya he
Chamar jesa lug bus eska keyboard acha lug, or eski sukal
I would rather use my 2000 buy macbook pro 15
I'm jelly
Sad to say Lenovo RUINED the Thinkpad. Once a great brand has been reduced to cheap junk. Typical of made in China stuff.
This computer sucks, just google "W540 won't wake up" If you own this computer there is a problem with BIOS and Intel Driver compatibility whereby anytime it goes to sleep or hibernates the main monitor won't wake up. However, if you are running multiple monitors the other ones will. I've tried updating bios, drivers and the like including downgrading and cannot get this solved. Lenovo is silent on this issue.
You get like a 3 year onsite warranty with these business machines, surely theyll fix it?
Then don't buy it. Leave it for me.