Your system choice is dictated mostly by screen size. The P50 is the vaguely portable option, with a 15.6-inch display, a 5.6-pound body and a single Thunderbolt 3 port that complements the three storage bays and gobs of input. The P70, meanwhile, is Lenovo's first 17-inch mobile workstation since the oddball ThinkPad W700 from 2009, and has the specs you'd hope for in a beastly machine. If you're willing to lug around a 7.6-pound PC, you'll get four storage bays and a second Thunderbolt port.

You'll unfortunately have to wait until the fourth quarter of the year to snap up either of these ThinkPads. However, you at least won't have to pay a premium if you can go without luxuries like 4K. The P50 starts at $1,599 with a 1080p display, while springing for the P70 will cost $1,999 and up.