Ask HN: Mobile workstation class laptop without full number keypad included

3 points by akulbe ↗ HN
I used to have a ThinkPad W530. It was a glorious machine. Its successor, the W540 has a full number pad on the right side of the keyboard. Because of this, the trackpad isn't centered, but skewed to the left.

This is a horrible design decision, in my opinion, and very common now.

I'd like to get a laptop that'll take 32GB of RAM (preferably 64GB)

The "P" series ThinkPads go to 64, but that number pad. UGH.

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"Workstation" is pretty ambiguous. Besides the numberpad, what performance bottle neck needs to be addressed that isn't addressed by current generation i7 processors, ssd, and 32gb of RAM?

Or by a used 530?