A few weeks ago I got a new ThinkPad X1 Extreme from work to replace my awful System76 Thelio Major. I was interested in checking out the X1E because I was due

A few weeks ago I got a new ThinkPad X1 Extreme from work to replace my awful System76 Thelio Major. I was interested in checking out the X1E because I was due for a personal ThinkPad upgrade too. Last week I decided I liked it and went to see what Lenovo had available. All of the nice X1E's with the UHD display were showing "more than 12 weeks" delivery time! The next day I remembered that the ThinkPad P1 is exactly the same machine as the X1E with a different GPU. Lenovo is wacky like this with their model names. Some of those were showing 8-12 or over 12 week delivery too, but they had one P1 configuration in stock the way I wanted with UHD, 64GB, 1TB and an empty SSD slot. It shipped the same day I ordered it, arrived Friday and is great! And was just $1625 plus another $149 for three-year premier support since I ordered it through Corporate Perks (who I highly recommend). Would have been $900 more if I bought it directly on lenovo.com, even at their "sale" price. The machines ship direct from Lenovo either way. So I thought I'd tell my friends and colleagues and checked again yesterday. Nope, all gone now, this model went up $200, and it along with all the other nice ones are "more than 12 week" delivery too.