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IMHO that depends entirely on the model, Lenovo has awesome machines (e.g. older Thinkpad X series) and some really crappy machines (e.g. ideapad). Maybe the o
by pawadu 10y ago
IMHO that depends entirely on the model, Lenovo has awesome machines (e.g. older Thinkpad X series) and some really crappy machines (e.g. ideapad).
Maybe the only exceptions to that are Razer and Microsoft who don't do low-end crap.
- Raed667 10y agoI have had a Lenovo ideapad Z510 for almost 3 years now, it has worked flawlessly on both Windows (8 then 8.1 then 10) and Linux (Ubuntu / Arch). Not all ideapads are as crappy as they're believed to be.
- bad_user 10y agoI also have a Thinkpad Edge, the cheap Thinkpad line. The build and the quality feel very cheap, but just as you, I've had it for 3 years, I've abused it as my work laptop for 2 years and had no problems with it.
- Raed667 10y agoExactly my thought, the build quality (plastic, stain resistance, etc) and screen resolution are on the cheap side, however if you're like me and you don't care about that sort of things (in favor of something affordable and "just works") I really suggest some ideapads.
- dazc 10y agoBeen running a cheap Ideapad for 4 years - waiting for it to die so I can upgrade but it refuses to do so.
- Raed667 10y agoI have an ACER that I bought on my first year of engineering school, it refuses to die as well. Finally gave up and now use it as a home computer (still running fine after some cleaning and hard-drive change)
- pawadu 10y agoFeel your pain, my daily driver is a 6 years old X201. This laptop will probably outlive me, not even using it as a hammer managed to kill it...
- scholia 10y agoProblem is that when it dies, you won't be able to get a laptop with such a good keyboard....
- aq3cn 10y agoI know it will entirely depend on models. But still if we stick to their flagship laptop or desktop or server. Which is most reliable company to trust and feel assured of having best value for my money. MS actually did Surface RT once. But I understand it was a test phase.
- bryanlarsen 10y agoYou don't want flagships either. That puts the premium on features instead of reliability. Sort of like old Cadillacs or Corvettes: lots of fancy features that broke down constantly. You want the enterprise lines: focus on reliability and backwards compatibility rather than price or whiz-bang features. Just a year or two ago one of the best signs that you were getting one of those would have been the presence of a VGA port.