to be honest the budget thinkpads have always been crap (as have most of lenovos non thinkpad laptops) its only the T/X/P/W models that were worth looking at, i

to be honest the budget thinkpads have always been crap (as have most of lenovos non thinkpad laptops) its only the T/X/P/W models that were worth looking at, its entirely possible the newer AMD ones are better than in the past but i think AMD sill have a gen or two to go before theyre competitive in the laptop market still theres nothing out there id consider replacing my X1C with, its a fantastic machine as was the first gen one it replaced, im not loyal to many companies for things, if i think i can get better elsewhere i will but ive yet to find a laptop that fits me better good thinkpads are expensive (at least new, theyre very affordable refurbished) but to me theyre worth it as they simply last longer, my laptop lives a very hard life and im something of a cruel owner, lesser systems have caved in from such a life in the space of 12 months. my X1C took 5 solid years of abuse being hauled all over the world in an overstuffed backpack (including glasses of orange juice, beer, JD and coke, Umeshu and coffee spilled in it) the only issue it ever had was that a couple of letters on the keyboard stopped working following the umeshu spillage, i could probably have cleaned it up with isopropyl but i picked up a replacement for 15 quid instead so yeah basically avoid the E/L/A series and maybe even the Tx95 (AMD) range and youre likely to get a very good system (with unquestionably the best keyboard on any modern laptop)