Ahh, a topic dear to my heart. > Thinkpads are repairable [...], durable [...]. What's not to like? > Thinkpads are “Cheap” because nobody who worships the t

Ahh, a topic dear to my heart. > Thinkpads are repairable [...], durable [...]. What's not to like? > Thinkpads are “Cheap” because nobody who worships the things buys one new. Confession time: over the years, I've bought 4: x200s, x270, t490s t14 (gen5). All were new when purchased. All were purchased for work + personal use. All run Linux. All are still in my household and still work - the x200s is old enough to drink in some countries. For context, I also bought me one Macbook Pro (at a weird time where PC laptops were more expensive than an equivalent Mac), so it's not like I haven't seen the grass on the other side. > [IBM and Lenovo] are typical companies, who just happen to have some good designers and engineers. That sounds like a good thing. > Yes, Thinkpads are good laptops. I agree. > -A saccharine twenty something. My oldest, still working, ThinkPad is almost older than the author of this blog post?!? Get off my lawn! I'm not sure what the author aims at: maybe "TPs are good if you buy them old, and nobody buys them new". Besides myself, I know a bunch of people who have bought new ones (and no, we're not in some crazy TP fan club). I only have experience with X and T lines, though. Maybe others are crap, dunno.