I own a new W530, and I can confirm the trackpad still stinks. After my Macbook Pro died, I switched to Lenovo because how much work and fraught with difficult

I own a new W530, and I can confirm the trackpad still stinks. After my Macbook Pro died, I switched to Lenovo because how much work and fraught with difficulty keeping Linux running on the MBP was. Installs have been easier, but now I've found I've made a whole host of different sacrifices, mainly the crappy feeling you mentioned. They are not as solid as my good old pre-unibody MBP.