Ask HN: Thinkpad T430 or Dell Latitude E5430

I am ready to buy a new laptop, and I'd love some HN advice. I mainly want to do web development, in a linux-only environment. I would like decent battery life, and I don't want a touch screen. I work around interruptions from my two-year-old son a lot, so a decent suspend/ restart would be really nice. I had been leaning heavily toward a Thinkpad T430, but I've had a hard time figuring out whether Thinkpads are still better than other brands. I definitely want something that will work well with ubuntu/ linux, and continue to do so. I am on a budget, with ~$800 as a target price. I am looking at the Thinkpad T430 with 8G RAM, 320GB hard drive, for about $825. I just configured a Dell Latitude E5430 with 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, for under $800. Any recommendations between these two? I'd also be open to other brands, especially if I could end up with an SSD-based machine at this price range. I just don't want to end up with a crap laptop that won't hold up well for development use. I'm in southeast Alaska as well, so I can't try any of these machines out in person. If anyone has a recommendation for the best way to order either machine, other than through the manufacturer website, I'd love to hear that as well.