Thinkpads, whether IBM or Lenovo are designed and built far better than most of their competitors. Lenovo added the roll cage which really helps things out.
TBH the only main issue is with the T4x series and the GPU coming loose requiring a motherboard swap or reballing service. That being said not all T4x machines are affected and most of them are still kicking along just fine. Just don't pick the system up by the corner which stresses the motherboard and you should be good to go.
Over the last decade I have owned many, many thinkpads and not a 1 of them have ever given me any kind of hardware issues. I've watched friends and family go from one consumer POS to another and my Thinkpads just smile and keep ticking along. It is funny when they ask why my laptops so long and tell them to buy a thinkpad. Then they come back to me and say but they are so expensive, i'll just get another HP Pavillion. I tell them, good luck with that.
Thinkpads rock.
Period.
TBH the only main issue is with the T4x series and the GPU coming loose requiring a motherboard swap or reballing service. That being said not all T4x machines are affected and most of them are still kicking along just fine. Just don't pick the system up by the corner which stresses the motherboard and you should be good to go.
Over the last decade I have owned many, many thinkpads and not a 1 of them have ever given me any kind of hardware issues. I've watched friends and family go from one consumer POS to another and my Thinkpads just smile and keep ticking along. It is funny when they ask why my laptops so long and tell them to buy a thinkpad. Then they come back to me and say but they are so expensive, i'll just get another HP Pavillion. I tell them, good luck with that.
Thinkpads rock.
Period.