I started using a MacBook air after the 3rd replacement of my Lenovo T410s. The screen would have a large white line across it (happened 2 weeks after i got it) and each time it was replaced, it happend again. The body was also brittle, and cracked. Half the people on my team had the same laptop, and had near the same experience. How such a flawed laptop could pass quality control is past me, but I'll definitely never buy a laptop from them.
> How such a flawed laptop could pass quality control is past me
Every manufacturer has a few lines of lemons. Apple for instance had a few generations of iBooks where the graphics chip would come loose (since it was placed unprotected under the wrist rest), everyone who I've ever known with a plastic MacBook (5+ people) had the front plastic crack, one generation of MacBook Pro 15" had an issue where the LCD would randomly turn on with every other row of LED lighting turned off (so it looked like stage lighting), and then of course the classic "mooing" MacBook.
This is why anecdotal evidence is difficult to take to heart - it's always black and white.
That was a problem with the t400s and t410s that were manufactured for a period. The problem is now fixed in newer t410s and all t420s.
I love my Lenovo t400s. I went around the world with it, dropped it, smashed it, and just did terrible things to it. And yet, it keeps on chugging along. My t400s is like a car that never wants to die. The consumer in me wants to upgrade but I can't find a sensible reason to do so.
It's like my mother: always present, reliable and stable. It's the only piece of hardware that ever made me smile.
