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Another ancedote: I used a thinkpad X220 throughout grad school and absolutely loved it (except the screen resolution). This year I decided it was finally time to move on... but to what? I heard all the new thinkpads have bad keyboards, and I'm not going to buy a dell since I generally despise Dell keyboards and trackpoints.

I bought a refurb T460. Love it. The thoughts that it has a "bad" keyboard are totally overblown. This thing has a great keyboard, screen, trackpoint. The whole package is good IMO. Opting for the T460 instead of the T460s, I'm able to enjoy keys that are slightly taller, and I can use my laptop without listening to the fans spinning on very much.

I run Debian Stable and this machine is fast as hell and problem free.