[slashclee]

I'm typing this reply on an X230 right now. There were some really annoying issues with Fedora 17 and Ubuntu 12.04; the iwlwifi driver would lock up and bring the machine down with it randomly under Fedora, and the Linux 3.2 kernel from Ubuntu would just randomly hard-lock for no discernible reason. After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10, though, everything seems to be really solid. I haven't had any random kernel crashes or lockups since the upgrade.

The keyboard, though, is flawless. I like it a LOT better than the Apple keyboards - I'd been using various different MacBooks for the past few years, including pretty much every model of Air, 13" and 15" Pro. The X230 keyboard is way better. I can't compare with the keyboard on the X220 since I don't have one, but I certainly have no complaints. (I wish there were a laptop with Cherry keyswitches, or buckling springs, but apparently nobody else thinks it would be worth the massive cost increase.)

[fencepost]

Hm. Mechanically would it be possible that the vibration of those nifty clicky keys could cause problems in a device with an integrated HD?

[slashclee]

It's probably possible. But if they only used SSDs...