[mikesname]

I agree that they accumulate, but not necessarily that they don't break. I've recently recycled a 600e (working), a T30 (working), and a T61 (motherboard dead). There was a massive build quality difference between the (brilliantly solid) 600e and the T61. I'm hanging on to an x61s for the time being, since it still works and it's quite small.

I still love the design ascetic of these laptops and I wouldn't be surprised to find myself buying one in the future.

[potatoyogurt]

The T61 was the first laptop I bought and it completely put me off of Lenovo. Complete piece of shit -- broke multiple times even after I had them repair it and I even waited like 4 months for my order to arrive because they had some sort of manufacturing problems.

[aortega]

Regarding build quality, check this:http://imgur.com/rqVgisL

Thats my W540, sans plastic covers. The inners are solid magnesium.