Comment by neilv

> The first went down after 1 year with a headcrash. 1. HDD headcrash in my life.

What HDD make? ThinkPads of 2.5" HDD era usually have cushioned drive caddies, and (IIRC) some head-parking when the laptop detected shock. https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1hp1cq6/active_pr...

> The second one was delivered with bad RAM. Support denied help because of wrong FRU Number. The whole thing went back to the dealer.

Did you get it sealed from the Lenovo factory, or could your dealer have replaced the factory RAM? (That could also explain "wrong FRU number".)

> The third one died in a loud bang of the power supply and died with it.

Bummer. Do you recall the model or design?

I once had a Lenovo AC adapter eventually go bad (out of buying and using dozens of them), and fortunately didn't take the laptop with it.

And I once ripped the laptop-side connector off an old one that I was abusing pretty hard, and then tripped over the cable (but laptop was fine).

Other than that, the rest of them have worked great, even some 20 year-old ones I still have and use.

> The trackcap was horribly to use - an example of bad design par excellence.

The TrackPoint? Could you say specific criticisms of the design?

I consider it mostly a personal preference thing. A lot of people love TrackPoint, and consider it a hard requirement for any laptop they'll personally use. A lot of other people prefer trackpads, and have more options for laptop brands.

(Disclosure: I know the inventor of TrackPoint, but that's not why I use it.)