I'm current using my second X61 - brilliant machine! I swapped the spinning rust for SSD, and fitted an extended battery - oh, and ditched Windows for Linux Mint - but otherwise it is bog standard, and works perfectly. My wife's X230, though, is a heap of shit. The keyboard is horrible (chiclet rubbish) and the thing dies (literally - no warning, just system down) if it is used on anything other than a perfectly flat surface (it seems that something moves if the case flexes even a minor amount). Since it is a work-supplied machine, I won't take it apart to see if I can locate the problem, and the muppets in her IT department are not interested in playing with hardware. Based on that experience, I will keep my double-digit Xes going as long as I can! I have a case and a motherboard on the desk waiting to be joined together so that I have a spare to be on the safe side!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
