ThinkPad X1 Carbon
I want to be excited by a <i>good</i> non-Apple laptop. But they&#x27;re all just so terribly designed.  They&#x27;re always some sort of plastic, feel flimsy and bendy, have grills and screw holes and uneven surfaces and stickers everywhere.<p>I had a T530 for a few years at my first job and just hated it. It had fantastic specs but it felt awful and unreliable and like I had to babysit it.  I got a 2015 MBP to replace it after IT damaged it (broke off a bunch of plastic bits from two grills) and while it was a migraine getting Windows and Ubuntu to dual boot, I don&#x27;t think twice when closing the lid and slipping it into my backpack to go home. Tossing my backpack into my trunk, or in the overhead carry-on.<p>I would pay a fortune to have a solid chassis (not case) metal non-Apple laptop available.