Lenovo destroyed the Thinkpad legacy.<p>I gave up on them a few years ago when they dropped the 7 row keyboard.  The 7 row keyboard was leagues ahead of any other laptop keyboard, ever.  The replacement keyboard is awful.  I hate the loss of web forward&#x2F;back keys too.  I hate chicklet keys.  I hate pgup&#x2F;dn placed as though I&#x27;ll almost never use them.  I still prefer the trackpoint over <i>any</i> touchpad.<p>I&#x27;d buy a retro Thinkpad, like you link, in a second.  I&#x27;d Hackintosh or Linux it.  Barring miracles, my next laptop will be a Mac.<p>A friend has a W540.  It&#x27;s horrible.  Worst sound output of any machine I came across, horrible chicklet keyboard, and cracks in the keyboard surround that&#x27;s design fault but Lenovo won&#x27;t fix.  All the once handy TP utilities are Adobe Air bloatware that take 5s+ to even open.<p>After 20 years he says it&#x27;s his last TP.