Just curious, why do you consider the T440s unusable? I have had mine for years and, while it's not perfect, I don't have any big complaints about it.
The keyboard was utterly broken (I guess it was the keyboard electronics or firmware), because combination of some three keys didn't work - I remember that RightCtrl + AltGr + H, didn't work, I use this kind of combinations with Virtualbox.
Additionally I have chosen a screen that was reflecting so working more than half an hour made the head hurt. And on their web-site there was no indication which screen had anti-glare.
I guess there were more things that I disliked, but I don't remember any more. Sent it back and bought a used T430s that served me very well.