Also look for promo codes there. Never buy a thinkpad at MSRP, you can usually get them heavily discounted through various promotions (but still add on first party warranty and on site support if you need).
Their hardware quality isn't always the best but their support is good. Last time my screen hinge broke (a early foldable tablet thinkpad) and someone came out the next day to my house in a rural area and fixed it on the spot while I watched.
They're proper business / dev machines with a legacy going back to the IBM days.
Dell Latitude line is a close imitator/competitor also worth considering.
Razer gets you a lot of power but with tradeoffs in heat management and noise. If you don't need a GPU there isn't a good reason to choose them IMO. They are like MacBook wannabes but tailored for gamers.
I'd personally stay away from consumer laptops if I were you.
If I had to pick one, it would be the ThinkPad X1 Carbon.