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Just got my T430s 6 weeks after ordering. Lenovo charged and uncharged my debit card and revised their shipping estimate 5+ times. 5 days before receiving the machine, I received an email telling me that federal regulations did not permit them to continue to keep the order 'pending' and that if I did not respond and waive my rights under these regulations, they would cancel my order for me. I did not respond.

They have serious fulfillment issues.

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T61: Died one week out of warranty. Lenovo later did a recall and out-of-warranty repair of a design flaw, but forgot to tell us before the recall window closed.

T420: Weeks on order, canceled, resurrected, re-canceled, repeat. Took about three months for delivery.

T420: Overheated and died. Fixed under warranty.

X100e: Runs very, very hot. Expecting this to die soon.

Lesson: Get the warranty or you'll be sorry.

Another lesson: Given the cost of the warranty, there are better machines out there.

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