They’re extremely well built physically. I used one into the ground through high school and college with no issues, and it’s not like it was a desk jockey. It came with me damn near everywhere, just tossed in my bag, and it still holds up today with no physical issues. Only reason it died was because I accidentally fried it by forgetting to turn it off and leaving it running on my bed.

Beyond that, lenovo has extremely good customer service, with American-based call centers for support, and they’ll help trouble shoot even if you’re far out of warranty.

They also look really iconic, and have the only good trackpoint on a laptop I’ve ever used. Also a lot of models with 10 key, which is increasingly rare on laptops.

All in all, think pads are just an overall solid choice with next to no corners cut. I’d say they’re the MacBook of windows, if that makes any sense.