Lenovo, just how good is it

I just saw a blog regarding the quality of Lenovo T61p xealcom.co.uk

I always thought that Lenovo actually have good laptop quality, but it turns out that it might not be correct. A friend of mine's Lenovo t41p just broke. he has been using it for the past 3 years. So I would say that even though Lenovo thinkpad series are engineered to stand security and physical abuse, the normal quality of computer parts the company use to make their hardware are not durable.

I was talking to my co-worker today. and He said that most power supplies are not providing the level of voltage they are tested to provide, which greatly reduces the life time of capacitors and inductors in computers. Normally, capacitors are tested to last long enough under cretain amount of voltage, let's say 10 volts, but if the power supply is supplying the capacitor 15 volts, the capacitor will only have half of its guaranteed life time. A good power supply lengthen the life time of a computer greatly because of that.

.. okay, that may not be related to the topic i was saying.

my point is that Lenovo thinkpads truely has some really nicely engineered features that no other brands offer: shock mounted hard drive, magnesium + carbon fibre monitor encasing, steel turn hinges, low power comsumption motherboard, replacable compartment, and last but not least, keyboard sink holes in case of spill. Its normal computer components are average: my frined's monitor LCD screen just died after 3 years of use, not-so durable motherboard, normal power supply and such. Thus its key components arnt really any better than other brands. It may prevent youe from destrying the laptop due to accidents, but it doesn't guarantee that the laptop will have a longer normal lifespan. and if you like to take really good care of your laptop, any PC brand can just be as good as lenovo.