I've loved my Thinkpad X1 Xtreme for years now. I was given the choice of what I wanted to be issued for my job and it has served me well.
Would I buy it for my personal use? No. I am not a fan of Lenovo being a Chinese company now, and it's very boring. I still haven't had any problems with it.
Before this machine I was issued a Dell XPS and the battery life was amazing for a Wintel laptop, great speakers and a unique power button + fingerprint reader button in one, but it had a ton of BIOS based issues and quirks. It always seems to me it takes years for them to work all the bugs out vs other companies. Dell is like a lot of companies where I prefer their designs over everyone elses, but I just can never bring myself to love them.
For personal use for fun or as a consultant, I'd reach for a Samsung laptop. They lag behind on CPUs and such but they're my pick. For a fleet, I'd probably have to go Lenovo out of necessity for the support.
Before this machine I was issued a Dell XPS and the battery life was amazing for a Wintel laptop, great speakers and a unique power button + fingerprint reader button in one, but it had a ton of BIOS based issues and quirks. It always seems to me it takes years for them to work all the bugs out vs other companies. Dell is like a lot of companies where I prefer their designs over everyone elses, but I just can never bring myself to love them.
For personal use for fun or as a consultant, I'd reach for a Samsung laptop. They lag behind on CPUs and such but they're my pick. For a fleet, I'd probably have to go Lenovo out of necessity for the support.