A thinkpad is no longer a Thinkpad.

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I feel like I need to make a post about it. My first thinkpad was a T43, it was really well build even with all the bad treatment, I got it for 3yrs and I got a good resale price for it. Then I got the X300, which was the best laptop I ever had. Lite, powerful, solid, I got it for 3 yrs too. Then it was a no brainer to get an other X220. I was a bit surprise about the lower price and the small screen resolution, but, hey, it's a thinkpad! so I got one. That was my first mistake.
Here all the problems that I got with my X220 so far:
1. The first one was the fan noise issue (FIXED with a BIOS update after few months).
2. I got a docking station and the connectivity between the docking and the laptop is not really good. As long as you don't touch your laptop (open or close the lib for exemple, or simply type on it) you won't have problem, but if you do, it will disconnect and reconnect from the docking (making external screen issue, usb to connect and disconnect, etc.) .
3. Screen issue, I got those white spot (I got them on my T43 after 3 yrs only, on the X220 it took 4 months). http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X220-IPS-display-problem-weird-bright-spot-on-...
4. Then I got the double clicking with the trackpad (even if you press once, it's like a click, and when you press harder you get an other click (it doesn't do a double click in windows, I talking about the sound and what you feel when you press on the trackpad). To make it simple, it's nearly impossible to click with the trackpad, bad design!) There is a post about it on the forum. (Right now, instead of double click, I sometime get tripple click...). Ok nice, I can live with an external mouse....
5. I now have the trackpad crack too (maybe it explain issue #4). Same issue as here: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Chassis-Crack-on-X220-covered-under-warranty/t...
6. I have this electrical noise in the background (you can ear it in your speaker too, but you will ear it even if you mute your laptop). Before we was not noticing it since the fan was making so much noise.... Same as here: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X220-loud-electrical-buzzing-Is-this-normal/td...
7. The lastest issue that I noticed a week or so ago, it's the lib that split in two, you can see some pics here: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X220-Lid-breaking/td-p/559871
Basically the only last good thing with that laptop is the keyboard. I still like to type on it, it's probably why I still like it even if it's all falling apart. But on the X230, they drop the keyboard, so now there is nothing that keep me with thinkpad. It's sad to say so, but thinkpad it's now something of the past. I will move on and try to find a nice laptop of a different brand. After 11months with that laptop I feel it's now the time to replace it (already), while before I was using them for 3 yrs. Also, I have move around with my T43 a lot more in the first month of it's use then this X220 during the last 11 months. Is it possible for lenovo to resell the brand of thinkpad back to IBM? It would be appreciated, thank you. 
Now time to move on, goodbye lenovo, I miss Thinkpad.
ThinkPad X220, I7 2620M, 8GB RAM, Intel 320 160GB SSD, IPS screen, USB 3.0, Bluethoot, Cam, Win 7 pro 64, BIOS: 1.17, Model: 4286-CTO, Fabrication date: 07/11

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Lead is most certainly not the only X220 owner with a built X220. My X220i is fantastic. It's almost a year old and looks new. I'd agree the trackpad is not that great if you don't like the stick, but you can't have it all I guess.
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