I went through 3 lenovos in the past 17 years. I had 3 failures:
1. HDD failed.
2. SSD failed.
3. I dropped it from kitchen countertop. Backlight had to be replaced, but otherwise fine.
There was zero failure associated with ports, keyboard, trackpad, or board. Mind you, each machine went through thousands of dock / undock cycle. Even batteries were holding strong charge after 5 years.
These were work laptops and I didn't baby them at all.
With that said, I wouldn't a buy cheapo Lenovo ($500) because it did fail on me completely. Dead.
With a cheap Lenovo the design and manufacturing quality is very low and failures much more common than in their professional models. As a Repair Cafe volunteer I've seen people bring in low-end Lenovos only 1-2 years old, that are literally falling apart, through normal use. The reality is there's really two Lenovo brands - the enterprise-grade one, making products designed for serviceability and durability. And there's the consumer-grade Lenovo, with products engineered to a very low price point. Other brands have this duality too. Caveat emptor.
x230 - replacement battery, screen died (easy replacement), handrest cracked, still usable
T460p - 5 years of light use, nothing
T470p - 3 years, nothing
Legion Y520 - keyboard stopped working partly, bought a replacement and noticed it's basically impossible to replace, then bought a second one, this time a complete top case - replacement was a chore, but fine
Dead Lenovo are very easy to fix, weirdly. I've had to fix both of mine. Imagine air quotes. You have to pull the battery cable and push the power button.
There was zero failure associated with ports, keyboard, trackpad, or board. Mind you, each machine went through thousands of dock / undock cycle. Even batteries were holding strong charge after 5 years. These were work laptops and I didn't baby them at all.
With that said, I wouldn't a buy cheapo Lenovo ($500) because it did fail on me completely. Dead.