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I have a T530 laying on my lap right now. I would call it plastic, flimsy, and bendy. Pick it up by one corner, it creaks and I can feel it flexing. I can see and feel the screen flex as I adjust the angle. Close the screen by pushing down on the top right corner, and it doesn't latch properly because it flexes so much. I can feel and hear it flexing as my left wrist rests on the palm rest while typing. I would not want to walk on it, I would be willing to bet money that I'd break it. This is not a solid laptop, and I will not be sorry when I replace it. My previous one was a T500, and it was well built. My next laptop will probably be a Dell Latitude, the ones I have held were solid as a brick. I saw one that was kicked as hard as possible by a large guy. The screen was broken, and it was visibly bent, but still solid.



> My next laptop will probably be a Dell Latitude

You'll be disappointed by battery time and sometimes CPU whining/noise. Coming from there and love the price-performance ratio, silence and battery from the T460 now ;)


Yes, my Dell latitude experience was filled with coil whine - highly irritating!




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