I have to admit that I've never used a Thinkpad. I know they have excellent Linux support (lots of people where I work use them because of this).

But on every single other laptop I have ever used Linux on, there has always been something that hasn't worked properly, whether it's audio not waking up properly after a suspend, or occasionally suspend not actually working and I discover a red hot laptop in my bag spinning at 100% CPU, or some such issue.

Having a machine which I don't have to fiddle with to make work is a totally new experience for me.