I used ThinkPads exclusively since 2000 but had a very bad experience around 2011 when the whole office upgraded to T410s machines and every single one (about a dozen) would die within a year the exact same way. They all got replaced and all died again, the second time out of warranty.

Something wrong with screen or the ribbon cable connecting the LCD screen caused the screen to die in a vertical strip about two inches from the left side. [1] You could press down on the bezel just under the distorted/dead strip to try to bring it back, but eventually even that would stop working. Referred to as MIGR-76367.

I actually haven’t bought a ThinkPad since that one. I switched to a MacBook Air running Bootcamp. I do miss the keyboard.

[1] -https://youtu.be/rM9_ZM_8qkQ