Comment Re:I don't get the Thinkpad fascination (Score 1) 39
There are a bunch of different models unfortunately. Some are crap for certain purposes - if your work issued you a workstation when you'd rather have a thin'n'light, or they gave you one of the cheapo models (which unfortunately do also exist - another thing that Apple does better), then you either got one of the crap ones or something that doesn't suit your preferences. Heavy, SLOW and loud points to cheapo rather than workstation...
That said, if you want a decent keyboard layout, there's no real alternative to a T/X/P series these days - proper arrow keys with PgDnPgUp, physical home/end keys, a right-ctrl key... The newer models have standard Fn placement btw.