Like anything, it depends. They all have different product lines for different markets. Take Lenovo for instance. Their E series is their economy line but their T series and W series are their business line and are very well made.
That’s all we run around here. My wife and daughter have Yogas which seem to be fine so far. My son and I have W series and hardly new. 2012-ish.
I hate that IBM sold out to Lenovo, a Chinese company but they didn’t change things too much really. Thing I like best is the Hardware Maintenance Manual which tells you how to replace any part and the parts availability is good because they’ve made so many of them.
There’s an abundance of good used units that come from corporate leases that expired.
I run dual boot win7 pro + linux mint kde version. I rarely use the win7 side and on linux(ubuntu based), I have a 10-15 second start up time and as little as 5 second shut down time. It never stumbles on anything I throw at it. Multiple images open for editing, 30-40 browser tabs open at the same time along with email client and a couple other progs open. Not bad for 2.7GHz/16gb ram at a price of $280.00
Article mentions toughbook/toughpad. I’ve got toughpad. Built to mil specs, will handle 4 foot drop to concrete, outdoor viewable, handles extreme temps and can get rained on. I use it for a vehicle scan tool.
I have a couple of Lenovo 440T laptops. They’re great performers but I hate the trackpad! I have to use a USB mouse with them or I constantly make mistakes.
My current surfing machine is a Panasonic Toughbook. I’ve worn the lettering off half the keyboard on this machine and used it out in the rain without problems. It’s seven years old and the software has been reloaded three times but it still runs like a champ.