>I'm sure you're not making stuff up, so could you provide your citation?

Sure, happy to oblige. It was on a comment in his Google+ page (around 1/5 scroll length) he said:

"no, Lenovo doesn't [still make quite decent hardware]. I have the Lenovo X1. It's bigger, plasticky, and has worse battery life".

https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCY...