There is a nice post at The Register about the 15 years of Thinkpad laptops. Since I bought my R51 three years ago (I saw very nice technical details and it has not f*ck*ng Windows keys), I loved these machines more and more. And yes, I like the aesthetics too.
If the new owner of the trademark Lenovo still make the right, my next laptop will be a Thinkpad again. Maybe an X-series? 
But the one you are linking does have Windows(tm) key!
(…f*ck*ng Lenovo…) Yes, you’re right. But one of the advantages of thinkpads is they had easily removable keys