Thinkpad's are great, X120e still going fine here despite being years old. Mac hardware is lovely, pity it's such a struggle to get control over it (ie install

Thinkpad's are great, X120e still going fine here despite being years old. Mac hardware is lovely, pity it's such a struggle to get control over it (ie install linux :) I just nearly choked looking at the price of the x131e, how is it nearly 3 times the price of comparable machines?