I've got two refurbished T430 laptops. Core i5, 8GB RAM 250 GB SSD. Both work great. Unless you need a GPU that should be fine. Much better than a cheap new on

I've got two refurbished T430 laptops. Core i5, 8GB RAM 250 GB SSD. Both work great. Unless you need a GPU that should be fine. Much better than a cheap new one. Build quality is worth it when you're using it all day long. But if you're going to spend 1000 on a Mac why not spend 1000 on a new ThinkPad?