The x220 has a lot of issues compared to newer laptops, MacBook or not. 12.5" screen is pretty small for most people. Having a low resolution doesn't help. On

The x220 has a lot of issues compared to newer laptops, MacBook or not. 12.5" screen is pretty small for most people. Having a low resolution doesn't help. Only some models (the ones that came with an i7 processor, I think) have USB 3 ports, and even those models just have one. It doesn't have an HDMI port. It's thick and heavy. They have 2nd gen core series Intel processors which are way, way less power efficient than the 4th gen or newer processors. It's also got slow wifi and it has a wifi card whitelist in the bios, so you can't put a better card in it. Pretty much the only reason to buy one nowadays is if you need something really cheap that runs linux well, which is exactly why I bought one in 2015 when I was a senior in college and also the reason I stopped using it as soon as I could afford something better.