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> Here's the thing: all the other laptops I was looking at cost at least twice the price. High-end Thinkpads, my second choice, almost 3 times. It shouldn't be
by NathanielK 5y ago
> Here's the thing: all the other laptops I was looking at cost at least twice the price. High-end Thinkpads, my second choice, almost 3 times.
It shouldn't be this way, but most of the big enterprise retailers have ridiculous sticker prices. Unlike Apple, volume buyers get steep discounts, and individuals are expected to wait for a discount.
Ask around online and you'll find it's fairly simple to get fancy Thinkpads for half-off.
- monsieurbanana 5y agoIt's highly dependent on the country you're at. I see people on r/thinkpad get new high-end ones discounted, the kind of discounts that you can't get in France. What you can find in France is heavily discounted ones from people that resell their company-provided ones. I bought 3 T460 like that in the past, for me and my family. But no high-end models, nor much choice in the customization.
- fouc 5y agoIt might be worth buying the discounted thinkpad in US (I assume that's where most heavily discounted ones show up) and then ship it to France?
- monsieurbanana 5y agoI looked into that too ahah. There are "forwarding" services that do that for you, if you don't have a friend there. But I don't like thinkpads to the point of doing that rodeo. For now, Apple won my money.