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ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 starts at $1919. Macbook Air M2 with 8GB RAM is $1199. Macbook Air M2 with 16GB RAM is $1,399. So even at 16GB it's still a lot cheaper than
by yakubin 4y ago
ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 starts at $1919. Macbook Air M2 with 8GB RAM is $1199. Macbook Air M2 with 16GB RAM is $1,399. So even at 16GB it's still a lot cheaper than the Lenovo laptop used. Price doesn't explain the disparity in the hardware used in the benchmarks.
- Macha 4y agoThe consumer edition of the same laptop is $1200 https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000E-10RU3 https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000E-10RU3 (the 6800u ~= 6850u unless you're deploying them en masse in the enterprise, in which case there's extra management features in the Ryzen pro that the Mac doesn't have)
- paulmd 4y agoSo, you're comparing a lower build quality on the Lenovo side against the Apple? Yeah, of course if you start cutting costs out of other places, the price comes down, that's not a particularly interesting or insightful point, you've just loaded the comparison.
- Macha 4y agoLooks like they don't have pictures of the current consumer model yet, but looking at last gen: https://p4-ofp.static.pub/fes/cms/2022/04/20/j7rnbsqww5svxashujctg5l8r3ian9429723.jpg https://p4-ofp.static.pub/fes/cms/2022/04/20/j7rnbsqww5svxas... https://p2-ofp.static.pub/fes/cms/2022/03/17/14ph1afu8vmtli8oq7b9egp56atw09228183.png https://p2-ofp.static.pub/fes/cms/2022/03/17/14ph1afu8vmtli8... The better build quality amounts to black paint, a trackball, and clicky buttons on the trackpad.
- yakubin 4y agoAlso seems to be 16:10 instead of 16:9, and have a different set of ports. Honestly I don't see what those two laptops have in common beyond both being Lenovo.
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- deckard1 4y agono one is paying Lenovo listing price. In fact, there is a 40% off coupon right there on the page, bringing that $1919 down to $1151. You may even be able to get deeper discounts through your employer corporate discount plan.