I can and do compare it to Macs! :) My Thinkpad weighs approximately 1.2 pounds more than my MacBook Air, or about a half pound more than a 14” MacBook Pro. My

I can and do compare it to Macs! :) My Thinkpad weighs approximately 1.2 pounds more than my MacBook Air, or about a half pound more than a 14” MacBook Pro. My MacBook Air doesn’t have MagSafe, so that’s a wash, and the thinkpad uses USB-C to charge, just like the Mac. I usually use the same small 30W charger for both laptops. Screen/speakers are probably marginally worse on the thinkpad. And you’re correct that it’s thicker, though I’d doubt that it’s 3x the volume. In exchange for the above cons, I get: * The ability to use 64GB of memory and an SSD of my choosing, purchased for reasonable market prices * The ability to easily run any distribution of Linux that I want * The ability to replace the battery easily when it wears out by simply buying a new one and snapping it in * A large ecosystem of parts (aftermarket and OEM) for doing my own repairs and upgrades I’ve considered my options and find that these tradeoffs are worth it for me a lot of the time. Though these benefits may not be important for other people, I’d encourage you not to say things like “it’d be insane to use anything else.”