> Lenovo's thinkpads are nice, but by the time they're spec'd out like a Macbook they cost about 10-20% more. This baffled me, so I did a comparison: The low

> Lenovo's thinkpads are nice, but by the time they're spec'd out like a Macbook they cost about 10-20% more. This baffled me, so I did a comparison: The low end (2.3ghz i7, non-retina) 15" MBP with the 8gb RAM upgrade and the hi-res screen upgrade costs $2000 even. The Thinkpad T430 configured with similar specs (different video card -- nvs 5200m vs gt 650m, worse screen resolution -- 1600x900 vs 1680x1050, better processor -- 2.6ghz) came to $1464. The Thinkpad W530 configured with similar specs (different video card -- k1000m vs gt 650m, better screen resolution -- 1920x1080 vs 1680x1050) came to $1419. Maybe you were comparing different things though?