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Originally Posted by KevWind
I did the 3 yr warrenty for both and the antiglare display for both Result the Mac was aprox. $300 more ... 300 diff in a $3000 unit is aprox 10 % so If you were able to accomplish for another $700  |
The difference is that Lenovo regularly runs promos. Apple doesn't.
I have a w520.
The closest equivalent to what I own that Apple sells comes in at $2849 but is lacking in a number of areas:
1) RAM is half (8gb vs. 16gb)
2) HD is slightly higher capacity (750g) but slower (the 120g flash + 500g 7200rpm combo is pretty nice)
3) Display is not full res. (1680x1050 vs 1920x1080)
4) No display color calibration
I paid a little over 2K for mine, after easily-available-to-everyone promotional discounts were applied, but if you cut the specs down (ram, omit the color sensor, etc) the price difference grew. I can't say it was exactly $1000 (this was back in October and I don't recall the precise numbers) but it was closer to $1000 than to $900.