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Originally Posted by bazookajoe
How does this help the op or answer his question?
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The blog touched on four points, irrespective of whether it's valid or not:
1. cost.
2. productivity.
3. standards.
4. product longevity.
All are very valid criteria for making a decision on what to buy. You can certainly argue that the blog's points are wrong (although, cost and longevity is kind of hard to argue against since those are fairly objective factors).
Leaving that aside, I also recommend Lenovos. My wife has a T410, I plan on replacing my ancient Toshiba with a Lenovo T series in the coming months (although, I'm really curious as to how Intel handle their Ivy Bridge systems so may hold off just a bit longer) and just about everyone in the office is running around with the ThinkPad of one type or another.
However, for Lenovos, I would recommend against getting the IdeaPads. Those are their lower end consumer lines and generally not as well built as the ThinkPad counterparts. You end up paying about 10 to 15% more (but still WAY less than a comparable MacBook), but in my opinion, it's worth it.
BTW, you might take a look at
http://outlet.lenovo.com. If your timing is good, you can end up with some very good deals from the outlet store. They have listings for new, redist, refurb and scratch/dent. The first two conditions are essentially new (redist is just systems which were ordered but were never opened or powered up). And from my own experience, the refurbs are excellent (most seem to have just been opened and powered up).
The T420's listed there are very tempting (I perfer the 14" laptops over the 15" since I need mobility--but they also have T520's listed there too).