<p>My school gives free laptops for incoming freshmen so I have to choose between a Lenovo E430, Lenov T430, and the Macbook Pro. For the Lenovo, I'll have to pay $49 for the insurance but for the Macbook, I have to pay $400 for insurance and the Mac program. Which one should I get?</p>
<p>I would personally choose the t430 for $49</p>
<p>Btw the Lenovo E430 is basically the E series and the Lenovo T430 is just the T series…the 3’s just indicate the screen sze (13 in screen)…anyone else? I mean I like the facts that Macs rarely get viruses because I have a Dell right now and the viruses on it make it soo annoying</p>
<p>If you have viruses on your PC, you don’t have a good anti-virus program. Try AVG.</p>
<p>It’s not that hard to make viruses for Mac OS. The problem is that Mac OS is not as popular as Windows (Vista , 7 , etc) so writing viruses for Mac is not worth it for some people.</p>
<p>Does the Lenovo ThinkPad T430 have an Ivy Bridge processor ( 22nm fabrication process CPU by Intel)? </p>
<p>See if you can post the specs of all the machines here so we can tell you which one is a better deal.</p>
<p>These are the specs/info on the Lenovo T Series (T430):
[ThinkPad</a> T420 14" Laptop | Shop | Lenovo | US](<a href=“Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US”>Lenovo Official US Site | Laptops, PCs, Tablets & Data Center | Lenovo US)</p>
<p>E-Series (E430): [ThinkPad</a> Edge E430 14" Laptop | Shop | Lenovo | US](<a href=“http://shop.lenovo.com/us/laptops/thinkpad/edge-series/e430]ThinkPad”>http://shop.lenovo.com/us/laptops/thinkpad/edge-series/e430)</p>
<p>AND </p>
<p>Macbook Pro: [Apple</a> - MacBook Pro - Technical specifications of the 13-inch model.](<a href=“MacBook Pro - Apple”>MacBook Pro - Apple)</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>I would recommend the Mac since it’s cooler, and I am a Apple man. However, what you are studying and afford to pay for insurance does matter. </p>
<p>So, I would like to know, what are you studying and what can you afford to pay for insurance?</p>
<p>If you can get a ThinkPad T420 with the 14.0" HD+ (1600 x 900) screen that might be your best bet for the money.</p>