<p>inconnu: thanks but unfortunately the current X201i price is $999, just like the Macbook. Macbook w/ education discount is $950, and I’m guessing the ThinkPad’s education discount would bring it down to about the same.</p>
<p>In addition, the Thinkpad has about the same processor speed (they’re both 2.4GHz, and the i3 seems to be a re-fashioned Core 2 Duo anyway), the same battery life, same RAM, a smaller hard drive, a smaller screen, NO optical drive, NO graphics card, and NO bluetooth, all for the same price. I appreciate the suggestion, but how is this a better deal?</p>