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Most of the people I know are pretty disappointed in the latest round of updates. To the point that the lack of improvement to battery life and resolution is making people seriously consider alternatives.
Right now, I know more people who own a MacBook Pro and want a Lenovo T420 (with Ubuntu or FreeBSD) when that comes out at the end of March, than who own a MBP and want a new version of it.
That's pretty damning.
With an external battery slice you can get 30 hours out of the T420, and you'd get a realistic 9 hours without that. The resolution goes up to 1600x900, and it's a 14" screen rather than 13" with only half an inch physical difference in the machine size. Then there's the quad core, 8GB RAM option, the SSD option... basically stuff that rivals the MBP. Factor in Lenovo's incredible keyboard, and the MBP really starts to look like a lame duck.
Too many people had too high expectations. Everyone I know was hoping the CD bay would go in return for more battery life at the least and that the resolution would be bumped. With neither making an appearance, those Lenovos look really nice.