Where do you live? Some governments have heavy tax on goods. Also taken into account are the fuel and exchange rate volatility.

IBM design is great, not Lenovo. Somehow they just can't keep the taste of IBM computers. Compare a X40 and X200 and you will find the difference.

Or is it good? Struggling companies tend to lower prices. I still think that Thinkpads are a superior product for durability and reliability for a business class laptop. My employer switched from Thinkpads to HP after IBM sold the division to Lenovo. I think it may have something to do with changing ownership from an American company to a Chinese one. If others followed suit after their purchase contracts expired, it could account for a large chunk of their declines in the last 2 years.

This serves as a lesson = Screw us, we screw you back! They continually keep screwing their consumer base, serves them right! For crying out loud, we are just in ASIA but they charge us more for the same spec'd hardware they sell across in other parts of the world.