Not really; the hassle of maintaining a hackintosh is high. (I've considered it). Your time should be worth the $650 or so.
I would consider the W510 to be a closer analogue, too.
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Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll go see a macbook pro in stores tomorrow, and carry a couple of dell laptops with me for comparison. I really like the form factor of 14" (1440x900) matte screen laptops my work has. I'm looking for something with a similar feel, and hopefully something with good audio quality (all my dells have had noisy outputs, I end up using my iphone more for music these days because of it).