Not sure about Lenovo, but I have been thoroughly unimpressed with my HP Pavilion. Granted, I'm a Mac user so my standard may be higher, but my Pavilion just feels horribly cheap, the display flickers all the time, and the HP bloatware is a mess.
Did you buy an HP product that's on the same price range as your Mac? Feels a pretty unfair comparison otherwise.
That said, if not anything else, Lenovo provides the best laptop keyboards in my opinion. Perfectly sized, perfectly spaced, and give the best feedback out of all else. The thermals and overall build are also easily the best on my Ideapad than any other mainstream laptop I have used, though I'd concede I haven't really used as many laptops.
