It seems really counter-intuitive to me that you'd pay $1200 for a Thinkpad. Isn't their popularity largely because old models are widely-available, reliable, a

It seems really counter-intuitive to me that you'd pay $1200 for a Thinkpad. Isn't their popularity largely because old models are widely-available, reliable, and most importantly, dirt cheap? I don't do anything on my T420 but use the terminal and the web browser and the hardware has been sufficient, though I guess if you're gonna be rolling with multiple electron apps, upgraded hardware might make all the difference.