I think Framework is great, I'll consider one when they offer a good trackpoint, but Doctorow's description of Thinkpads is…. weird. Like, a heavy X1 Carbon? R

I think Framework is great, I'll consider one when they offer a good trackpoint, but Doctorow's description of Thinkpads is…. weird. Like, a heavy X1 Carbon? Replaceable drives that don't go to 2TB? Other generalizations that just don't make sense. I've been using Thinkpads for a couple decades now, in some ways the quality has wavered (partially due to contemporary concessions like compromises to be thinner) but they are still in general the best mainstream systems to run Linux with end user and field support. I've installed Ubuntu on every system, especially in the last years it has "just worked," and Lenovo even increasing offers Ubuntu pre-installed on some models.