So to answer your question seriously I would say look at some of the newer laptops that have OLED screens and (if you need it) smaller dedicated GPU. These are

So to answer your question seriously I would say look at some of the newer laptops that have OLED screens and (if you need it) smaller dedicated GPU. These are going to be super future proof and you can sometimes get last years model very cheap. I do not have a ton of experience with them but personally might get something like the HP Spectre or maybe a Gigabyte or MSI laptop. What really holds me back though is the damn keyboards on modern laptops - they all suck. The old keyboard on my Thinkpad T420 I love in comparison. There are people that are actually replacing the whole innards (you can even buy them premade and shipped from China) of I believe the Thinkpad X301 or similar with modern CPU, modern screen, etc etc. And on the plus side anyone who sees your laptop at a cafe is going to think its an old POS and not even think about stealing it!