Thanks for the explanation/opinions! Sadly this confirms my very "grasping in the dark" explorations of this. It reminds me of a comment [1] I left a while bac

Thanks for the explanation/opinions! Sadly this confirms my very "grasping in the dark" explorations of this. It reminds me of a comment [1] I left a while back, and that I randomly found again today: > Even though significant work is required to keep [old machines like 2012 thinkpads] working, some people prefer to do so. Crucially, they prefer it not because they love tinkering, but simply because the value propositions of 2021/2022 hardware doesn't look better. I guess the value proposition of modern notebooks is actually degrading, at least in this respect... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29872420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29872420