As a previous Thinkpad user who moved onto Mac. I think you’re missing the appeal of the Track point and how well they were made to run something like Linux.

As a previous Thinkpad user who moved onto Mac. I think you’re missing the appeal of the Track point and how well they were made to run something like Linux. They had better driver support and were more likely to use intel chip sets then the propriety crap that HP or Dell would sell you. Framework and the Dell XPS line eventually caught up and Linux driver support improved, but this was a huge benefit to owning a think pad.