I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012
I find it funny how people seem to fixate so much on the fact that the author upgraded various components to say the title is misleading.
As someone with apparently similar requirements, the take-away from this should be this:Even though significant work is required to keep these old machines 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.As someone running a non-upgradeable Dell nightmare XPS13 2in1 with a nice display, but horrible everything-else, I can relate. I've been looking at recent models lately and find it pretty bleak.