Assuming the UPS truck isn't delayed I'll be re-joining the ranks of
those using Linux on an aging thinkpad tomorrow. This one will be my
second, and a bit older than the first.
I bought a used T430 for myself back in mid 2019, and my wife got the
2017 12" MacBook which was one of my poorer computer purchases. Didn't
stay like that for long though, as we swapped so she could have a
machine with Windows to play the Win 10 version Minecraft with my son.
I've finally decided I've had enough of the MacBook's awful keyboard,
noticed I could still sell it for a surprising amount of money, and
bought a Thinkpad T420. They are a bit pricier than a year ago, but
$130 for an 8GB one that appears in VGC, with a dock and 2 power
supplies sounded okay to me.
Most of my serious computing is done on a desktop, with just email and
idle web browsing, occasionally writing on the laptop. Fingers crossed
a $130 computer can last me for at least a couple of years. I'm
looking forward to the keyboard, as it's the last model before they
went over to the chiclet style.
