Maybe this is a hot take. However, a lot of the Chromebooks that were deployed by schools during covid are build like tanks while being super lightweight and having great battery life. Meanwhile the old thinkpads are 10 years old and are probably starting to wear down. Many Chromebooks support coreboot these days so theoretically they have the potential to be more private and secure. Some of them are also arm which means that they are more efficient from an architecture perspective.

Edit:

I like how incredibly controversial this is. I have successfully split the votes

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      83·
      3 months ago

      Actually these devices are pretty cool as the usually have a TDP of 5-7 Watts

      • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        I don’t disagree, I was just commenting from the angle of how enthusiastic many are about ThinkPads.

        I don’t know too much about Chromebooks myself, so I look forward to the banter in order to learn more.