It has similar spec to my current broken laptop. Instead of a i5, it comes with an i7 8550U, 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage. It is a renewed product, by the way. And it goes for around ₹24,000. Honestly, I feel like it is too expensive, considering how there are better spec laptops available.
sure, take it slow. they’re only gonna get cheaper and if you’re not compiling/building large code bases daily, they’re still gonna be viable a year or two from now; same way you can today use something like a T420 without too much trouble (obv don’t buy something like that, but if you stumble upon one for free, have at it).
I’ve gone deeper in the ThinkPad rabbit-hole, and I’m in love with the X220, the T420, T420s and the T520, if I had to be honest. Why don’t they make machines like these - now that we also have low-profile mechanical keyboards? I’m almost considering to DIY-learn more about making my own laptop shell and stuff like that.
Photo of an old Thinkpad used by Drew DeVault, the founder of Sourcehut : https://fosstodon.org/@drewdevault/112478468031784230