That hardware is 13 years old now and laptops tend to start falling apart and spares become difficult to source.
I have a Dell E6410 laptop. Which is really easy to repair and built like a tank. Keyboard has started dying and there are no replacement keyboards on ebay that are UK. You are asking people to use things that are quite out of date and may not be easily repairable.
I've got desktop machines from 2007 that I've had to replace the motherboard (wasn't worth it really) because capacitors had started bulging (and it was a board from a well known manufacturer). It probably more capable than the machines you mention but it was unstable as the parts were literally disintegrating.
> Even the T60 offers a decent performance if your usecase is browsing the web, mail and other simple tasks.
I really get annoyed by this. "If your tasks are restricted to a very small subset of what I think a basic user actually might want to use your computer for this will be okay". What happens when someone needs to use more modern software (even for one off thing like a job interview over a video conference), or use a particular site for taxes or whatever that needs a more modern hardware. They are screwed.
I have an Amiga 1200 with an accelerator card and technically I can use the web, check mail, chat (IRC basically) and do 85% of what I do online. But for the other 15% it is a total non-option and that other 15% might be what pays my bills.
I have a Dell E6410 laptop. Which is really easy to repair and built like a tank. Keyboard has started dying and there are no replacement keyboards on ebay that are UK. You are asking people to use things that are quite out of date and may not be easily repairable.
I've got desktop machines from 2007 that I've had to replace the motherboard (wasn't worth it really) because capacitors had started bulging (and it was a board from a well known manufacturer). It probably more capable than the machines you mention but it was unstable as the parts were literally disintegrating.
> Even the T60 offers a decent performance if your usecase is browsing the web, mail and other simple tasks.
I really get annoyed by this. "If your tasks are restricted to a very small subset of what I think a basic user actually might want to use your computer for this will be okay". What happens when someone needs to use more modern software (even for one off thing like a job interview over a video conference), or use a particular site for taxes or whatever that needs a more modern hardware. They are screwed.
I have an Amiga 1200 with an accelerator card and technically I can use the web, check mail, chat (IRC basically) and do 85% of what I do online. But for the other 15% it is a total non-option and that other 15% might be what pays my bills.