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It's neat that you can program logic on most any computer that boots nowadays. Maybe not crazy UI libraries, but wrap properly factored middleware logic in a console interface or just write some unit tests and you can get a lot done without much compute at all. What's important in a working laptop? I used to look for stuff like replaceable batteries, but with USB-C power packs, that's not an issue…