I'm also on old ThinkPads... I have an X220 I love, and an X1... both are doing well and I purchased the X1 off eBay as I thought the X220 was going to fail (I've had it 8 years maybe) but the X220 has not failed and the X1 is kinda waiting to be used.
I bought the X1 because I'd had a work X1 which I really liked, but unfortunately that was stolen in a bar. So my work machine is now a Lenovo T480s which is powerful, but larger and heavier.
Totally in favour of buying higher-spec older ThinkPads, they're extraordinary machines.
I'm also on old ThinkPads... I have an X220 I love, and an X1... both are doing well and I purchased the X1 off eBay as I thought the X220 was going to fail (I've had it 8 years maybe) but the X220 has not failed and the X1 is kinda waiting to be used.
I bought the X1 because I'd had a work X1 which I really liked, but unfortunately that was stolen in a bar. So my work machine is now a Lenovo T480s which is powerful, but larger and heavier.
Totally in favour of buying higher-spec older ThinkPads, they're extraordinary machines.