Don't tell them, keep the old thinkpads cheap lol
nostr:npub1c4sgd346sl9uh7mjhn99xjsu7t8dwm54kl6hxp3k0qyl4kz6v94qh5aqv4 You can't see this, but it's GNUbooted ThinkPads.
Storage and RAM easily swapped out and for many models you can swap the CPU.
Discussion
nostr:npub14f8d8c8zeq899dmwy5mtaauepglezczymw6dj9jmkw7489d4vffsvfyn5r nostr:npub1c4sgd346sl9uh7mjhn99xjsu7t8dwm54kl6hxp3k0qyl4kz6v94qh5aqv4 GNUbootable ThinkPads are unfortunately no longer cheap - so if they are going to buy a ThinkPad with replaceable RAM, they'll get a non-GNUbootable model instead.
$150?