[washadjeffmad]

I sympathize with many of your takes, but have you looked into Framework[1] laptops?

They're currently only Intel based, but there's a marketplace where you can buy or sell just the mainboards once the AMD, RISC V, or ARM64 models become available.

[1] https://frame.work/

[smoldesu]

Framework looks great! I actually have no real need to upgrade my hardware right now though, as all my devices still run fine. I'd be very interested in picking up a RISC-V model once it hits manufacturing though, they seem very promising.