My Thinkpad T490 died about a month ago. It won't post. Yes, I hit the secret reset button. Please email me if you know arcane conjurations for this specific machine.

I have been running my x220 for about a month without any major issues. No matter how much I enjoy OpenBSD, I actually went with Fedora + Xfce because I wanted to easily access my data strewn across [too many] disks with Linux specific filesystems.

Moore's law is dead and has been since 2012. You don't need better hardware. You need better software.