His 4th point in the conclusion at the end:
> I wanted a cheap travel laptop I could replace without blinking an eye at the price.
It's pretty easy to get ~10 years out of a good laptop from Apple. I'll be shocked if this guy is still using his Thinkpad in 10 years, and even if he does, that he didn't create more e-waste by swapping parts that he wouldn't have had to sticking with the MacBook.