Acer Chromebook Spin 713: i3-10110U, 13.5" 2K, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, Chrome OS Expired

In 2011 and 2015, I was using chromebooks as cheap computers running Linux. In 2018, enough cheap normal laptops became available that finding a powerful, full of RAM, replaceable storage, laptop used on eBay with excellent any-OS support, became easy. I got an Asus Core i5-8250U w/ 8G and 1TB HDD for $305. Swapped out the 1TB HDD for a 500G SSD and have been using it ever since.
Cheap chromebooks have 4G of RAM or less, which is just a little too tight for most needs.
Chromebooks have that terrible keyboard layout. Whowever came up with that needs ... well ... some pain applied. Is saving 6 keys really THAT important? No F11, F12, Bckspc are the main issues for me - At least they swapped the CAPS lock for something else, but removed the right-side alt/cntl. It is these little things that matter to me after the initial (this is ok) feelings.
Both my chromebooks had short support periods ... not as short as my Nexus phone, but it really turned me off from giving google any money.
The chromeOS support team forum was next to useless. Asking a question there always came back as either "not supported" or "powerwash" for the answers - then they'd close the thread. Only the person asking the question should be allowed to decide the best answer and close an active thread. I find it offensive. Another negative experience with Google. I get the forum people are all volunteers. I'd create a new thread and say the other thread was prematurely closed. Seems they didn't actually understand the question ... then closed it again.

I understand that for many people, chromeos is exactly what they need. It is a great way for non-technical people to have enough of a computer, be able to get online, share files through google webapps and communicate with friends and family, while having all their trivial data pushed to the cloud. I think ChromeOS is the single most secure, networked, OS in the world today. No privacy, but highly secure. Nobody will be doing heavy video editing on a chromebook, but I was running OBS to capture multiple audio inputs, 1080p video stream and presentation video capture at conferences. It wasn't an el-cheapo chromebook, but a $450+ version - still with just 4G of RAM. Besides the RAM limits, I loved that system.

All those chromebooks have died for various reasons, while a 2011 Dell 15inch laptop has been plugging away all this time.

Just learned about a new laptop vendor https://frame.work/ [frame.work] that lets us pick the external connectors used. They make only $800+ laptops, but each can be configured with the ports as we like, where we like them. Core i5 and Core i7 10th gen CPUs. 8 - 64G of RAM. Not the cheapest, but they are thin and light and have hidef (above 1080p) screens. Over a decade, for someone like me, the annual cost of a $900 laptop isn't really THAT high. It is the hassle factor of searching for a new, light, laptop that costs me money/time. Oh ... and I think the keyboard has https://frame.work/blog/the-keyboard easy fix/replace features, unlike most other thin laptops. Replacement is from the top - no need to remove the entire internal components. Yippy! The "Stealth Keyboard" looks fantastic to me. Imagine handing your laptop with that to someone who isn't a touch typist? No labels on any keys.

Missed out https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...lies/frown.gif Any chance of something this good coming back soon?