Is there any other area where you would tolerate 35 year-old performance as "good enough"?

My requirements when buying a laptop are evidently higher than one notch above "unusable".

My toilet seems to work fine, and I think it's 35 years old.

But in general I agree, just with different variables. I'm ok with 60hz but I won't use a screen less than 4K. Part of the reason I bought the ThinkPad is because it was one of the few I could find at a reasonable price that had a 4K screen.