Well, as to the last point the metal is providing internal rigidity, so that’s why there’s no inner tubing.

But agreed. I cannot see this trumping my replacement costs during my lifetime. It’s cool, and it might be more environment-friendly, but cost/benefit calculation says no.

My money’s on bling.

It depends. It’s mostly good (quite probably better than under Windows), but if there’s unsupported hardware that’s less continuously (which it shouldn’t be) it can drain the battery pretty fast. But that wouldn’t be any different under Windows…

Nobara is great if you’re a gamer. Also if you’re not a gamer. ; )