All of this really makes me wonder if the whole “Dead Internet” thing will be a real issue for my children.
I'm not OP, but it's not entirely about the content being viewed. A lot of unsupervised online access takes the form of large swathes of time. Not every parent would necessarily want their child online for 3 - 5+ hours,…
Maybe? Any (recent, 8th gen and up) 's' model Thinkpad would be fine, especially with a WQHD screen. 4K would bludgeon their battery.
All of this really makes me wonder if the whole “Dead Internet” thing will be a real issue for my children.
I'm not OP, but it's not entirely about the content being viewed. A lot of unsupervised online access takes the form of large swathes of time. Not every parent would necessarily want their child online for 3 - 5+ hours,…
Maybe? Any (recent, 8th gen and up) 's' model Thinkpad would be fine, especially with a WQHD screen. 4K would bludgeon their battery.