I don't know man, those benches are nice for a variety of positions. Plus, you are already naked..

If it's solid oak you bet your ass I'll take it. I'll never tell you that I'll scrap it for parts though. New wood is expensive and planing and joining wood is a pain, cutting some cabinet doors from a table is way easier.

I have a T480 with an i5, it's more than adequate for browsing, office, I even run Qgis on it.

First few books were good but after a while I got too tired of all the time jumps and whatnot.