Greetings! I have used phpDesigner8 for many years on Windows. I am now rebuilding my personal website ([DELETED].org) to run on OpenSuse Leap 15.4, using LAMP. I am wanting to find an editor that is a good as the one I'm used to to minimize my learning curve. Suggestions?

I have ALWAYS used a mouse with my laptops. I too had a Thinkpad and I agree with @honeythecodewitch on all points. The only 'built-in' pointer I ever used. I am basically a desktop guy, not a gamer. I have owned a couple of Asus Zen, low end and they are performed very well. I think my favorite was a Sony Vero (I think) that was a 'desktop replacement' back in the day that I bought because I was in temporary housing in a different city for two years due to herself's assignments. Big capable machine in its day, big speakers, etc. I think around 2005. Currently, we have a couple of HP's that are OK, but HP likes to be pretty intrusive. Since desktop is my preference with lots of monitors, etc. I normally look for lightness in laptops. LG is advertising one that looks pretty light, but I have no experience with it. Have fun

Suggest you look at Suse. The YAST tool is very helpful configuring server apps. Currently I prefer V. 13.2 over the new leap 42.1, But only cause of a minor missing gui tool Been using SUSE over 20 years, looked at several others, always came back.