Overwhelmed by conflicting hardware security advice

Currently I don’t have a specific budget set, I’m just looking for some of the cheapest options that meet the criteria I covered in the original post. If I had to throw a theoretical number out there, I’d say maybe $500? Knowing QubesOS requirements that number is probably too low so if I can’t increase the budget I may need to turn to a hardened host Linux distribution like Kicksecure or Secureblue in combination with a Whonix VM.

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$500 USD may be enough for a well-used Lenovo ThinkPad, but note the above quote:

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Yes AEM is an option too. Trenchboot is basically the continuation of AEM.

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