Yeah me too, the trackpoint keeps me at ThinkPads for my daily driver (I have experimented with others like the Pinebook Pro, but (underpoweredness aside) the lack of the trackpoint kills the deal for me...

I just want physical mouse buttons (especially for right and middle click), which only trackpoint laptops seem to do anymore

Yeah me too. Apparently there were other laptops (dell? hp?) with trackpoints too, but not anymore.

The Toshiba legacy is still around: https://us.dynabook.com/computers/laptops/portege/X40/X40-J1...

I can't see the keyboard nor trackpoint, and it's quite expensive.