Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
buy a laptop with a removable battery - for 2 reasons: 1). You can replace it yourself if you need to. 2) In the event that the laptop freezes, you can simply pull out the battery and re-insert it, instead of frantically pressing buttons for ages in the hope that some combination of buttons works to stop the freeze and the annoying buzz that goes with it.
Good tip, that's something I'd look for if buying a laptop now.




Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
I know you said there's no particular brand, but I loved that HP.

Surely there must be one that you'd choose over the other?
For me at this price point, no, not really. Asus, Acer, HP, etc, will all be good machines, the internals will be intel or ryzen and not their own, I saw a few new brand names on that Invadeit link, I wouldn't buy one of those, the same as I wouldn't buy a new TV from some new brand I've never heard of.