I had an Acer that finally died. It was excellent, though not loved by the critics.
Go to Best Buy. Get a Sony VAIO (?) or Asus. Dell is OK too.
Apple is pricey for what you get. But I still have my Macbook Pro, now 4 years old.
But for the cheap side, Best Buy has all levels. Probably would avoid Gateway (owned by Acer). I bought one for youngest son and it had everything out of date.
Yea. Was a time when I worked in the personal computer industry 15 years ago that Gateway was one of the premier companies.
Now I want to take a baseball bat to the one I just bought a year ago. The other I bought on the same day has already been retired to the bone pile in my garage.
Been having various problems with them within a month after getting them.