Every option has been mentioned. One note left out that might be important to some depending is resale value. If you buy a PC (Dell, Asus, Thinkpad, etc), the r

Every option has been mentioned. One note left out that might be important to some depending is resale value. If you buy a PC (Dell, Asus, Thinkpad, etc), the resale value is going to be substantially less after even a year. However, with something like the Apple MacBook (Pro, Air, Nil), you can probably keep it around a year, or even few and sell it for substantially more towards a new one later, of course it will cost more to replace it with the equivalent later on, so maybe it's not much a factor after all. That said, I'd get what you need and start there. Do you need macOS? That narrows your choices by a magnitude or so. I'd get a refurbished MacBook or MacBook Pro from the Apple Store Online. If you want a PC every suggestion has been made. It's only a matter of where you end up sourcing it from.