I nabbed this for $1,100 just over 3 years ago: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314703 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Ite

I nabbed this for $1,100 just over 3 years ago: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314703 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1683431... It's giant and my next system will def be smaller. But it does the trick and I plan on getting another 2 years out of it before replacing. Here's what I do when I am looking for a new laptop. I really research the CPUs. I don't need the best, but I make sure I am getting good performance for what I spend. I live on here while researching my system https://www.cpubenchmark.net https://www.cpubenchmark.net I don't care much about the brand of the system, some people laugh that I got an Acer. Whatever, I am concerned with whats inside, not outside. Does it come with bloatware? Doesn't matter as I install Linux on it as soon as I get it. Just before I do that I burn the bastard with prime95 to see if I can get it to fail before setting it up. Never had problems before.