I've had best experience with Dell. Before switching to apple ecosystem I used dell laptops (Inspiron) and if I remember they were in $1.2k-$1.4k price range at

I've had best experience with Dell. Before switching to apple ecosystem I used dell laptops (Inspiron) and if I remember they were in $1.2k-$1.4k price range at the time. First one lasted 5+ years, second still works after 10+ years. Same with monitors, I trust only Dell. Just the other day I bought new 4k monitor from dell and it's great. Have 2 old dell monitors I bought 10y ago, my kids use it now. Overall, build quality is superb.