Honestly, save up the money for an expensive laptop. It is a night and day difference. I have had my dell XPS for almost 10 years now, and it simply won't die. It sucks, because hate spending money, but a good laptop starts at $900. When I worked at Best buy, let me tell you, if I sold a laptop <=$500 I knew that thing was coming back (especially Dells. Only buy enterprise Dells). Asus were better quality at a bit lower price ($700), but other than that I would personally not buy anything that is not made for business.