Two questions, well, one, which is the most important to you, specs or durability?
I have an Acer Aspire that was a good choice in terms of costs/capabilities, but it's in a cheap plastic case that doesn't handle moving around a lot and I managed to crack it, making it even harder to move, trays are essential, etc. But, 3.5 years on (and it was an end of line ex-display bargain then) it's still going fine and does what I need.
On the other hand, with a previous employer I had a Lenovo Thinkpad, which was expensive for its specs but incredibly durable, I was doing marketing work for them and we had stories of them falling off cliffs (while closed, not running), or being trampled by herds of african beasts, and still running fine.
So if it's an around the house device, then an Acer or similar will be fine, but if you travel a lot or it needs to take a bit of punishment (or it might get dropped/stood on) then a more durable thing would be good, a reconditioned one would be a good value given your spec requirements I suspect.
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I have an Acer Aspire that was a good choice in terms of costs/capabilities, but it's in a cheap plastic case that doesn't handle moving around a lot and I managed to crack it, making it even harder to move, trays are essential, etc. But, 3.5 years on (and it was an end of line ex-display bargain then) it's still going fine and does what I need.
On the other hand, with a previous employer I had a Lenovo Thinkpad, which was expensive for its specs but incredibly durable, I was doing marketing work for them and we had stories of them falling off cliffs (while closed, not running), or being trampled by herds of african beasts, and still running fine.
So if it's an around the house device, then an Acer or similar will be fine, but if you travel a lot or it needs to take a bit of punishment (or it might get dropped/stood on) then a more durable thing would be good, a reconditioned one would be a good value given your spec requirements I suspect.