Sorry for the double post ...
My son just found this Black Friday deal at Best Buy:
Big memory, big SSD, big screen ... all for about $650 out the door (your tax burden may vary).
5 yrs ago I left a job and bought a 15.6 touchscreen ssd Lenovo with extended battery. Best darn money I ever spent. It has been a rockstar performer.
No prob., and, thanks!
That’s way more machine than I need, tho’. My old (2nd gen i3?) HP did plenty well, although the 14” screen had both it’s advantages (compact) and disadvantage (viewing area).
This would likely do:
https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/1676428/HP-15-ef2723od-Laptop-156-Screen/
I might look at swapping in a bigger SSD and upgrading my little netbook with the 256 GB drive from this one.
I just bought two interesting laptops: an Acer Swift 5 i7 that weighs less than 2 lb. with a 14 inch HD touchscreen, is .60 inches thick, and gives me a good 10 hours of battery life, and an Acer Concept D Ezel with a 17.8 UHD touchscreen. I really like them both.