After returning from Nepal I was broke and I bought a laptop from Walmart. It is HP and I paid $325.00 ( including tax). I had toshiba ($550.00) and Dell ($750.00) previously. Now I regret why I bought those expensive ones before when the only work I do with my laptop is to browse the Internet and type some home works in MS WORD. If you are not going to be a computer pro and you have a little budget, get the cheaper ones.