New laptop...
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I don't like Acer (had a lot of issues in the past), but congrats anyway!

I bought an Acer laptop (Timeline X) 6.5 years ago, it's been lugged around to almost 30 countries and used and abused. It cost me $499 at Staples in Canada. I recently replaced the battery and put an SSD in it. It boots in seconds and works like new. Best laptop keyboard, great speakers, good battery, no stupid DVD drive, USB3, HDMI, ...even has a dedicated video adapter for gaming (obviously nothing fancy in today's terms). I can see it lasting another 5 years easy. Ohhh and its blue, I love blue.

Refurbished ThinkPad is your best bet IMO. @AlexDeLarge