IdeaPad Slim 3 - Everyday Laptop - Lightweight - Windows 11-15.6" FHD - 8GB Memory - 256GB Storage - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U - Abyss Blue

This is simply the best laptop within this price range you can buy, its durable, sturdy chasis, backlit KB, and Ryzen 5 more than making up for its dismal 8Gb RAM (over 5Gb sequestered by Windows 11!). Once you get rid of the bloatware, it becomes a fast booting, snappy little machine and will remain so if you keep its use restricted to basic MS Office tasks, browsing, and watching movies/shows. For gaming and media creation, you'll need to spend a prettier buck than the $379.99 price tag.7/5/24 Update: Dropped one star after encountering the dreaded "Bitlocker Conundrum" which plagues many users these days. Took a whole afternoon to find the right tutorial to disable it via Command Prompt as most of the "easy" solutions peddled by many do not work.

OK so there's more pro's than con's so I'm just gonna list the con's.1. Bitlocker when you power it on requires you to enter your bitlocker key (and this is every time you shut it down)2. It doesn't stay charged for very long. I usually keep mime plugged in so it's not dead when I need to use it. However it does charge up extremely fast.Overall it's a good computer for the price.