A suggestion: I'd look at a lot of consumer reviews respective of various makes / models.

If stability and reliability are factors in determining what/which to buy: These days, and after what I've been through with my laptop this week and have been told by the manufacturer, I will think twice in the future about having another laptop.

Laptops have two components that are crucial to its performance, and, sooner or later, one or both are most apt to have a "failure": the fan and the hard drive.

I'd closely examine how the fan(s) is/are seated in a laptop. One with little ventilation or placed (laptop bottom) surface to resting spot surface is much more prone to overheat, which isn't favorable for a computer.

When a manufacturer's rep. tells me, and more than one has this week, most laptops are flimsy and made cheaply, it didn't bolster my consumer confidence, yet I'm not ready to toss a computer under warranty.