I followed the advice that I give other people about buying bicycles. We went to the local computer guy who we've used for service in the past.

For our, relatively non-technical use he recommended an ASUS something or other and not the most expensive machine that he had in the store. My computer professional son-in-law is real high on Apple products but even he didn't recommend Apple for our use.

Bottom line, I doubt we got the bottom dollar price, but I feel we were advised by a competant person whom I trust. We're happy with the purchase.