I have an 8 year old Gateway laptop - a very unpretentious machine, that I bought at Walmart; it was cheap, slow (even for 2008) - and extremely solidly built! Now, as the machine is about to go to the Great Landfill in the Sky (the hard-disk is dying and the overall value of the computer is less than a new disk), I've started to look around for a similar replacement. Unfortunately, everything I could see and touch at Best Buy is either a) cheap, but extremely flimsy, compared to my old Gateway or b) nicely built, but way too expensive (for the replacement, I have a budget of just a FEW hundred dollars).<p>Do you have any suggestions for me?<p>Observations:<p>a) A chromebook is not a suitable replacement for this machine;<p>b) When I say "solid" I mean the complete opposite of "flimsy"; it could be heavy, I don't mind (at most, I'll move it from one room to another), so weight is not an issue (as aren't processing power - an i3 or equivalent would be sufficient - or sufficient RAM - 8GB would be great, but I'd be willing to go for 4).<p>Your insights in this matter are greatly appreciated!