Have such a hard time upvoting this, solely because OP posted their budget and they could get something much better. Apple is nice, but you’ll be paying out the wazoo to be limited to their ecosystem. Nice, intuitive ecosystem, wont lie. Really pays to be in it, but getting out is hell.

Honestly I’d rather do the extra leg work of finding good enough replacements for basic mac functionality than getting an apple product. I’m hella biased though.