honey and sting

If you were thinking of purchasing a new laptop (PC not Apple) in the next month or two... in advance of possible price increases, what would you choose?

I don't vid and I'm not a gamer, so don't need anything super high end, except that as I move into retirement next fall, I quite likely will discontinue my cable tv service (to save $$) so do expect to do some streaming on the laptop.

I currently have a 5 or 6 year old Dell that's still working fine but very HEAVY, and, aforementioned considerations of price upticks by the time this thing crashes.

thanks in advance!