Thank you Titan for your amswer and those links! That was very helpful!
Terry_42, I will definitely keep that in mind. I havent entirely ruled out Macbooks, although I am always worried about buying something used so I’d probabky buy it new, despite the price, if I was really set on getting one. Also I’m not even terribly worried about the hardware right now because im only just starting and dont plan on being in the settings you described for a long time.