My father-in-law wanted an inexpensive laptop last Christmas. We got an Acer Swift 3 with 15" FHD screen, 8th generation i5 with 4 cores, 8 G memory, 16G Optane + 1TB 5400 rpm HDD for $400. This machine boots up Windows 10 between 15 to 18 seconds consistently. It is responsive most of the...