I just got a Dell 15.6" for less than $500 over the holidays as a new all purpose computer like you're saying. I did a lot of looking around at brands and such. I got it directly from Dell after seeing all the Amazon issues with resellers and stuff. Got 10% off from Dell and some other discounts that kept getting added in 


Dell 15 DC15250 
Full 10 key keyboard - backlit
13th Gen i7
Win 11
16GB memory
1TB SSD hard drive