Hi everyone!
I'm looking at buying a new laptop, since my current one (HP Envy x360) decided to have a "static discharge" issue (according to Professor Google) with the motherboard. Although I was eventually able to turn on my laptop, and it hasn't had any issues since (it's been about 2 weeks since the motherboard freaked out), my small business and my personal life all depend on my laptop working. It scares me that I could be without one!

I have a few questions:

1. Should I get one now, just to be on the safe side?

or

2) Wait for Black Friday deals?

3) And when I do get one, any suggestions?

Here's what I use it for (professionally and personally):

• Video editing

• Video gaming (nothing extreme- mostly playing online with my sister, nothing MMO- usually just like Assassin's Creed or Overcooked 2 or something. I also do solo PC gaming similar to Skyrim or other open world RPGs)

• Storage of videos/audio

• Lots of virtual meetings with many different tabs open.

Here's what I like in a laptop:

• 15" screen is my favorite size. Smaller is too small. Bigger is too heavy

• Touchscreen preferred

• Ample storage for video storage & editing

• Some sort of graphics card is nice, but it doesn't need to be super amazing.

• Battery lasts at least 3 hours while doing any of the above "intense" things

Whatever:

• Numpad is nice but not needed

• Backlight nice but not needed

• Good audio & camera nice but not needed

Budget: Honestly at this point any laptop that doesn't give me problems after only 2 years of use is golden and worth spending a pretty penny on.

I had a Surface Laptop Go and it keep killing my SSDs so I am in the market to get a fairly decent priced laptop that have a touchscreen and the ability to upgrade RAM and SSD. I plan on just using the laptop for regular use and maybe use Adobe and Microsoft apps on it as well, no heavy use like gaming or anything like that.