Please help me find a sub-$500 laptop with these criteria

pcrawler1

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Hey community, I need some help. For a while now I’ve been searching for a laptop with the following criteria and I simply can’t find one:

-Has an SSD or is capable of having an SSD of at least 128GB
-Screen larger than 13 inches
-Not from HP (unless you have personal experience with an HP laptop
-And preferably $500 maybe a bit more

It seems like all budget laptops nowadays force you to compromise. The main thing I want in my laptop is an SSD because I know it works miracles for boot times and overall speed. Also, the reason I prefer not to buy from HP is because their prices are suspiciously low and almost none of their laptops score more than 4 stars anywhere. Thanks.