Laptop buying advice needed

[PreachTru]

I'm so torn on laptops right now. Could someone help me out? Wife needs a laptop to do college classes on at home, uploading videos from her digital camera onto the laptop, word processing, etc. Would also be hooking up the laptop to my home theater system for movie playback somtimes, so HDMI is a must. Not really doing any gaming on it. Would like something that is a little future proof as well.

Budget: $500-$700

Must haves:
Intel CPU - At least an i5
HDMI
8gm RAM minimum

Would like:
256gb SSD or 128gb SSD + storage drive


I bought this one from Sam's Club yesterday ($586 after tax), but I'm having seconds thoughts seeing other laptops go on sale:
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/hp-pavilion-15-6-x360-gold/prod21321210.ip?sprodId=prod21321210

Also considering this Acer Costco has on sale starting August 31st for $499:
https://www.costco.com/Acer-Spin-5-...-Intel-Core-i5---1080p.product.100336093.html

Newegg has an Acer on sale that looks tempting:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315926

 

[Andrew Carnegie]

Have you checked this ASUS ZenBook UX330UA-AH54? It is pretty decent laptop falling under your budget range.
Have a look at it on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/UX330UA-AH54-13-3-inch-Ultra-Slim-Processor-Fingerprint/dp/B01M18UZF5/