Look... when I lived in Argentina I worked a lot in the design field and my brother is a computer technician, so he used to build me a custom-made one, but not a notebook but a desktop one, one of the big ones. He repaired it or did what was necessary, but if in that sense I look at the quality and performance and only buy when it is necessary and not by desire, I would say in all areas of my life, although I like something I buy sometime.
Now I have an ASUS Notebbok, I bought it 4 years ago and it works great. At the time I bought it I didn't think about going back to design, but now I'm doing it. As far as I can design, the only thing I can't do is big works or 3D design, but it works very well.