I just replaced my 2017 13" MBP (bad screen) with a New DELL Inspiron 15 5000 (5505) AMD Ryzen 4700U CPU - ordered it with baseline RAM and storage (8 GB and 256 GB) for less than $725 … I figured if I was going to have to spend money to replace the MPB (vs fix it for a similar price) I wanted a laptop that I could upgrade on my own when I had the additional funds to do so …. Hence, I plan to upgrade it to 32 GB RAM and 1 TB ssd when those 2 items arrive next … which cost me another $243 from BB… and the Crucial website says it can go up to 64 GB RAM (while the official doc says up to 32… either way it should be more than I need if just 32 GB but if it can be expanded to 64 GB, that would be amazing! [So maybe the broken screen on my MBP was a blessing in disguise.. only time will tell I guess!)
The link to the laptop I ordered can be found here:
www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/dell-laptops/sr/laptops/amd-ryzen?appliedRefinements=10352&sortBy=price-ascending---
And it is still less money than a new MBP - plus it's upgradeable without need of an Apple Genius!
(I will be upgrading it myself … like one used to be able to do on the original Mac laptops.)
The only negative is that the display is less than 300 nits … it's 45% NTSC and the software said 270 nits, while the Dell doc notes 220 nits… either way it's useable! Plus it's not all that much different than the 2013 MBA display with the display protector over it that I use. : the spec sheet notes: 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-glare LED Backlight Non-Touch Narrow Border WVA Display -
Also, I believe it can be hooked up to an external monitor as well if you wanted to use a different display.
(Here is the spec page url: topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-15-5505-laptop_users-guide_en-us.pdf)
Just sharing since you inquired what others suggest.