My hard disk died last night after the fan stopped working, and now I guess I gotta get a new laptop. I don’t know anything about computers, so I need some help finding something that can run Minecraft decently for $400 or less.
Also, might it be cheaper to just get it repaired? Is that a thing?
Fair enough. Hinge assemblies can be replaced too, but it is a little more difficult. Pretty much the only repair I wouldn't be willing to do myself would be a busted touchscreen/lcd assembly.
I looked around and found this. I'm personally not a fan of HP, but it has some pretty good specs in your price range. I would immediately do a fresh install of Windows to remove all of the bloatware, regardless of the computer you end up going with.