

You can always try second hand market if in your region is somewhat healthy. I am not entirely sure what is your use case, but for work related and studies I would advise to get a lenovo thinkpad of some kind. Durable machines overral and can be get for decent prices. Other enterprise level laptops also work





It sounds strange, but in a way, pillows do give an abnormal spine curvature next to the head, which technically can cause problems.
I do know people that straight up decided not to use pillows because of neck pain and use the arm as a pillow instead.
First weeks were a bit horrendous but eventually got around it, and now, no more morning neck pain.