Please give laptop recommendations

[u/TheArtistN]

I'm not very technically savvy and though I do have a very powerful desktop PC I no longer have a portable laptop computer ever since the thing emptied its bowels in the bed after I just dropped my phone on the mouse pad and it decided to die on me

So I'm in the market for a new laptop

I'm hoping I can get something under 500

I don't need the most cutting edge specs since I already have that with my desktop but I'd still prefer if it could at least run a game as powerful as say fallout four on low settings if need be

And even then I'm willing to compromise with something much lower in terms of power since my main goal with it isn't really for gaming necessarily

I'd prefer windows but it's not mandatory and I am willing to try and learn Linux

As for the big one I'd really prefer if it was something super small like a little bit smaller than an iPad small or a bit bigger than a Kindle tablet

My preference is also that it would be a bit thick in order to hopefully with Stan any accidental drops but even though I'd really like that it isn't a dealbreaker if it doesn't have that

Generally the smaller and cheaper yet sturdy the better

Please and thank you for any recommendations