I agree with the cheap bit. I have had one for about 4 years that has lasted fairly well considering how low quality everything is. I have only taken it outside of my house about 10 times and that was all on family holidays etc. The wrist rest blackened from where it was getting hot and you had your hand on it. I also tried to take it apart at one point, and the screw holes pretty much fell apart, with bits of cheapo plastic falling off left, right and centre. The battery died on it twice, and has broken again so it only holds charge for 10 mins. So be wary @Lotus with acer laptops.
I don't know about in the same price range but Lenovo laptops are fairly high build quality and Asus is too bad either. I would not recommend any Dell laptops in the low end either.