How about this? If you're still open to Chromebooks. https://www.costco.ca/Acer-CB3-431-C...100417240.html
You can also check your local Costco, I recall seeing them before at a slightly cheaper price. It even comes with a wireless mouse.
This Acer Chromebook 14, as it's commonly called, looks like a MacBook air too, except it's plastic. It gets decent reviews and should be adequately quick for simple tasks.
I use my 3 year old Chromebook often, I pick it up to surf the net to look up something or to edit google drive stuff over my actual desktop.