First off, no tablet lasts forever, they will break, I'm lucky that my sturdy 10 year old 50$ bamboo hasnt croaked but i'm also very soft with my hardware.
you will get used to a normal tablet very fast if you focus to learn with it, it's not perfect but its not that bad. A 50$ old ass bamboo is as good as an expensive intuos, you just end up getting used to what you have, PM had an enormous tablet, while one of my friends who is way better uses a super tiny one and used to only use a mouse.
If you're talking screens, i don't like that kind of investment unless you're gonna draw a LOT, but otherwise a huion is the only thing in your price range that'll be worth the while, but those things are not sturdy and might come with their own problems.
