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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Reader Recommendations => Topic started by: fdubz on August 15, 2017, 12:24:00 PM
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I am looking for a simple desktop computer that I can pair with a good-sized monitor. When I say simple, I mean can run Microsoft Office pro and have internet. Super basic. It will be mainly for checking email and Word/Excel use. My husband and I both have Surfaces from work, but we'd like something for home. I am barely computer spec literate, but it seems like everything I've looked at is way beyond our needs.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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I bought a $200 lenovo laptop (B40) with hdmi port two years ago. HDMI allows for a larger monitor. I then dumped windows and loaded ubuntu. Runs better than my wife's apple. Cheap, fast and expandable....
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I switched from a long time Windows Desktop user to a Google cloud existence on a Chromebook. There isn't a single Word or Excel feature that I miss-- the Google suite covers 100% of my needs. And I have to say that always being backed up in the cloud is awesome. My kids broke my Chromebook laptop a couple years ago. No problem: the replacement had nothing to install and all my work was exactly where I left it.
And if you want to stick with Word and Excel, Microsoft's free online versions of those products will probably work just fine for you too.
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Pretty much anything on TigerDirect's refurbished desktop pages will be fine.
This guy looks great for the price:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5686302&Sku=