Posted by SweetFeet on March 22, 2018 at 08:10:15 from (70.35.102.196):
In Reply to: Computer posted by Danny Prosser on March 22, 2018 at 05:21:36:
Danny Prosser,
Sorry - very long.
My thinking is...
IF you are going to go with a Microsoft Windows based computer - then you might as well buy a new one with Windows 10 and learn to use it... Because in my mind - buying a Windows 7 used computer is like buying an old horse that you know is going to die.
Windows 10 does have a learning curve because it IS different from 7 - BUT it is nothing that you cannot overcome. And you'd be amazed how much help is available, both on Microsoft Community discussions AND on Youtube... OR ask some here on YT (Grin)!!!
Our daughter bought a Lenovo laptop last summer with Windows 10 on it - brand new and on sale for just over $400 (the regular price was about $100 higher). She has been very happy with it. I don't know the specs off-hand, but it's fast and has a lot of memory. It is a full laptop computer - not one of those $200 deals that is really only good for checking emails and surfing the internet. She bought the Lenovo based on the recommendation of the head computer guru at our local school. He said the school buys a lot of Lenovo computers for their computer labs.
DO KEEP IN MIND that a lot of new computers do not come loaded with much for software anymore... so you likely need to buy it.
I have Win 10 at two of my jobs. I do not use their Start Button to find files. I just work from the Windows Explorer manila folder in the task bar. This folder View looks/acts/is arranged much more like Windows 7. I only use their Start button to access All Programs to get to the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, etc.
Others swear by McIntosh Apple computers... by I have never used one, so cannot speak to their function.
If I can learn Windows 10... then anyone on the face of Planet Earth can learn it. Using new technology has NEVER come easy to me - but I am persistent and just keep plugging away at it.
Again, I cannot stress enough how helpful YouTube and Microsoft Community discussions can be. In the past, I have also purchased visual-aid computer books that explain how to do stuff step-by-step AND show you pictures of what your computer screen looks like. When MS ended XP and I had to go to Windows 7... I thought I had died and gone to Hades. BUT because of work, I was forced to learn it - AND ended up LOVING Win 7. Now having used Win 10 for some time... I really have no issues/problems with it all.
I also don't like buying used computers. My workplace bought me one about a year and half ago. It never was quite right - had some odd little glitches in several areas. Guess what? They just had to purchase a new one - so that money spent on the used one, could just as well have gone toward a new one a year and half ago.
One last thing... cheapest is not always the best. Not saying that one has to spend top dollar on stuff. BUT we once bought a "cheapest" Compaq computer and that thing didn't last as long and the fan noise could drive you up a wall. Also, we once bought the "cheapest" stereo/turntable years ago - it was a hunk of junk from the get-go. So to some extent... you get what you pay for.
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