Laptop took a dump

Ron said:
as long as you have reliable internet and dont plan to use it stand alone.
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Yes, most of this would need to be done "offline". And the primary user will be an older woman, so the less I change but upgrade, the better.

I know that the cheapest machine can likely do what I need, but I also know that the primary users will want something that doesnt have much wait time. Just not sure how much RAM and processors are the goto these days, and if there are any to shy away from.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
Yes, most of this would need to be done "offline". And the primary user will be an older woman, so the less I change but upgrade, the better.

I know that the cheapest machine can likely do what I need, but I also know that the primary users will want something that doesnt have much wait time. Just not sure how much RAM and processors are the goto these days, and if there are any to shy away from.
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Just make sure it has an SSD of some sort. I think that should be standard issue nowadays, but I haven't looked at any lower-end machines to know for sure. I'm running Windows 10 on several computers that are 8-10 years old. Chrome is the biggest memory/CPU hog out of anything you listed, and that's proportional to how many tabs you have open.

Dave's point is that you can do most anything that would be considered 'desktop computing' years ago with a computer that costs less than $100. I have two raspberry pis sitting here on the desk that would suffice, and both were about $60 plus monitor/kb/mouse.
 
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