britechguy
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As I posted earlier today, my client that is having the boot into PXE issue has an ancient (yes, a January 2013 date of manufacture is now ancient) Lenovo A440 AIO with only 4GB RAM and a Pentium processor of the generation. It came with Windows 8 and was updated to Windows 10. The monitor is 21.5" and she really doesn't want anything larger, and I asked.
Given the price of an SSD, and the fact that this is a senior citizen with very basic computing needs, I really can't even see point in trying to revive that machine with an SSD, as she'd be spending money better spent on the replacement.
She does not want a laptop, and I do not want an AIO (and haven't seen many of them lately, anyway). I know there are a lot of folks here who are more aware of current offerings out there than I am, since I do not sell hardware.
Just soliciting opinions regarding what folks like in a basic desktop, with monitor, these days, preferably one that will be upgradable to Windows 11. I am trying to minimize cost because there's just no heavy duty demands here. We will not be doing a custom build; it needs to be an "off the shelf" unit.
She has an existing Logitech wireless external keyboard/mouse combo that she wishes to continue using, so keyboard quality is not of primary concern.
Given the price of an SSD, and the fact that this is a senior citizen with very basic computing needs, I really can't even see point in trying to revive that machine with an SSD, as she'd be spending money better spent on the replacement.
She does not want a laptop, and I do not want an AIO (and haven't seen many of them lately, anyway). I know there are a lot of folks here who are more aware of current offerings out there than I am, since I do not sell hardware.
Just soliciting opinions regarding what folks like in a basic desktop, with monitor, these days, preferably one that will be upgradable to Windows 11. I am trying to minimize cost because there's just no heavy duty demands here. We will not be doing a custom build; it needs to be an "off the shelf" unit.
She has an existing Logitech wireless external keyboard/mouse combo that she wishes to continue using, so keyboard quality is not of primary concern.