Sorry can't help..we're an apple family.

When I replaced mine a year or so ago, my son, who knows much more about computers than I do, suppested a laptop. He set it up and it's hooked up to a very large screen because I nearly went blind trying to see on the laptop screen. But it's a good set up and theoretically I could use the laptop anywhere. But I don't.

I have had several Dells over the years and have had no actual problems, other than

they just grow old. They have always suited my needs. I will need one soon, I think, but putting it off. You know....

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it", thing?

My I-Pad is an Apple, of course, and it is getting to the point that it has a mind of

it's own.

A couple of years ago, my HP laptop really crashed. The repair shop said that most of the computers that they see with bad problems (not caused by malware, etc) have been HP, and they do not recommend the brand any more.

I just bought a brand new Dell laptop 2 weeks ago, they're definitely still in business.

My desktop purchases for the last 15 years or so have been All-in-one models. They offer a smaller footprint and cleaner appearance when used with a wireless keyboard and mouse. I've settled on 24 inch touchscreen Lenovos and have been very happy with them.

Laptops, we currently have a Dell and a Lenovo. Both are very satisfactory.

About half the time I buy directly from the company site, the other half of the times from Amazon. The deciding factor is price for a comparable model, it's otherwise the same.

PC manufacturers bulk up models with higher performance and greater capacity components that boost the price without enhancing the usefulness for an everyday user. I always get the PC model within the given product line I want that has adequate components (like, not less than 8GB of memory) but with the lowest price. It's never restricted what I do.

Sometimes there are Labor Day sales, you might wait to see if there are any to consider.

Last comment - CD/DVD drives, also called optical drives, used to be standard equipment in PCs and aren't these days. No worries if this is needed, external units that connect though a USB socket can be found for $30 or less.

Good luck.

PS - I would steer clear of HP products. There may be the odd good one floating around but its quality seems to be variable. No need to experience that, there are better sources.

I realize you're not looking for Mac, but wanted to put in a plug for iMac desktops - I have a 2017 model with updated OS @ home, and my previous one lasted me well over a decade before the display crapped out. The display is nice and big too - 21.5 inches. I have an older refurbished model @ work that's lasted just as long, however it's too old to upgrade to the latest OS. I buy refurbished from macofalltrades.com.

IMPE, it seems the older Macs are more reliable than newer models. My sister uses the latest Macbooks and is continually having to take them in for repairs.

Out to Best Buy to see what they have. We are an Apple family except for this. We have always had two iPhones, two iPads, and I have an Apple watch, but my daughter, whose whole house is Apple, said it would be too difficult for me to learn a new system since I have always had Windows.

That's good advice from your daughter.

iPhone vs Android, Windows vs Mac OS, same story. Neither is better or worse, more capable or less capable from a user experience standpoint. They're just different, the same things are done a different way, and the different way isn't always intuitive or findable. When a person is accustomed to one, it can be painful and take time to learn the other.

One things Apple devices do that is unique is how they sync from one to the other with no user intervention - they find their kin and connect. Apple can do that because it makes all the hardware and operating systems. Devices of the competition, Android and WinPC, come from a multitude of manufactures and don't do that to the same extent. Sometimes software can help - like browsers of a given kind syncing to its kin on other devices - but it's not to the same extent.

I think it's been 5 years since I switched to an iPhone from an Android phone. It was done for reason of available sizes at the time, not anything else. I still struggle with many things on the iPhone, find it difficult to find my way to do something that's new, and often have to do search look ups to accomplish what I want. It seems to be about one annoyance a week, but nothing more so than specific behaviors and settings that are inflexible because "it works that way because that's how we think it should, no need to allow you to change it do act differently". That's anathema to a Windows or Android user, who may not even realize the flexibility of settings but if interested, can always find user settable choices.

Last word - one of my daughters is an Apple and only Apple user. Her experience with Macbooks has been dreadful for years now. Terrible quality control, one after the other. Motherboards fail, internal drives crash, batteries overheat and fry the whole thing. She puts up with it by choice but often gets very frustrated.

We went to Best Buy, which is a big and attractive store and there were three Geek Squad guys there to help. A young man named Ryan showed us the selection which included Dell, HP and Lenovo and also showed us a Mac and did think since we've had Windows forever, it would be frustrating to learn. However, Staples had the best buy so we bought an HP All in One and will pay them $230 to switch everything over on Friday.

I have an old HP desktop that I upgraded to Windows 10 in 2015 that still works fine, although it is a bit slow now, and so I use my HP laptop, which I bought last year, most of the time. I have several programs on my desktop that I have not been able to install on Windows 11, which is why I keep my old desktop.

" will pay them $230 to switch everything over "

That's an outrageous charge. I bet a local computer repair shop would do it for half as much.

Good luck.

I thought it was a lot too, and Best Buy wanted $180 but it also includes McAfee antivirus for two years, unlimited virus removals, 24/7 tech help ,data recovery virus protection,and a long list of other benefits.

No local computer stores? I know enough to do my own but it's usually less than 1 hour of actual hands on work. Elapsed time is longer as software downloads and/or installs but that happens unattended and other things can be done while it happens.

If you've lived over the years without virus removal services and data recovery, these other things aren't worth paying for. A quick search I did disclosed that a 2 year subscription to McAfee for 5 devices is $20. Maybe it's more. Probably not for a large company buying in bulk.

But, we all pick what works for us personally and if that works for you, fine.