[Hidden-tech] So maybe I'll buy a PC and not a Mac—advice, please

[Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography]

Shel,

Not sure if anyone mentioned a chrome book or if that fits your needs...but
you can get a real decent one for about $300 these days... another thing to
consider.

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On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Shel Horowitz <shel at principledprofit.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to all of you who responded to my query last week about which Mac
> to buy. It seems that neither of the Macs I asked about will really work
> for me, and the one that would is going to be about $2000.
>
> Meanwhile, Dell happened to mail me a flier today. For $600 plus $150 for
> MS Office—I've tried some of the freebie Office clones and NOT been happy—I
> can get an 8GB laptop with the Intel 7th Generation chip. I don't know yet
> about what ports it has, which was a major problem with the Mac. I figure
> at minimum, I need a power port plus two USBs, plus an SD reader. And a DVD
> ROM drive would be highly desirable, especially as our video player stopped
> talking to our TV.
>
> I've tested Gmail, Twitter, PowerPoint and Word on my wife's older PC
> laptop and it seems the adjustment between operating systems is much
> smoother than in the past. The last PC machine I owned was a NEC laptop
> running Windows 3.1.
>
> So anyway, I'd love advice on:
>
>    1. Good, reliable, fast machines to buy, preferably from
>    socially/environmentally responsible companies and under $1000
>    2. Anything I should be wary of in switching operating systems
>    3. A cheat-sheet on keyboard commands for things like taking
>    screenshots and making PDFs (both VERY easy to do on Mac)
>    4. What does that right button actually do?
>    5. With PCs known for far greater virus issues than Mac, what
>    precautions will I need to take?
>    6. Is there easy built-in software or freeware for making videos?
>    Making text or menu macros?
>
> Thanks, as always.
>
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