Another vote for a Chromebook.
I wrote my first program in 1969 so I've been around the computer world, you can say. I've used more computers than anyone has ever heard of. I worked as a Best Buy computer salesperson a few years ago. While I was there the first Chromebook came out. Someone had bought it, returned it(because it wasn't a Windows laptop) and I bought it at the restock price.
That was the best thing I ever bought (in computer terms).
What it is:
Light weight, fast easy. I looks like a laptop and, for the most part, acts like a laptop. You can sign in and surf the web, go to your bank site and do your banking, sign into Facebook, Twitter and anything else you would normally sign into on line.
It never gets a virus because it is the chrome operating system (OS). Updates are automatic, you almost never even know you got an update.
It has limited storage, but you get 15 gig online with your gmail account. (100 gig is only $1.99/month)
What it is not:
It is not Windows or Apple or Linux. You can not download programs that only work on those OS. (Such as Photoshop, Quicken, etc).
It only works online connected by WiFi (but then, when you use Windows you are probably connected to WiFi anyway).
Do you use M/S Word?
Well, chrome has Google docs that can read and update files and let you save it in Docs (and send it back as a word doc if you need to)
Excel - Google sheets is like docs above.
I gave my first Chromebook to my daughter and got a little bit bigger unit (eye sight).
I use it 99.99% of the time (including now). The other .01%? , well I still have a laptop for Quicken, but after the next couple of years I won't need it.
I hope this helps.
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