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Originally Posted by SFSkol
Probably a better answer is what not to buy.
No need for AntiVirus software - Win 10 Defender is more than adequate.
No need for MS Office - Free Libre Office does the same job. (As help desk for small companies I only found one document or spreadsheet that it was unable to open.)
For quick and easy photo editing I've installed Faststone free on over 100 PC's. For more detail use The Gimp a Photoshop clone that uses photoshop plugins.
Don't buy an AIO hardware.
Stay away from off brands. Stick to Dell/Toshiba/ HP
(35 years PC repair/ help desk experience)
Turn your aging pc into a Linux Mint desktop. Typing this on a 15 yr old dell dimension. Current Mint OS, 2 gig ram, 320 gig HD. Sweet!
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I had mint on a thumb drive.
I did tech support too but I also had a hand on what the district bought. I wanted my job as easy as possible and down time to a half hour so I tried to limit the make and models purchased, not the amount. I had a hard drive duplicator and all the computers data was saved in 2 other locations. I used ghost too for upgrades twice a year. I got to a point where I didn't fix computers software problems anymore. I could swap out a hard drive that was all set to go and only needed to rename the machine in 10 minutes or less.
This also means that there is a lot I don't know.