Originally Posted by Redneck
All good info above.. Guess I better make a trip to the nearest Best Buy and ask questions..

I'd not heard of an SSD before this thread. Since the PC I'm referring to above, would that work with a tower that old? I.e., since it's close to 15 years, am I polishing a turd IYGMD?
as soon as you walk out the store with the computer you are polishing a turd pretty much. I would say you got your moneys worth

Macs are very intuitive but they cost more then your budget

I've heard many, many good things about Lenovo so that's definitely an option..

I have a work issued Lenovo laptop. It is reliable but very expensive and heavy as hell to carry .. The company is now offering macbook pros with dual operating systems so that is my next one.

Thank you, all, very much.