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This is for my brother....here is his answer:

It Needs to have Microsoft office and will mostly be used for book keeping and email
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Nice and Kind Vic 1y ago

For this I would pickup a refurbished Dell Optiplex or HP and a monitor.

Example...

computer for $109

Dell OptiPlex 5050-SFF Intel Core i5-7500 3.4 GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB M.2-NVMe, Windows 10 Pro 64bit, DVDRW (Renewed) https://a.co/d/eeus4AW

monitor.. good cyber monday deals right now. depending on size will cost around $60 and up

microsoft office... if it absolutely must be microsoft office, try to find a deal on assorted discount sites. example newegg has MS Office Home for under $100. most people use quickbooks for bookkeeping...... however, there are FOSS applications that can fill this requirement to cut costs. LibreOffice is what I've been using for years, and GnuCash can accomodate most simple account tracking

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BitTiger 1y ago

Refurbished dells are good super cheap options. I have a couple old optiplexes from 2008 still chugging along. Without skipping a beat. They are easy to repair and upgrade some parts too.

Stay the fuck away from HPs. All ot them. Fuck those dirty bastards. They are the bane of all computer repairs due to faulty shitty hardware. Never trust them for mission critical work. They are disposable cheap computers with very poor build quality. Some people like them, but professionals who know better loath them. Present company included.

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Nice and Kind Vic 1y ago

My biggest complaint with HPs is they often use proprietary parts and/or have poor airflow or dying PSUs. But its in waves where some models are fine

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BitTiger 1y ago

The only HP I heard rumors about being not good, not great, but acceptable. Was the HP dev one laptops. Which are sold out, I believe they arent making them anymore either. I have no first hand experience with them.

Ironic that their only decent computer they built in decades. They killed off the product line even after many good reviews. I believe it cuts into their disposable computer business model by having a reliable one in the mix.

Cant have that now can they? Lol