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MerryHolidays

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14. Well, for the price of a Mac, you can probably get
Fri Jan 27, 2023, 06:22 PM
Jan 2023

2 decent PCs and a Chromebook!

I would be a little careful with the Chromebook. It really operates by saving stuff on the cloud, so the onboard storage is small. It's meant to really be fully connected on the internet.

The other thing is that each of Apple, Microsoft, and Google (through Chrome OS) make it a bit difficult to use the other's software apps/products. For example, Microsoft Word does not work well with a Chromebook. You really have to use free apps like Google Docs (word processing), which, of course, has a bit of a different user interface than Word. It also has nowhere near all the bells and whistles as far as I can tell.

I basically use my Chromebook for surfing, emails, streaming video/music, and some simple business tasks. I use the PC for word processing, which is compatible with my work tech.

Good luck!

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