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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1694732"><p>I appreciate the background on your style and budget, it's helpful in trying to give you advice, but a Mac -- even a pretty old one -- for $100 or less that I could say would be safe to use? Not going to happen.</p><p></p><p>XP was discontinued many years ago, so I'm not surprised to hear its giving you problems. Macs are much safer to use online (no viruses, low risk of malware), but frankly you'd be better off just getting a free recent one from someone who's upgrading versus getting one that is "worth" $100 -- those would be so old that they would be unsafe to use as well as frustrating for all the things they can no longer do.</p><p></p><p>I'd strongly recommend something from this decade. You might be able to find a good deal on an old Mac mini from 2011 or so, for example, but Macs tend to hold their value for a really long time -- unless you have a friend who can give you their old one, I can't hope for much luck on finding one for $100 or less. Maybe use a library computer or something for a while while you save up a bit. Believe me, you'll be very glad you got something fairly recent versus something very old, and that applies to any platform of computer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1694732"] I appreciate the background on your style and budget, it's helpful in trying to give you advice, but a Mac -- even a pretty old one -- for $100 or less that I could say would be safe to use? Not going to happen. XP was discontinued many years ago, so I'm not surprised to hear its giving you problems. Macs are much safer to use online (no viruses, low risk of malware), but frankly you'd be better off just getting a free recent one from someone who's upgrading versus getting one that is "worth" $100 -- those would be so old that they would be unsafe to use as well as frustrating for all the things they can no longer do. I'd strongly recommend something from this decade. You might be able to find a good deal on an old Mac mini from 2011 or so, for example, but Macs tend to hold their value for a really long time -- unless you have a friend who can give you their old one, I can't hope for much luck on finding one for $100 or less. Maybe use a library computer or something for a while while you save up a bit. Believe me, you'll be very glad you got something fairly recent versus something very old, and that applies to any platform of computer. [/QUOTE]
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