I buy the cheapest one Walmart has on a laptop. I don't do work on mine. I use it for internet, downloading and printing out quilt patterns, USB, mouse, dvd drive, camera, mic, EQ, word program, photos, and streaming movies. Even the low end computers now are excellent. The one I am using now is over four years old and doing fine and it was on sale for $198. It upgrades with no problem. I think I have Windows 10 on it. I don't want to invest a lot of money in one. The main thing is if your internet service more then the computer.