I have a laptop that I bought used about 10 years ago, and my wife has one that is a little newer (about 2 yrs old).
However, now that we have kids, and a house, I’d like to get a PC for everyone to be able to use, for convenience.
Sure, most anything can be looked up on phones, but there are times when a PC is much more convenient, and sometimes the software is needed for certain things (Word, Excel, etc).
I’d also like for our kids (ages: 2, 1, and 3 months) to grow up much more computer-literate and skilled than I did (I’m 43, and I feel like I just “get by” with regard to computer literacy - there are things I’ve had to learn for work, but I’ve never been happy with my computer/software skills).
We don’t do any gaming. This would be purely for internet use, composing letters and printing when we need to, possibly storing certain files occasionally, etc.
I’ve gotten used to having 2 monitors at work, and I now prefer that setup. So I would like to have 2 monitors.
What is important to me is having snappy response/performance, being “future-proof”, or at least upgradable, having up-to-date hardware (I don’t want to buy something that’s already out of date), having nice, large screens, and a nice keyboard (I’d like a keyboard with backlighting).
So, my question for you computer gurus is, is there a brand/model, that stands out as the “standard” for our use case?
Something else: My wife and I both really like Apple (I have an iPhone 11 and she has, I believe, a 13 ProMax), and would never consider a different brand/OS phone. My mom also had an Apple laptop years ago that I was always very impressed with its quality. However, it was very, very expensive. So that’s why I haven’t really considered going that route. But has anything changed? Are Apple computers still super expensive?
I like to get a lot for my money.
So what computer, monitors, keyboard should I get? Are there package deals these days?
I have not started looking yet, at all.
Thanks!