Laptops

[Grandpappy]

I need to replace my wife's laptop this Chrismas,so I have a while to sort out the correct one.
She mainly does email with her friends,the occasional letter to Theatres,Cinemas,The Womens Institute,etc. and keeps a few records on Excel. She does keep photgraphs,but not 'catalogued' or using any software package,just 'shoe-box' in the wardrobe sort of thing-but it has to be a laptop & not a tablet,etc. Her current one,an Acer Aspire 5738G-664G32Mn has got to be at least 10 yrs old,running Win10,but very slow!! She uses a separate mouse on a customised mouse-mat and she loves it. So,keeping it simple,she doen't need a steep learning curve,what would people suggest-be realistic ,please.

[barry1010]

She certainly doesn't need a top of the range laptop. Decide on screen size and weight - does she carry it around with her?
Battery life - does she use it mainly plugged in or does she need a long battery life?
Hard drive size - what size is her current hard drive and is it adequate?
How much do you want to spend?

Any new laptop is going to seem like a whizzy thing compared to what she is using now. Argos has decent Acer laptops for around £300 but it depends on the factors mentioned above.

[Zacs-Master]

Buenchico always recommends the people he's linked to in this post, Grandpappy:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1693497.html#answer-12295750

[derek-33]

mines an toshiba satellite and its over 10 years old running win 10 and it running like new,have it looked at by someone who know how to clear all the crap off and update it all