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Which of these systems is better?

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Dave3000

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My budget is $500 (before sales tax) and that's stretching it and this is going to be a Christmas gift for a family member. I originally was thinking about the Minisforum UM760 Slim mini PC but now I'm not so sure, especially if it requires a power brick, I might as well get her a small mini tower system instead and place it under the desk at the side. Also, she believes she is fine with her current PC even though it can't receive Windows 10 updates any longer, and I tried an unofficial workaround to get Windows 11 to work on her current PC but it had an issue with missing text in the menus and context menu of Windows 11, so back to Windows 10 but no more updates and I actually did check Window update and it says that her PC will no longer receive updates since Windows 10 is no longer supported and to enroll in the ESU program for one year of security updates for Windows 10 but she does not have a Microsoft account and I'm not going to use mine for this purpose. I won' t resort to illegal workarounds either. I tried to talk her into replacing that computer with one that supports Windows 11 but she said it's working fine and why should she replace it, and doesn't care about no more Windows 10 updates or seem to care about security issues of not receiving Windows 10 updates any longer and does not care for Microsoft support, not that she needed it. The only way she is going to buy a new PC is if her current one no longer powers up, powers up but shows nothing on the screen, or if it becomes too unstable (for example frequent BSOD or crashes that it becomes annoying to use) while she uses it. Maybe if she gets one as a Christmas gift as long as it's not a junk one she will change her mind will replace her old one with it? Linux is out of the question for her as she prefers Windows. Her current PC is a Dell Inspiron 580 desktop with a Core i3 550, 8GB DDR3-1600 (running at 1333), onboard GPU (Windows 10 is having OpenGL related issues video driver for the onboard GPU and Dell does not officially support even Windows 10 on this system), and a 240GB SATA SSD, so as you can see it is very old.
 
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I bought this for my mom-in-law for Xmas - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FC6XQHXJ

There is no power brick in the middle of the cord. Just the type that plugs into the outlet. Came with 11 pro, does not require a MS account for setup. Only con so far is fan noise when it is running updates or working hard.
 
Of those two, the Best Buy system is clearly better.

Win10 ESU is ending in about 10 months. Non-computer folks don't understand why OS updates are important, and will gladly run unpatched systems. 10 months isn't very long, and I would consider that a temporary reprieve before you're forced to do something. For this family member, you've arrived at the right solution, albeit at your personal expense.

(I would add that ESU requires a Microsoft account login to enroll, but then you can log out of the MS account.)

As suggested above, take another look at mini PCs. Here's one for $340:

 
Thanks and it was. I decided just to get her a $50 Best Buy gift card and maybe she puts the card towards a new descent low-end PC in the near future or a new AV receiver as the 20-year old AV Receiver in the "Guest" living room died on us a few days ago. The advice in this thread didn't go to waste, as I can use it for future reference when she actually decides to get a new PC and if she does I think she would prefer this: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-...16gb-ddr5-memory-1tb-ssd-gray-wood/JJGQJRK7F6 than this: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-...dr5-memory-256gb-ssd-meteor-silver/JJGQJRKGRL
 
Dave3000 said:
Thanks and it was. I decided just to get her a $50 Best Buy gift card and maybe she puts the card towards a new descent low-end PC in the near future or a new AV receiver as the 20-year old AV Receiver in the "Guest" living room died on us a few days ago. The advice in this thread didn't go to waste, as I can use it for future reference when she actually decides to get a new PC and if she does I think she would prefer this: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-...16gb-ddr5-memory-1tb-ssd-gray-wood/JJGQJRK7F6 than this: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-...dr5-memory-256gb-ssd-meteor-silver/JJGQJRKGRL
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Did you mean $500 Best Buy gift card? You said that was your budget.
 
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Did you mean $500 Best Buy gift card? You said that was your budget.
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No, it was a $50 Best Buy gift card. I decided not to go on with the computer purchase nor the $500 budget specifically for her. In one of my previous posts in this thread I mentioned that I was still deciding, and that including whether or not to go on with the computer purchase or get her something else. Sure, I could have got her a $500 Best Buy gift card instead, but that would not be fair to my dad since I got him a $50 Lowe's gift card and to be fair I would have had to get him a $500 gift card instead of a $50 one in that case, which then would be way past my Christmas budget at that point for this year. I just thought it over more since I still had time before coming up with my final decision and couldn't go on with what I originally planned.
 
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