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My Mac is on its last legs, and I'm thinking of getting a manly PC. You recommend? All I need is word processing, Movie Magic, and to get on line. Oh, and I have a lot of stuff in Think Free Office (hate it) to transport into Word. And I'm not a computer person (who's surprised?). Thanks for any tips.

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[nq:1]My Mac is on its last legs, and I'm thinking of getting a manly PC. You recommend?[/nq]
What exactly is wrong with the Mac?
[nq:1]All I need is word processing, Movie Magic, and to get on line. Oh, and I have a lot of stuff in Think Free Office (hate it) to transport into Word. And I'm not a computer person (who's surprised?). Thanks for any tips.[/nq]
You'd hate the PC. You'd need to be much more of a computer person. Plus you'd need to get a whole bunch of new software.

My recommend get a Mac laptop. You get a lot of bang for the buck in the iBook range.
However... if you can afford to wait a bit, that might be wiser because Mac has announced it's shifting to a new brand of chips, starting next year, and that means quite a few things may change, and this year's model will be the last of a breed.

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[nq:1]My Mac is on its last legs, and I'm thinking of getting a manly PC. You recommend? All I need ... Free Office (hate it) to transport into Word. And I'm not a computer person (who's surprised?). Thanks for any tips.[/nq]
I have an old Intel '286 from 1984 that I'll sell you for a couple grand. It's extremely fast, it will even multiply two numbers in under five seconds!

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[nq:1]What exactly is wrong with the Mac?[/nq]
I think that's an oxymoron.

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[nq:1]My Mac is on its last legs, and I'm thinking of getting a manly PC. You recommend? All I need ... Free Office (hate it) to transport into Word. And I'm not a computer person (who's surprised?). Thanks for any tips.[/nq]
Well, othwers have given some pretty good advice. You should start by looking at your current Mac and seeing if it's mechanically OK and still powerful enough for your needs. Maybe all it needs is a reformatitng of the HD and complete re-install of your software to run as good as new.

The problem with laptops is that all new ones are going to have a lot more bang than you need, but buying used is usually not a good idea as the battery is the first thing to go (what good is a laptop without autonomy?) and you don't know how much a buse it might have taken. You could buy from a reputable shop, but thwey hate stocking used models as they lose value too quickly, and you'll probably end up paying 100% more than you would from a particular.
If you've used a PC before, then you won't have a problem going back to one. My only pet peeve wiht PC laptops is that they still come with too little memory and HD space, but the manufacturers insist on stuffing them full of sueless **** that loads at startup, clutters up your screen and uses up precious resources (might be a reality wiht Macs as well, I don't know). But if you buy from a knowledgeable source, they might be able to clean up the clutter for you.
If affordability and practicality are your first concern, go with a PC. But if you want your Mac to be colour-coordinated with your shoes and you want strangers to strike up boring conversations with you about how their $7 latte comes from a plantation where all profits are equitably distributed among the workers (before the 500% markup, that is) so they're real humanitarians and should get a freaking medal, then go with Mac. ;-)
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