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I am a senior and I have a 9 year old acer laptop with windows 7..It is running very slow now, and says it has 25% space left..I would like to get a new laptop..I barely use anything on the laptop..no games (only solitaire) I mainly use google to look things up, email etc. any recommendations on where to buy a new laptop and what brand I should buy.. ..I know I will have to learn windows 10 that I am not looking forward to..but will have to learn it...thanks

I would suggest a Chromebook.  
 
https://www.google.com/chromebook/

For what you do with it why not take it to geekz or other computer store and get them to clean it up and maybe put some RAM into it. Your machine might have a virus that is slowing it down.

Have you considered a Tablet?  
when I play games and just surf the web I almost always use my Tablet.

chip0416 said "Have you considered a Tablet?   when I play games and just surf the web I almost always use my Tablet. "

I agree! Great idea!

with the person that suggested having Geekz or someone clean up your laptop and get it running a little faster, but consider purchasing a tablet as well. It's great for travelling, games, checking email and surfing the web. You will love it!

I had a 250 gig HDD and the laptop was running really slowly. An upgrade to a 500 gig SSD and it's way faster. I also got rid of a few programs that I wasn't using. Any good service place can do it for you if you aren't comfortable doing it yourself. It was an easy upgrade for a couple hundred dollars.  
As for the suggestion of getting a tablet, I'd have a hard time adapting to the tiny screen after getting used to a 17" laptop display.  
 
Edited by just_thinkin, 2017-02-21 22:58:07

Get a google chromebook, very fast and most of the Chromebooks run the apps from Google Play, so you get a laptop and a tablet. Spend the extra money on the touchscreen.

just_thinkin said "I had a 250 gig HDD and the laptop was running really slowly. An upgrade to a 500 gig SSD and it's way faster. I also got rid of a few programs that I wasn't using. Any good service place can do it for you if you aren't comfortable doing it yourself. It was an easy upgrade for a couple hundred dollars.   As for the suggestion of getting a tablet, I'd have a hard time adapting to the tiny screen after getting used to a 17" laptop display.     Edited by just_thinkin, 2017-02-21 22:58:07"

I have a 12.9" Tablet and a 14" laptop, the adjustment in my case is not that dramatic, but yes, going from a 17.3" Laptop to a smaller (7", 10") tablet could be a little hard lol.  
I find a Tablet will never replace my laptop for various things, but for web surfing, watching youtube/Netflix, email etc I almost prefer it over my laptop, that being said I would never type up an essay on my iPad.

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