They don�t make netbooks?? Yikes. Well then any lightweight laptop ftw. We all recall when they weighed 10++ pounds. I�ll take a light one any day now :-)
and I guess Toshiba isn�t making them now? Weird.

Omg I�ve used the same hp color laser jet since 2009 and it still works!! Granted Tomer cartridges are like $140+ CYMK apiece. Brutal. Worth it.

I'd go with Dell or Lenovo.

When it comes to PC laptops, I find Dell's XPS series pretty good and Lenovo's Thinkpads (T series or X series). Depending on your budget, I'd go with one of those, and call it a day. When combined with some cashback sites, CC rewards and maybe promos, you can get one at a pretty decent price.

Yea, all my HP printers both home and office has lasted well over a decade with solid use. And true the toner is expensive and I have learned its best to not get the cheaper toner, just suck it up for the HP toner

Wow... The responses are overwhelming. Thank you.

They are the old style USB ports and I think there are plugs for the monitor & keyboard. I may keep the laptop until it's time for a new computer.

Not sure about the screen size. I will go look After our initial moving around, I doubt I'll be mobile with it. I do have to print periodically, and neither printer nor scanner can do wireless.

Thanks.

Thanks

Thanks. I just may do Costco. My desktop came from there too.

I planned on looking at Dell, just needed to know the product line. I always had them for work in a docking station.

I'm not into any of that stuff. I think I have a huge hard drive now and it's not even 1/4 full

When my former company moved away they let me have my HP laser Jet. It's at least 10 years old and works perfectly.

Thank you.

Totally concur. I (or family) have had 10 Thinkpads since the early '90s. Bulletproof.

My 2007 HP Laserjet 1018 still works excellently. I do a search on all of Craigslist for toner and always find someone willing to sell for 1/3 retail and ship cheap.

We have this small hub for my wife�s laptop that works great. Look below my monitor in the picture attached. I run two separate computers to the same monitor as well, one being a desktop. Also have an old HP Laserjet printer via usb connected. That thing is older than dirt but keeps plugging away. We have a color inkjet HP as well that�s from 2013 still working.

That said, working returns at Costco, I wouldn�t recommend HP for laptops or printers. The old stuff was good, the new not so much. I like the Lenovo and Dell products we sell though. If and when we need a new printer I�m going with Canon, not HP or Epson.

As DenverBrian & other FTers know, I'm not the most techie person

But - one of the things you'll need to consider is if your 10 yr old printer & scanner will work w/ a new laptop (or desktop) that's newest version/windows 11 - aka, are there even drivers for older model printers & scanners. Not saying there aren't, but you may need to take that into consideration as well.

Cheers.

FWIW, it used to be more important to pick laptops based on available ports. With the USB-C standard, that's usually no longer a concern since you'd likely use an external hub to connect all your peripherals so that you do a plug-once.

If you plan to use it without external monitor for a while, that should really influence how big of a screen you should go for. The smaller 13.3" ones might seem nice and portable, but can be uncomfortable if that's your primary monitor for extended time periods.

A lot of laptop models these days make it difficult to add RAM, so I'd suggest you go big right from the start - 8GB minimum, 16GB recommended.

With regard to drivers, HP started using "universal" drivers many years ago which have minimum viable support for old models. They make drivers for newer models which allow you to access specific features, but the "universal" ones will generally work for older equipment.

My HP 3015 is about as old as it gets but works fine with my modern PC. Last driver update is from 2017, but for something made in 2003 it keeps plugging/printing away.

You said you have an iPad and an iPhone. We've gone all Apple in our house and have MacBook Air computers. I love their ease of use.

Mary2e : It depends.

If your intent is simply replace your desktop with a laptop, then you've gotten quite a few inputs earlier in this thread.

If your intent is now to be more mobile in your computing, the laptop is only one element to be considered if you're now going to lift and shift to Hawaii. The fewer and lighter items are, the easier it will be to bring things with you as you travel - this includes a possible mobile printer/scanner, separate keyboard, etc.

Having a laptop that has a compatible docking station will assist in being able to plug the laptop back into the station and having your future monitor/keyboard/mouse/desktop scanner/etc. easily operational without having to re-hook up everything every time.

Also to note that, while smaller notebooks and netbooks are available, you'll also find that their keyboards are a bit smaller and many keys are overloaded by having a single key serve as many possible depending on ctrl / alt / fn press combination sequences which can be a pain. Larger heavier notebooks with fullsize keyboards are easier to transition too but also are larger and heavier and generally come with a larger heavier power transformer/charger block. And even more crap to carry.

I'd recommend going down to an electronics-type store or even Costco and putting hands on keyboards, looking and and touching those touchscreens and hefting the laptops to get a feel for what you think you'll prefer. Ask to see the cables and connectors to get an idea of what it will take to haul all of those items with you in order to use the device.

No one laptop will likely meet all of your needs. But some come close.

David

Honestly, Mary, I would just go to Costco and pick one you like in your price range. These days, laptops are commodities with the innards all produced by the same handfuls of companies. Costco has a great return policy. Get something with at least 8GB of RAM (preferably 12 or 16) and at least a 256GB solid state drive (SSD - this type of hard drive is MUCH FASTER than the traditional type and is generally pretty standard these days but make sure you get one). All laptops come with at least 1-2 USB-C ports (the new, smaller one) and usually just 1 USB-A port (the old fashioned rectangular type that's been around for 25 years). If you need more ports you just buy a dock that plugs into one of the USB-C ports and has a bunch of ports on it for power, monitor, keyboard/mouse/scanner/printer/whatever. Everything connects between the dock and you via the single USB-C connection, which also provides power.

We're a mixed marriage I've tried to use my husband's Mac, and it drives me nuts. We even had one in the suite in Waikiki and trying to change a flight drove me so crazy, I just called them

I fully appreciate this as a IPhone and IPad user but prefer a Windows computer.

Preach it! "It just works" has got to be the most inaccurate marketing claim ever.

Lenovo is having a decent sale today, but I agree with those who suggest going to Costco and trying out their Lenovos.g