Don't give anyone you care about (who is not a techie) a Windows machine. Especially if you'll have to support it. At this point, the best thing for a "typica

Don't give anyone you care about (who is not a techie) a Windows machine. Especially if you'll have to support it. At this point, the best thing for a "typical" user is a Chromebook, or better yet one of the few Chrome desktop boxes. For $600 you can have a very functional Chrome machine with a giant monitor. And remote-management + screen sharing is baked in. The worst is visiting a Best Buy (or similar electronics store) and hearing a neophyte go up to a sales clerk and say, "I want to buy a computer". I can't stay near, because the discussion I will hear will kill me.