Anonymous
Post 01/16/2018 05:50     Subject: Help! Can you tell me what kind of computer to buy for my middle schooler?
I bought mine a $350 laptop. It lasted 2.5 years.

Fairfax County also has Microsoft office for free for their students.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2018 13:40     Subject: Help! Can you tell me what kind of computer to buy for my middle schooler?
We have an HP Stream which can run office (and actual office is pretty expensive, are you sure you need the real think not libreoffice or google docs?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Stream-14-Laptop-Windows-10-Home-Intel-Celeron-N3060-Processor-4GB-RAM-32GB-eMMC-Storage-Refurbished/55358399?action=product_interest&action_type=title&beacon_version=1.0.2&bucket_id=irsbucketdefault&client_guid=d5dde6a1-e069-4a4b-3383-7000b6563f4e&config_id=106&customer_id_enc&findingMethod=p13n&guid=d5dde6a1-e069-4a4b-3383-7000b6563f4e&item_id=55358399&parent_anchor_item_id=54056480&parent_item_id=54056480&placement_id=irs-106-m3&reporter=recommendations&source=new_site&strategy=PWBAB&visitor_id=Rzh4rQeLiGJTFAxl60aJH0

Note these are very very limited, so office apps and basic browsing is IT. but well built and very portable
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2018 13:24     Subject: Help! Can you tell me what kind of computer to buy for my middle schooler?
I don't like the idea that chromebooks need to be internet connected. We got our kids very cheap laptops, but I must say that they seem to have problems with them all the time. I think I would have been better off paying for a mid-range laptop, instead.

(By 9th grade, my dd really, really wanted a mac laptop and I finally gave in and she LOVES it. But that's definitely high end.)