Get the new Windows XP PC

I have an old computer with Windows XP and I realize I need to shop for a new. All in ones are nice, but the monitor I have is brand new. Can I just keep the monitor and the store just for a new Tower? And if I can, can you recommend one?

As others have written, you can certainly keep your monitor and just buy a computer.

Before anyone can recommend a computer, you will need to determine some parameters:

  1. You want to be able to do with the computer?
  2. How much you want to spend?
  3. You want to be able to upgrade your computer, or add features to it after buy you it in the first place?  Corollary: how long do you want your next computer useful (I've recently retired a computer which connected XP 2003 - 2013)?
  4. Do you care about size or portability (if you currently have a "tower", you are probably not concerned either size or portablity)?

There are any number of articles "how to choose a computer" that you can find using your favorite Internet search engine.  Some of them are really useful.

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