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Replacing LG Chromebase

Jt1975

Jt1975 Posts: 14 Forumite

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10 May 2020 at 4:18AM in Techie Stuff

My mum’s LG Chromebase has stopped getting updates, she’s had it for a while and loves it cause it’s so easy to use. The monitor is 21” so she can see it easily. Sadly no manufacturer makes a All In One Chrome computer any more but just chromebooks. Can anyone suggest a computer for her ? She only uses it for emails, browsing the internet and clothes shopping.

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JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite

10 May 2020 at 9:44AM

Whats wrong with what she has ??

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Jt1975 Posts: 14 Forumite

10 May 2020 at 12:54PM

It no longer gets updates, so security won’t be up to date.

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JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite

10 May 2020 at 1:35PM

What security and does it matter for browsing and emails .

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Jt1975 Posts: 14 Forumite

10 May 2020 at 2:38PM

She uses her credit card to buy clothes online too.

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forgotmyname Posts: 32,859 Forumite

10 May 2020 at 10:33PM

I know people sttill running XP with no issues. If you don't visit dodgy sites then your 99% of the way there.

Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

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flashg67 Posts: 4,118 Forumite

10 May 2020 at 11:44PM

I think you might be looking at Windows if you want something 'out of the box' such as Sony HT-SF150

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Cisco001 Posts: 4,126 Forumite

11 May 2020 at 10:28AM edited 11 May 2020 at 10:37AM

The user manual show it has HDMI input port, I assume you can use it as monitor?
I would probably spend £150 - 200 to get a used desktop. You probably can get i5 6th gen PC on ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ProDesk-400-G3-SFF-Intel-Core-i5-6500-3-2GHz-8GB-240GB-SSD-Win-10-Pro-Desktop/133380528547?hash=item1f0e1959a3%3Ag%3ANq4AAOSw1mdeiwLu&LH_BIN=1

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ProDesk-400-G3-SFF-Quad-Core-PC-i5-6500-3-20ghz-CPU-4GB-Ram-500GB-HDD-Win10/283854038663?hash=item421704e687:g:ZbAAAOSw6wdencWB

Alternatively, would you consider installing Linux on it?
https://raymii.org/s/articles/LG_Chromebase_Linux.html

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