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I am going to pick one up. And update my testing.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Kill-A-Watt-Electricity-Monitor-P4400/202196386

Rigs older than 486's , yes that leave them on was what you did.
By turning off my computers, I saved enough money over the year, to buy groceries and a couple nights eating out, for a month.
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I totally agree!!

Mac does require passwords. And the mac OS is Unix based just like Linux. And the cpu's are slower for the given price range you listed.

Basically those are gamer laptops and yes they are spendy.
Heck any computer stuff we buy is outdate even before we buy it.

I was just checking the latest AMD motherboards....

Take a look at these. They are smoking fast.
https://www.falcon-nw.com/laptops/overview

i5, 8 GB ram and a external 1 TB drive. Whether a 128 or larger SSD.
i5 looks to be 10 - 20% faster from what I have found.

Desktops, AMD work fine for me, but do use Midkbyte's link and compare the cpus.

i3 or i5

I am happy with my Intel® Core™ i3-5015U Processor with 6GB of ram.
Might want something a bit better than this.

They last and when they come back in, there is no need to junk them out.

Dell 5000 series
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/category/laptops

I do BETA testing of new OS,s and my feed back has helped developers.

Now that Win 10 BETA is no more, I am working with a couple Linux distros.
By using different hardware, I usually catch wifi...

And with Apple products, NEVER, NEVER lose a password. Which you will be using more that you do in windows.
Compare $$$$
http://www.apple.com/mac/compare/

The Apple OS is based on Unix and...

Unless research has shown that you have a program that will NOT run on Win 10, that is the route I suggest.

Well said!!!

My research results.
http://laptops.specout.com/compare/143-144-968/Latitude-E6420-vs-Latitude-E6520-vs-Latitude-E6430

Research like this is what I always do on equipment.

E6420 would probably be my choice. 8 GB of ram is more than plenty. Well for most of us anyway.

But jdc did give a good list.

As I never leave any of my computers on, I figured I save enough to feed the wife and I for a month and that includes eating out a couple times.

I suggest looking in the 500 - 800 price range as...

Now for the top laptop
https://builder.falcon-nw.com/configure/template/drx

Does your monitor have a HDMI port? As most new laptops have just that. But a VGA to HDMI adapters are available.

What price range are you thinking of???
And I take it you want Windows 10 for...

Yes, it does depend on who you ask.

But, 90+% of the time I use linux. But some programs are only written for windows.

Win 10 will do that. Security wise, I would say it is better.

Go with 10.

I downloaded Win 10, made the USB drive stick and installed it. What I prefer to do....

Example: These would do for me as Windows 10 rigs....

Example: These would do for me as Windows 10 rigs....