Well, not all of us have deep pockets for the latest spiffy pc, albeit I can build one cheaply that is better than my Dell Latitude D830 Laptop on which I just now finished doing a Full Install and Full Update of Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. As I do not do this stuff everyday, being mostly a cosmic life sciences person, it took me two failing tries over day and a half, and then one full attentions focused success, somewhat of a miracle too for a 70 year old. Now I can continue my writing and blogging in STYLE. I did a Hangman Game for typing students once on the TI-99/4A. Hmmm. Circa 1984 or 1985 I think...
You can see some of those nifty TI-99/4As for sale really cheap on Ebay (eBAY ?). My Sinclair ZX81 got lost in SLC, Utah. Youngsters probably have no clue about that one.
I never play games and cannot see fast moves nowadays. Any ol' cheapie with XP or better is good enough, Win 7 Pro has been a rather impressive splurge. I like it!
BEST SUGGESTION: Make SURE it is working and give to a brainy and very poor student age 11 to 21
When I left Michigan in 2011 the starving unemployed were grabbing all old appliances, computers, whatnot, working or not. I don't know where the loaded pick-up trucks went, but apparently someone was paying a little, maybe a computer salvage and restore guy, many such shops were around there, and many go overseas for my same suggestion as here. Help those students! !