A Linux Computer
It is getting to the point (or perhaps it has always been the case, and I'm just now noticing) where the software you put on your desktop is worth more than the hardware itself. One can spend a couple hundred on an operating system, another hundred on a document editing suite, a photo editor and – whoops! - that was twice as much as the computer cost itself. Specialized software has always been super-expensive, I know that. But when the vast majority of time on computers involves a browser, perhaps it's time to look into some new software to deal with the day-to-day activity.
My choice of operating system should be obvious. Don't pirate! That's bad! Get Linux; it's good. And, in addition to being good, it can handle all those daily activities with ease (and without cost). One of the document editing softwares rising in popularity is Open Office. Right now, I'm using Open Office's Writer to write this article. I have used Open Office's Impress to create sleek looking presentations for work. Every week I use Open Office's Calc to work over spreadsheets. What a beautiful thing, freedom is.
It seems like the only thing an operating system has to do nowadays is connect to the Internet. And it's no surprise that Linux supports Firefox and Chrome with ease. With anything open source, there might be short delays in updating or functionality, but someone will find a workaround. And while it's not always the case, Unix operating systems tend to be less susceptible to attacks (I've always assumed because of the lower market share).
