Get both...
Try Googling "Walmart refurbished desktops"...
Always changing... Mine (just bought it) is an off lease 2007 HP Compaq...
4 gig Ram dual core AMD ... works faster than I can think, so it's fine for what I do...no gaming or music/photo stuff. $148. Windows 7. Nice part is Walmart 100% warranty for 90 days... Good in my case as the first one had a little problem... I called the vendor, and received a replacement in 2 days... (30 days to return the bad one, prepaid)... Can't beat that.
I always look at Walmart, after I go to Amazon. My guess is that Walmart online, ships from many vendors... direct... with items that they don't carry in the stores, and very often at a lower price than the same brands in competitor stores.
A little off topic, but about saving info from older non-working computer: For about $10 or less, there is a USB converter from SATA, PATA or IDE drives, so you can download and save info from the drives, without going inside the computer. Well worth the investment.
We have tons of computers... my toys... mostly ones that people have given up on because of small problems, or old models, with operating systems equal to their year of mfgr... DOS 2.0, Dos 3.0, Windows 3.11, 95,98, 98SE, XP, XP Pro, Windows 7... Plus an ADAM and a Sinclair. All stacked neatly. Exercise for the brain to go back and play with.
Can't get used to the tablet. It's a cheapy, and works ok, but holding it isn't fun, and the small screen is a bit too small for these old eyes.
No use for the laptop, as we don't go anywhere for the period of time where it would be useful. At home, just use it as a desktop, driving a wide screen monitor.
My 4 sons, in their late 40's early 50's all swear by the Samsung and Iphones. I can't justify the $80/mo, two year contract. What if I don't live that long? And DW would have a heart attack if I ever lost or dropped a $500 phone.
Besides... I consider that I'm doing my part to help the environment by avoiding "Mall Pollution". Those are the people we have to dodge as we do our mall walking exercises. Drives me crazy to see about 1/3 of the people either talking, watching, tweeting, or playing games as they walk from store to store with that damned thing that didn't exist 10 years ago.
Now, let's see, what was the subject?