Chromebook?

[Catrin]

THEN I walked into Costco and saw the Acer Switch 12 (it's their 2-in-one competition with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and is several hundred $ cheaper. I WANT IT. Ahem, it is attractive, and Costco tosses in a couple nice bonus items - the optional pen and an SD card. I can't find a decent Chromebook locally to actually put my fingers on it to try - and the more I think about this the more I suspect I may need to stick with Windows but we will see. My current system is very robust, if seriously ailing, and and I am also one of those "windows go-to folks". So I'm considering my options. Regardless I need to replace this 57-pound brick that can't be updated or upgraded and is crashing multiple times a week. I don't want to have to do this again in a year...

I understand printing is certainly possible, but it's wireless. Chromebooks have very few ports - though they do have a USB 3 (at least on the versions I've looked at). A mouse would need to be wireless if you think she needs one.