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Gd a.m. k. Ogie, u mentioned to me b4 that u like to organize & I want make sure how do u keep your papers of receipts or do you scan all of your papers directly to your computer/laptop? The reason I'm asking bcos I'm deciding if I shud get an all-n-one pc w/o CPU/tower just back up system like a mini storage/server I guess that's what's it's called nowadays idk. Anyways is that better than laptop? Please advise. Thanks!
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2 subjects that you are talking about here.
a. Documents to keep or scan or print to -- a PDF, Ms word or JPG file
b. Laptop vs server with no CPU
a. What do you have in mind to keep bcoz most of the papers nowadays are online. Bank stmts are online and you can keep them by printing them as electronic file--PDF, Word or JPG file. and these bank staments are taking a lot of your space! So, print it as a file and keep those! Never keep printed papers bcoz i said, papers can be so much!
Only that are not online are your Tax related papers >> Receipts, W2, 1099, Prop tax, and few others if you have a business related to tax deduction. Then, others are US Passport, Driv Lic, ID, birth certificate, DMV papers, Covid vax and immunization, and others. Since they are not online, you can keep and.. Scan them since in case it was lost, you have a copy!
b. Laptop vs server w/no CPU. still better to have laptop. Datafile server are same as external drive. You should have one! why? In case your laptop failed and unble to access your data, you have it backup in your external drive. for your datafile of papers, just get a USB drive that is 32gig. No video pls--just documents and pix. That wud be sufficient!
I dont suggest you buy that MS Surface --combo laptop and tablet that you showed me. Ordinary laptop wud be sufficient to handle your needs. You are paying extra money for the MS surface!
I strongly believe even your old dell i5 is good enough! Even i3 is good enough, you know! I only use i3 laptop and very happy about it. I actually have pentium 4, and its good enough. Only faster CPU is needed when you have video editing pgms that you need to run. As long that you only use laptop for
..Ytube watching
..email
..Net Flix
..Texting
..reading
Your Old dell i5 is more than enough.