Once you’ve got your notebook or desktop computer, there is one more important thing you need to buy:

A printer.

Printers are probably my least-favorite computer peripheral, but that comes from some bad experiences with dot-matrix printers a long time ago. Fortunately they have improved a lot since then, and a good printer is a necessity, especially for school or college.

First up is the Lexmark X4650 all-in-one inkjet printer. It prints, copies and scans, but does not fax. It’s main selling point is wireless connectivity. It prints text  documents at a decent speed, but is a bit slow at color printing. It has a card reader to print photos from SD, xD, MMC, Memory Stick and CompactFlash memory cards.

If you need faxing or a faster printer, the Lexmark X7675 all-in-one printer may be a better option.
The X7675 also has wireless printing, but the print speeds are fast, ranging up to 32 pages per minute. 25-page automatic document feeder for multiple-item fax or copy jobs.  Photos can be printing with a PC by using PictBridge-compatible USB devices or flash-memory card slots. The printer also has high-end features like two-sided printing and a 2.4 inch color display to preview photos.