Why not use Microsoft Word then?
That’s exactly the intention.
For purposes of clarity, let me put a bit more background to this. My Dad has an aged Vaio laptop running XP and my old (XP) desktop. Despite reformatting and reinstalls they are both old enough in the tooth to want replacing. As above his requirements are relatively undemanding.
He has seen what my Mac can do and likes it. He is extremely nervous, however, of the learning curve of OSX. The actual decision to move to a new computer is tough enough; having to learn new skills as well is off-putting. My head tells me that moving to a new Windows PC will be less disruption for him, even though my heart wants him to have a Mac.
In summary, I’m after Windows laptop recommendations rather than reasons to go Mac with Windows partitions and Office software.