If you want to buy used Macbook. But cheap one, just to have MacOS and use it for simple tasks. Lets say something between 2010 - 2015. Which one best option and budget friendly? 2012 i5 (7) models for example?
Don’t buy older than 2017, it’s no longer supported and really old/dated hardware.
General advice in the Mac space is don’t buy an Intel Mac.
You can pick up M1 airs for as little as $749 new or $500 used. This will be supported until at least 2027 and be perfect for the needs you described.
I currently have 2011 MBP and I’m upgrading. It can no longer receive os updates. Things won’t run properly anymore. Have to use chrome as safari won’t load some pages. I’ve upgraded the Ram and hdd to 8 gb and 1tb ssd which is better than stock but it’s difficult some days just to do basic things.
at least a 2017 imo