A:AnswerIt has built in Windows Defender which is on all Windows 10 devices. Past that it comes with a short trial of McAfee LiveSafe. Best Buy usually has great promotions on adding antivirus with a new computer.
A:AnswerYour tech should be able to add an SSD to any computer or supplement an HDD with the SSD and at a lower cost than buying a special configured unit. You can always have a manufacturer custom make a computer but it costs much more than what pre-configured models like available at Best Buy would run.