Punt. Religion & politics dictate whether PC or Mac, and you'll get plenty of both on this list. You didn't mention the size of the hard drive or the processor model, but if you're going to run WinXP you need a gig of RAM. So before you spend money upgrading a 6-year-old machine, check out the prices of brand spankin' new ones. -Mike __________________ Michel David Lowe
> -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:COMPUTERGUYS- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Else > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 5:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CGUYS] PC, Mac, or modification > > I'd appreciate some expert opinions on resolving a family challenge. > > Dear old Dad has moved to an assisted care facility and has eventually taken his > desktop with him. The facility has a WiFi net that the residents are free to use. Dad's > Dell runs Windows XP Pro, but is of 2002 vintage and lacks the board to access WiFi. > He's never been on line very much and will have to relearn the ways of the Web. > > He is running a Pentium processor but has only 128mB of RAM in the thing. He's also > not the most tech-savvy guy on the block, and might not be the most tech-savvy in the > facility. > > So, the questions - should we invest the time and effort to upgrade the current machine > to access WiFi or punt to a new machine? If we punt, should it be to a Mac or another > PC? > > Thanks in advance. > > Dan > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
