PS I think Mom would *like* a Mac, but finding one and getting it onto the
internet, installing new software, migrating her data , and teaching her
the new OS is: also a big job. Mom's an independent adult and if she wants
to work with someone to do that, more power to her. I'm too far away.
Caveat that switching software confuses the heck  out of her and trying to
switch OS, mail program, browser, and editor all at once would be painful
and require a lot of followup phone support.  And it would completely cut
her off from support from me. I've sometimes managed to pull her out of a
jam by opening exactly the same program she's using and reading the menus
step by step. When I can't do that, like for Word Perfect which I don't
own, or when my Windows 7 Pro doesn't match her Windows 7 Home, our phone
support sessions end up completely dead in the water. I don't have a Mac
(or want one)

(did I mention that Mom is editing an 800-page book using Word Perfect? Her
fourth? With massive footnotes? Switching word processors alone is not a
trivial task)
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