Hi Frank, Personally, I think an iPad would be a marvellous solution, but this is what his daughter said:
Re a computer ..... they are very, very resistant to change/anything newfangled, I should warn you. The reason for getting him a laptop is that, following a stay in hospital, he can no longer go upstairs to his current computer (which, anyway, is described by his daughter as "unbelievably awful and ancient"). Still, the more I think about it, the more an iPad seems the obvious answer. Excuse my ignorance, but what would one need in the way of a modem or anything else to make it able to go on the internet? Gilly On 15 Apr 2011, at 11:34, Frank Kennedy wrote: > Hallo Gilly, > Have you considered an iPad? > > Frank. > > > On 15 April 2011 11:30, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: > Long story, but briefly I need to buy a Windows PC (excuse my language) > laptop for my elderly, ailing brother. (I'd love to get him a MacbookAir, but > that would be considered "too whizzy"). The brief is: > > A light, simple laptop with wifi, so he can keep it by his chair. > The most basic laptop, literally the smallest memory capacity etc. > He doesn't need to insert a disk or anything, it's just for email and > internet and the odd letter. > > I wonder if any "switchers" in the group are still able to recommend a laptop > that fits the bill. Also, I need to find someone who could take the new > laptop to Chelwood Gate (nearish to Haywards Heath) and set it up for him. > Any suggestions? > > I just Googled "PC World Haywards Heath" and this, at the top of the page, > did not give me a warm feeling: > > just to announce that i bought a advent 7083 laptop from pcworld, the tech > support people where thick as s**t (sorry i mean knowledgeable as ever) and > couldnt answer my questions. > > Regards, > > Gilly > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > www.thehelpfulcomputer.com > > www.shorelinkwriters.org.uk > > www.shortfuseat1066.org.uk > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
