If he has a wireless broadband connection, he would just need to log in and away he goes...
You could buy the cheapest iPad for £399 and it would work with wireless. Frank. On 15 April 2011 11:51, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > <http://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. > -- www.thehelpfulcomputer.com <http://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.
