OT: Computers for seniors

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>

> I'm looking for tips on helping my 83-year-old mother with her computer
> needs. She's very tied into her email, but that's almost all she does.
> She's cognitively doing pretty well, but vision is a problem. She uses
> dial-up Internet to save money, but we might be flexible on that.
> 
> After using a series of hand-me-down laptops (from me) with web-based
> email (gmail), she's talking about buying something. I would think any
> Windows PC with a large enough screen would suffice, for the hardware.

24" monitor, 800x480 resolution.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra 
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