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I've just gotten my 83 year old mom an I-pad. Fingers crossed. She's not used to a touch screen, but she's been watching my sister use hers, and she wants her own. At first my sister wasn't wild about the idea because she was afraid Mom would have too many questions. For some reason she changed her mind . . . so wish us luck!
Also, her computer died a couple years ago. Rather than getting another PC -- which necessarily would have been different than the one she was used to -- I decided to get a computer specifically made for seniors. It's called a Telikin, and I've been really happy with it. Unlike other computers, only one window can open up at a time, so she doesn't get confused with a bunch of open windows on her screen at once. And it is what it is -- you can't add any software to it, which also means it can't get buggy. Maybe the best part is that for $10 a month she can have unlimited telephone support. So when she was learning it, she had telephone support to teach her everything. It only came in a desktop version, but that's worked out fine. She can't carry a laptop around anyway.
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