My parents are late seventies and early eighties. They live in Arizona;
I live in Virginia. Their iMac was around ten years old and died
recently. They were frustrated by dial-up. I helped them price, spec.
and buy a new iMac. I offered to go out and set it up, but they have a
local tech they
Tom, I will look at Leopard's screen sharing, thanks! I did get better
at asking questions to diagnose problems over the years, though.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
I usually end
up diagnosing their problems anyway by phone and if they want the tech
to come out, it is
If not wanting to buy a new version of Word is all that's stopping
you, check out Open Office. It's free and will let you read Word and
save your creations in Word format.
MS sells an inexpensive (but complete) version of Office for home use
called Student and Teacher's Edition. It is widely
On May 25, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Steve Yaffe wrote:
He might be ready to switch to a Mac - my 82-year old mother is
happy with hers. I'm thinking of doing the same - except I need to
exchange Word Excel files with the Dell at work either thru e-
mails or flash drive.
If not wanting to
Well taken, Betty, But I don't know if the Wii would help or frustrate. His
Parkinsons is starting to gallop along.
Dan
b_s-wilk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/26/08 12:44 PM
My dad is using a computer that over 10 years old for Internet, email,
WP, database. It's old, slow, so is he. He's retired,
I'd appreciate some expert opinions on resolving a family challenge.
Dear old Dad has moved to an assisted care facility and has eventually taken
his desktop with him. The facility has a WiFi net that the residents are free
to use. Dad's Dell runs Windows XP Pro, but is of 2002 vintage and
Last wifi card I bought was on sale for under 15 dollars. Pretty cheap fix
for something you say he doesn't use much. No reason why it shouldn't
work. Try outpost, newegg, tigerdirect...local shops. The usual suspects
Mike
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Daniel Else [EMAIL PROTECTED]
] PC, Mac, or modification
I'd appreciate some expert opinions on resolving a family challenge.
Dear old Dad has moved to an assisted care facility and has eventually
taken his
desktop with him. The facility has a WiFi net that the residents are free
to use. Dad's
Dell runs Windows XP Pro
So, the questions - should we invest the time and effort to upgrade the
current machine to access WiFi or punt to a new machine? If we punt,
should it be to a Mac or another PC?
If it were my Dad I'd build him a best in class desktop and replicate
as far as is possible what he's used to.
I'm not adept in e-mailing this list, but here goes. A desktop has a few
advantages over a laptop for someone who may be frail. The keyboard is easier
to type on and won't move. A laptop, on the other hand, may be on an unsteady
lap. More importantly, the computer screen is more likely to
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