So here's the scenario: my 92 year old grandmother needs a new laptop. She has a Toshiba from sometime around 2005/2006 that is on its last legs. She only uses it for email, light interneting, collecting photographs/images, and messing around formatting letters in Word. I want to buy her a replacement, but am hoping to find a new one that will be simple enough for her to transition to from her old one. More specifically, is there a way to get a new computer that easily clones the Windows XP or ME experience?
I searched around trying to find an old thread to answer this, but couldn't quite find it. I see that the general answer here for cheap new laptops is to get a Dell (despite potential customer service issues) or Lenovos. But the biggest concern for me is trying to replicate the Windows experience she is used to. Since I'm part of the Macbook sellouts, I'm way out of touch with current Windows/PC devices. But I know she won't want one that has a touchscreen interface that looks like an Xbox menu. This is a woman who resisted getting a new phone with working voicemail for years just because she was used to her old, broken microcassette answering machine.
Any ideas?
I searched around trying to find an old thread to answer this, but couldn't quite find it. I see that the general answer here for cheap new laptops is to get a Dell (despite potential customer service issues) or Lenovos. But the biggest concern for me is trying to replicate the Windows experience she is used to. Since I'm part of the Macbook sellouts, I'm way out of touch with current Windows/PC devices. But I know she won't want one that has a touchscreen interface that looks like an Xbox menu. This is a woman who resisted getting a new phone with working voicemail for years just because she was used to her old, broken microcassette answering machine.
Any ideas?