Oh, it's for real. It's a fitness board, so it is 99.9% women (I think we have one guy posyer who posts like once a year and is always greeted with great fanfare). And I at early 30's, am on the lower end of the age range. There are a few ipod/mac/techie types on there, but most of them just don't have much in the way of techie inclinations.
I wonder if it's a generational thing. I installed eReader for my stepmother onto her iPhone and set her up with some free books. She seemed interested, but then later kept saying that she just didn't know if she could read on a screen (hint: it's all set up for you, hun, just open it up and give it a try!) and it all seemed very weird to her. And my mom, don't get me started on her! I actually had a conversation once with my stepdad wherein the short version was that his brand new digital camera would not sync with his decade-old imac and he was shocked and stunned and amazed. At one point, he trots out the argument 'but they are your mother's pictures! SHE wants them off the camera!' Um, yeah. Because the camera cares who the pictures belong to, right?
Myself, girl though I might be, I do like to be a little independent. I mean what would happen if I wanted to *do* something, and there did not happen to be someone around to help me? I like to know how to do certain things myself. But I recognize that not everyone is like that and some relationships have 'domains' or whatever where maybe some people do and off parts of their life for the partner to deal with