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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
My mom had an ereader and a computer long before I did. Note she is 68. She is also going to university.
Now if you looked at my neighborhood, except maybe the corner houses, we are severely lacking in technology. Oh don't get me wrong, all the grown children have smartphones.
I am pretty sure that is just demographics. None of them have books either. And says absolutely nothing about what most older folks own or don't own.
Some people embrace technology and others don't.
My husband doesn't use an ereader. He knows how to use one, he chooses not too.
Oh and my mother gets flustered at times by her computer. That has nothing to do with her age.
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My mom (also 60+) uses linux on principle and loves public domain book sites. I can't remember her being flustered by an computer, frustrated yes, flustered no
She reads off her laptop not an ereader.
But then mom was using computers at university in the very early 70's, obtained a commodore 64 at a time when we didn't actually have a TV and the household hasn't been without a computer since.
My dad on the other hand (the slowest typist I've ever seen) is not very comfortable with doing more then web-browsing. He now has a tablet (no keyboard) but I'm not sure how much use he makes of it.