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Originally Posted by ekbell
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. |
Now my father died in 1998 but he never bothered with technology. He did buy my brother a TRS-80 back in 1982. I got mag wheels attached to a 1975 Pinto station wagon.
My stepdad just got his first smartphone. The reason is a friend (older than him) has a web-enabled phone. Stepdad already had a computer and a tablet and an ereader. He is 76.
Oh mom also has a computer based sewing machine.