Hi All,
So for the upteenth time I'm going to try and get my father to get online. He's not stupid or senile, but for whatever reason just never puts any effort at all into getting online. My sister or myself, or my sister's son always do anything online for him. He has an ancient PC (with vista on it) i built for him which appears to no longer boot and I don't want to even bother trying to get it working. So I'd rather just get him something new.
Right now, I'm leaning towards a chromebook. It would be less expensive than a full desktop or laptop. And i think it would be less likely to get infected by any virus or anything. Mainly I want something that has the least steep learning curve for someone who basically has zero internet/computer experience. My father saw some ad a while back about some PC that all voice controlled, and kinda wants that. I've never heard of that before (other then something like dragon speak). I think maybe a good compromise would be something that at least has voice typing, if not exactly voice control. I haven't owned a chrome book previously, but I'm assuming they have voice typing similar to what an android smart phone has?
Ideally I want something that's secure so I don't have to worry about him accidentally getting a virus. I want something inexpensive in case he doesn't really use it. It needs to be able to do the basic internet tasks - email, facebook, google searches - that would probably be the extent of what he'd use it for. And something that won't require a ton of tech support...cuz I'm the IT dept here.
One thing I'd prefer to avoid is any apple products - both for price and because I'm not really an apple user so if he does have to ask me a question, I'm more likely to be helpful with windows or android.
So, anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking at the $200~ chromebooks, but open to other suggestions.
Thanks
So for the upteenth time I'm going to try and get my father to get online. He's not stupid or senile, but for whatever reason just never puts any effort at all into getting online. My sister or myself, or my sister's son always do anything online for him. He has an ancient PC (with vista on it) i built for him which appears to no longer boot and I don't want to even bother trying to get it working. So I'd rather just get him something new.
Right now, I'm leaning towards a chromebook. It would be less expensive than a full desktop or laptop. And i think it would be less likely to get infected by any virus or anything. Mainly I want something that has the least steep learning curve for someone who basically has zero internet/computer experience. My father saw some ad a while back about some PC that all voice controlled, and kinda wants that. I've never heard of that before (other then something like dragon speak). I think maybe a good compromise would be something that at least has voice typing, if not exactly voice control. I haven't owned a chrome book previously, but I'm assuming they have voice typing similar to what an android smart phone has?
Ideally I want something that's secure so I don't have to worry about him accidentally getting a virus. I want something inexpensive in case he doesn't really use it. It needs to be able to do the basic internet tasks - email, facebook, google searches - that would probably be the extent of what he'd use it for. And something that won't require a ton of tech support...cuz I'm the IT dept here.
One thing I'd prefer to avoid is any apple products - both for price and because I'm not really an apple user so if he does have to ask me a question, I'm more likely to be helpful with windows or android.
So, anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking at the $200~ chromebooks, but open to other suggestions.
Thanks