![]() ![]() We sank thousands upon thousands into systems not remotely as capable as this machine! Thanks to us, for eating the development costs, you have amazingly cheap access to massive computing power. Those who came before you made your current options possible. The money goes to pay for the development of the interface and apps and help videos, as well as the support (actually, training is a better word for it.) You people - especially you younger ones - forget when a dog of a PC by current standards was $5000 and you could easily match or exceed that with the software investment. Most will be happy with both the software and the hardware. These are the people who found 3-4 TV channels enough, went to theaters with only one or two screens, picked up the phone when it rang without knowing who was calling, and when they were out they carried dimes in case they needed to use a pay phone. So what? The vast majority of seniors won't exceed the limits of what's installed and will find the selection and performance more than adequate. Can't install your own software? Can't upgrade the hardware? Get real. The point of this type of senior-friendly computer is that it has software designed for actual (not the occasional exception to the rule) seniors who don't take to computers like fish to water. ![]() And even with software, they're fragile beasts without legions to maintain them. What, you want your system to hurry up and idle, waiting for you to press a key, tap the screen or move the mouse? I work with cluster systems that have thousands of CPUs and terabytes of RAM and petabytes of online storage - and they are giant paper weights without software. Except at the upper extremes (senior computing is an extreme - at the low end) the latest and greatest and fastest hardware is meaningless. (All you who will now cite the one exception you know of as proof positive my statement is incorrect - now's your chance.) And $1000? After years of supporting seniors and the elderly (for free, to them, incredibly expensive if you factor in my invested time) who are trying to use "real" computers (Mac, Windows, even traditional Linux distros) and "superior" mobile devices (iPad, Galaxy Tab, Nexus, Kindle Fire, etc) - I would gladly pay the $1000 PLUS the $9.95/month support fee and refer them all to Wow/Telikin. ![]() Seniors, or more specifically the elderly, do not as a group do well with a Mac, certainly not Windows, and find mobile devices difficult due to the small screens and the eyesight and fine motor skills needed to operate them. Wow! There are some really misinformed and inexperienced people commenting on this. ![]()
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