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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1016446" data-attributes="member: 24160">No matter which computer she buys, she's going to be buying another one in 10 years.&nbsp; 10 years is an unrealistic expectation imho and I'd tell her so now.&nbsp; 5 years today should be realistic.&nbsp; And yes, I know there are a lot of folks still using 10 yr old computers.&nbsp; I just replaced our last computer from 2000 ( a P3) in the office a few months ago and used the excuse of a dead hard drive.This choice really depends on your Mom.&nbsp; Does she enjoy learning new stuff or does she like to do things the same way she has always done them.&nbsp; Is she going to get frustrated when OS X does not do things the same as her Windows habits or will she like learning a new way to do things.&nbsp; While she won't have to learn a whole lot with what she uses a computer for, these are the key questions.If she's in the first group, a month or two down the road she'll probably be very happy about the switch and you could set up her existing display as a 2nd monitor.In the 2nd group, and you'll never hear the end of the phone calls about why doesn't it do it like this?However, I could never bring myself to recommend a Gateway computer.&nbsp; I'm a fan of Dell when it comes to off-the-shelf Win machines.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1016446, member: 24160"] No matter which computer she buys, she's going to be buying another one in 10 years. 10 years is an unrealistic expectation imho and I'd tell her so now. 5 years today should be realistic. And yes, I know there are a lot of folks still using 10 yr old computers. I just replaced our last computer from 2000 ( a P3) in the office a few months ago and used the excuse of a dead hard drive. This choice really depends on your Mom. Does she enjoy learning new stuff or does she like to do things the same way she has always done them. Is she going to get frustrated when OS X does not do things the same as her Windows habits or will she like learning a new way to do things. While she won't have to learn a whole lot with what she uses a computer for, these are the key questions. If she's in the first group, a month or two down the road she'll probably be very happy about the switch and you could set up her existing display as a 2nd monitor. In the 2nd group, and you'll never hear the end of the phone calls about why doesn't it do it like this? However, I could never bring myself to recommend a Gateway computer. I'm a fan of Dell when it comes to off-the-shelf Win machines. [/QUOTE]

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