In article <Pine.SOL.4.64.0805090831270.21948@marrakesh>,
Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Michael Vilain wrote:
>
> > Yes, but I wouldn't setup a Solaris workstation for my mom to browse her
> > needlepoint web sites and send email or talk to her grandson who's on a
> > mission in Malaysia. You want something else that's entirely different
> > from what she would need.
>
> Interesting, because my (non-technical) wife uses Solaris as her sole
> desktop doing just that: emailing, surfing the web (she loves Pogo),
> and creating the occassional document in StarOffice.
>
> > All she wants is for it to work.
>
> Indeed, which is why Windoze is not an option!

No argument there. I'd get her a Macintosh which I can support a lot
easier than XP. How old is your wife? My mom is 83.

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