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Laptop for the less tech savy

Mikel91 · 2012-12-17 16:35:55

We're looking to buy a laptop for my mother, so I thought I'd ask he're for some suggestions. She'd really only be using it for web browsing and typing so it wouldn't have to be very powerful. So pretty much nothing very expensive would be needed, more so just the basics. She's in her mid 50's and is, as put in the title,…

17-12-2012 4:35pm

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Mikel91

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We're looking to buy a laptop for my mother, so I thought I'd ask he're for some suggestions.

She'd really only be using it for web browsing and typing so it wouldn't have to be very powerful. So pretty much nothing very expensive would be needed, more so just the basics.

She's in her mid 50's and is, as put in the title, Not very tech savy. I was thinking of purchasing a netbook however with her eye sight I don't think it would be too ideal.

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#2 17-12-2012 4:38pm

AIR-AUSSIE

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Perhaps take a look at Chrome books. May suit what she'd be looking to do.

http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/chromebook

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