Several years before my brother died I bought him a WebTV, for around $300. He never learned it but his wife did and she used it with great success for years after that. The only problem she ever had with it was the keyboard when it started sticking. She bought another keyboard at Circuit City for less than $30.

Last month she remarried and her new husband has a computer so she has switched over to his service. I am quite sure, however, that she would have no qualms about going back to her old WebTV.

The main restriction WebTV has is that it doesn't - or at least hers doesn't - have wordprocessing capability, only email. The internet and SEARCH functions work fine.