We managed to replace our mother's dead word processor with a laptop computer about 5 years ago. She was adamantly against having a computer and we tried to convince her that what we got her was a new word processor. She wasn't fooled. The first thing she typed was "THIS IS NOT A WORD PROCESSOR!"

She's had some hard times with this computer but she's really learned to appreciate how much easier it is to write letters, do spreadsheets, and maintain a database of her art work. She's now closing in on 90 and still making progress. She probably would welcome a 20-inch screen at this point and we may try another upgrade. She doesn't do e-mail but she is an avid computer chess player.

We do have to sort out where she has inadvertently saved new files on occasion.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble