Re: [Thinkpad] Want Suggestions for Dad ThinkPad

Why a laptop at all? Or, if occasional mobility is necessary, why not a
laptop with an external monitor?

If you do get him a laptop, newer=better LCD. When I got my 560X
working again last week, I lined up my 560, the 560X, the new X30, and
my wife's T23 on our coffee table. The display difference was striking,
with the newer machines handily beating out the older ones on brightness
and readibility.

- David R.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann@twp-llc.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:06 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Want Suggestions for Dad ThinkPad

> Hi all,
>
> In the midst of everything else going on for me right now, I'm
thinking of
> getting my dad online. He spends quite a bit of time at home, and I
think
> it would be better than just watching TV.
>
> So, I want to get him a ThinkPad. Basically, I want this to be EASY.
Right
> now, that still means Windows, especially since he doesn't live where
I
> do (but he does live near my sisters who run Windows). W98SE will be
the
> OS of choice, as I have a license. IE and a web-hosted e-mail account
like
> hotmail or yahoo will likely be the only applications he'll use for
some
> time, but I'll install Adobe Reader, Real Player, Quicktime, and
either
> MS's Office file viewers or OpenOffice.
>
> He'll be using dialup. (550access seems pretty reliable.)
>
> I think a larger screen would be good for his far-sighted 79-year-old
> eyes, so I think the 240/X and 560/E/X/Z are out of the running.
>
> My first reaction, since I have a 600X and 600E and care for another
600E
> is to get a low-end 600E or middle to high 600. I am shy of the i
series,
> and the 3xx's. (I've had a 385 and didn't like how cheap it felt.)
>
> I'm looking for comments like "Hey, check out the 560X" or "I still
like
> my 770."
>
> Many thanks,
> Chris Schumann
>
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