Advice please for first laptop for elderly

[7and911]

Hello, all.

 

Just joined the forum and looking for some advice regarding buying a laptop for my 83y old dad who has never used computer (well, I tried with him long year ago but didn't work) now after my mum death he feels lonely and I thought I would try again.

 

- Budget needs to be under £300 (as he may never use the machine)

- Screen needs to be large (he is short sighted)

- he has dodgy internet connection so chromebook may not be ideal

 

 

For my £300 I can get:

 

A) HP 250:      Pentium Ci5-5200U dual core 2.2GHz 4GB RAM 500GB 

B) Lenovo G50-80:      Ci3-4005U dual core 1.7GHz, 6GB RAM,  1TB.  

C) Lenovo 305-15iby Ideapad:    Pentium n3540 quad core 2.1GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB 

D) Toshiba Satellite L50D-B: AMD A8-6410 quad core 2.1GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB

 

 

So the question is which one to go for? I understand for my dad any one of the above will all be fine for him, but which one has potentially less problem (as I live far away from him)

 

Thank you for your help and I am open for any suggestions and other alternatives

[Enderman]

how about an ipad

 

ios is great for old people who are technologically incompetent

[Kaita]

Go with the first one for better hardware.

 

how about an ipad

 

ios is great for old people who are technologically incompetent 

Or this

 

Edit: An iPad Air costs £282 on Amazon

[JoeCoke]

how about an ipad

 

ios is great for old people who are technologically incompetent

I agree, Windows would probably be too much. iOS is pretty fool proof, so if you can swing it, try to get him an ipad.

[Philosobyte]

Agreed - iPad is the way to go. However, I suggest having him use Chrome instead of Safari. For my grandparents, at least, the bookmarks interface in Chrome was less confusing. 

[Quincy15]

how about an ipad

ios is great for old people who are technologically incompetent

And young people who are technologically incompetent but like shiny things

[techguru]

 

Hello, all.

 

Just joined the forum and looking for some advice regarding buying a laptop for my 83y old dad who has never used computer (well, I tried with him long year ago but didn't work) now after my mum death he feels lonely and I thought I would try again.

 

- Budget needs to be under £300 (as he may never use the machine)

- Screen needs to be large (he is short sighted)

- he has dodgy internet connection so chromebook may not be ideal

 

 

For my £300 I can get:

 

A) HP 250:      Pentium Ci5-5200U dual core 2.2GHz 4GB RAM 500GB 

B) Lenovo G50-80:      Ci3-4005U dual core 1.7GHz, 6GB RAM,  1TB.  

C) Lenovo 305-15iby Ideapad:    Pentium n3540 quad core 2.1GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB 

D) Toshiba Satellite L50D-B: AMD A8-6410 quad core 2.1GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB

 

 

So the question is which one to go for? I understand for my dad any one of the above will all be fine for him, but which one has potentially less problem (as I live far away from him)

 

Thank you for your help and I am open for any suggestions and other alternatives

 

ipad..or any tablet

[Coaxialgamer]

The first one with the i5, but you should get a tablet instead unless he really needs a pc for some reason

[7and911]

Thank you all.

 

The reason I am against I pad is A) screen size as dad is short sighted. B) not sure how will he cope with touch screen,

[Philosobyte]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Notebookcheck-s-Top-10-Notebooks-under-300-Euros.130231.0.html

Take your pick - four of them are 15.6"