My mother-in-law is, to give her some credit, an intelligent lady. However, faced with an upgrade from Windows XP to Vista and IE7 from IE6 and you have a situation akin to explaining quadratic equations to a two year old. Both circumstances will result in heavy objects being thrown around in frustration.
So, the idea of Microsoft to provide a range of "Senior PC packages" is, in my mind, borderline genius and something I wish I had thought of first. Computer Weekly mock the idea in this weeks magazine, something I think is very unfair given that I'm sure some of their editorial team are getting on a bit and would probably be able to make good use of the built-in prescription software...
If home computing can be made as easy as taking the PC out of the box, plugging it in and turning it on (not a word from the Mac users please - I know you've been able to do this for years) then that's to be encouraged for everyone, not just the elderly. And if it stops the "support" calls from my mother-in-law then that's priceless!
