[_] a laptop for my mum
Tom Gidden
tom at gidden.net
Tue Aug 1 14:29:16 BST 2006
On 1 Aug 2006, at 14:04, Dave Hodgkinson wrote:
> Well, no. You could disable networking and at least then it's a
> walled garden.
Yeah, if it were me. I wouldn't personally set up a dual-boot or
virtualised OS for a non-techie. Double the support hassle.
Definitely not something you want to set up or maintain over the phone.
Tom
PS. Incidentally, I'm assuming Juan's mum is a non-techie, which I
guess could be construed as sexist/ageist/whatever. My apologies if
that's not the case, but I'd assume the same about dads, brothers,
sisters, cousins, sons, daughters, etc., as there are far more non-
techies than techies, and I wouldn't wish Windows on *anyone* anyway.
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Tom Gidden
http://gidden.net/tom/
> Well, no. You could disable networking and at least then it's a
> walled garden.
Yeah, if it were me. I wouldn't personally set up a dual-boot or
virtualised OS for a non-techie. Double the support hassle.
Definitely not something you want to set up or maintain over the phone.
Tom
PS. Incidentally, I'm assuming Juan's mum is a non-techie, which I
guess could be construed as sexist/ageist/whatever. My apologies if
that's not the case, but I'd assume the same about dads, brothers,
sisters, cousins, sons, daughters, etc., as there are far more non-
techies than techies, and I wouldn't wish Windows on *anyone* anyway.
--
Tom Gidden
http://gidden.net/tom/