My parents had PC’s and were incessantly asking for help.
The best thing I ever did for my sanity was get them a Mac. No viruses and very little learning required on their part.
After a couple of years the extra cost of the Mac was nothing.
If it was me. I would have him take a look at an Ipad, hook it up with a blue tooth keypad and let him go.
“If it was me. I would have him take a look at an Ipad, hook it up with a blue tooth keypad and let him go.”
Another interesting point here is that the iPad 2 could be hooked up to a suitably placed big screen HDTV. Now THAT would be easy on the eyes. Read some of the comments/reviews here:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC953ZM/A
For $2500 you could get him an iPad and a heck of a TV upgrade... ;-)
This would be a great setup for content consumption and entertainment.