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Weirdly, my mum used to have laptops for years, which she used for running at an obscenely low resolution, making it practically unusable. She played solitaire

Weirdly, my mum used to have laptops for years, which she used for running at an obscenely low resolution, making it practically unusable. She played solitaire on it, and used Facebook. And I think that was all! She bought an iPad (finally) and doesn't make a fuss about not changing the font size (she can't, so she doesn't make a fuss anymore), and seems really happy with it. But she isn't trying to create things on it. That could be what's different with your mum.

mcv 12y ago
As far as I know, my parents still have old-fashioned desktop PCs. They also both have an iPad. I don't think they have laptops, though. Maybe my dad does. I should check how much they still use their PCs. My dad used to program a lot, and my mom moderated a mailinglist and was active in a bunch of communities (for some context: I'm 40, my parents are 68). Tablet usage is definitely more passive and consumptive.