Game for a laugh?
I am trying to help an 80 year old chairman of a local charity move into the 21st Century. He has a typewriter with no ribbon. A fax machine that does not seem to receive faxes. NO INTERNET access.
I have tried to persuade him to buy a laptop or similar but he remembers he bought a PC 10 years ago and took one look at it and put it in the attic. He wishes to use it and is 'talking' to BT about broadband.......................
So, ideas please. We need basic email, internet, word proc and a printer. As far as I can establish the PC was W2000. Given that the OS is no longer supported, would a 'free' AV (say Avast) and Open Office Write be sufficient? I assume he would have OE and IE on the W2000 machine. Since he is adamant there will be no other use, I cannot see infection/phishing etc or the lack of security patches as a problem? What say you all?