Valerie Singleton’s: SimplicITy Computers for the Eledrly
Filed under: Computers, Desktops
Valerie Singleton who is best known for her stint as one of the BBC’s Blue peter presenters has recently spearheaded the launch of a new range of PC’s aimed towards users over 60 years old.
The computers which are dubbed ‘SimplicITy’ are said to be the creation of a joint effort between Wessex Computers and discount-age, the PC’s are based on the popular Linux-Mint distro.
The main aim for the PC’s is to allow extremely simple access to Internet, email and chat facilities, upon boot you are welcomed by a screen they are calling “Square One”, this screen allows easy access to useful functions.
There are two systems available, both systems feature a 19 inch monitor, stereo speakers and a wireless keyboard and mouse. One of which is called the simplicity Suite 100, this features a 2.2GHz AMD Sempron LE-1250 processor and will set you back £445.99, this price includes delivery.
The other system features a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 processor, this model is more powerful and will set you back £535.99, this price also includes delivery. For full details check out Hexus’ article.
This may be the perfect present for your grandparents this Christmas, however personally I would like to see a trustworthy review beforehand, you can see an introductory video below.
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Unfortunatley I fear SimplicITy will be doomed as they have recommended Eclipse as the ISP & Mail.
We are currently leaving Eclipse as they have gone badly downhill over the last couple of years with constant browser timeouts they are so slow, unusable webmail and even ‘Page not Found’s’ on their Help system.
I had no problems with Eclipse and I think this can be a good revolution for senior users
I’m a Yank so I’m not sure but I think £445.99 is approx $892 which seems like a lot for what is essentially software. I can purchase a desktop here for about $400 which means the software is almost $500.