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By China at 10:34 AM

My father has been looking to purchase a computer for years, and is still looking and thinking about it. Sometimes it is overwhelming for older people to make a change, and I think that he is a bit intimidated by all the technology of today. I also think that he doesn't want to spend the money on it. He got a computer from my brother in law for free and he hooked it up and e-mailed me from it, but then he said that it didn't work right and that he had to get a new one because they couldn't get it online. Well, needless to say this made little sense considering the fact that he had been able to e-mail me from it which was an obvious indication to me that it was capable of getting online.

Of late, he and my brother in law have been shopping around and pricing cheap laptops. My father says that he likes the Lenovo laptops the best and that they are the best buy for the money. I did go online and look up Lenovo laptops and they really are a good deal, but I really worry about this man who has little or no knowledge of computers going to a place with a salesman who is either going to sell him things that he doesn't need, or not sell him the things he does. I have tried to convince him to wait until next month when I will be there and can go with him, but he insists that he can only get this great deal if he buys the computer this week.

I was still skeptical so I called my sister who lives in the next town over and is a bit more internet savvy then my father and I asked her to go with dad over to pick out his new laptop, so that he doesn't get ripped off. She said that she would be happy to help dad, and she would make it a date to take him to dinner and then over to pick up the laptop. As parents get older it is important for the kids to be able to work together in caring for their parents. My sister is a big help and I am glad that she is nearby since I can't be.