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Update: I found an affordable Chromebook that should do the job for now, and I'm gonna take my Mac back home and wipe the entire thing and reinstall the OS. She doesn't have anything of substance that she needs to save to the Cloud, but I'm going to double check her documents etc. before I do that.

Thanks everybody for your advice! We'll see how this saga continues...

I don't have a ton of followers on this account, so I would love if people would boost this for reach :

I need #tech advice from #computer people who also have #aging parents.

I think it's time for me to replace my mom's laptop with something that she can't kill. Or, if she kills it, something I can replace each time for less than $500.

I'm wondering if a netbook type of device would work? I have no idea what's available in that realm anymore.

I am loathe to get her something in the #Google 'verse because fuck Google. And boy howdy do I *not* want to go back into #Windows with her. That is my least favorite realm in which to play tech support.

However, if there is something out there that would suit her needs and not give me as many headaches, and it happens to be Google or Microsoft, and I can get it for less than $500, I will consider it.

Right now, she has *my* 2020 M1 #MacBook Air, because she killed *her* 2020 M1 MacBook Air with viruses -- and by spilling coffee on it.

It is still sitting on my workbench because no tech guys in town would touch it. All of them said that she needed to buy a new machine.

I loaned her my machine knowing full well that eventually, she would message me to let me know that it had "all these viruses!" on it.

That day was today.

I have no goddamn idea where she goes online to pick this stuff up, but the trashy email lists she's addicted to and Facebook are the two main suspects.

So my main question is: is there a senior-proof, laptop-style machine that I could get for her that would be more of a walled garden and might cause me fewer headaches so I can stop her ruining these expensive #Apple machines?

A side question would be: if we keep her in the Appleverse, is there a way I can spy on her? Is there something that I can install so I can see remotely what she's doing? I am the Admin on this machine and I believe she just has regular user privileges.

I know that's a radical invasion of privacy, even if I get her permission, but if she's going to keep ruining expensive laptops, I need to know where she's going and how she's messing them up. It would rock to be able to log into them remotely to try to fix them. (Is that even a thing?)

The only advantage to her having a Mac is I know them the best, and it does play nice with her phone. Also I can see all of her devices on Find My. But as she never travels with her laptop, I don't think she needs an Apple laptop anymore.

My sister and I got her a 10th generation iPad that works with a Bluetooth keyboard for her birthday last October. I was hoping that she would switch some of her behaviors over to that, because I can keep it more locked down. But nope.

I'm really at a loss for how to proceed as she ages. She considers herself tech savvy, and I don't want to have to keep gently shaming her for going to these fucking awful sites and picking up computer diseases.

She hates using her iPhone (13 Pro) for Facebook, email, or banking. I'm pretty sure that banking on a laptop with viruses on it is how she got scammed last year, prior to me switching out her machine. 😬

I appreciate advice from people who have dealt with this with aging relatives. Thanks for reading.
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Ubuntu Linux works pretty well on a 2014 MacBook Air
A graphic showing a MacBook Air with feet protruding below it, and arms on the sides. Over the arms can be seen a red cape. The feet are standing on what looks like a mountain peak covered in grass.
I also have a 2014 MacBook Air, except mine still has its original battery in, and works perfectly. But this is a great idea as there are no longer macOS updates for these old devices. It is an intel based CPU, so most Linux distros should work perfectly well on it, and then regularly receive OS updates.

Just note, in the linked article, that there was a small workaround needed to establish Wi-Fi connectivity.

See https://www.howtogeek.com/i-installed-ubuntu-on-my-old-macbook-air-and-wish-id-done-it-sooner
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