My experience has been there are no good PCs for the average person UNLESS you very specifically get one that has all the crapware removed. I know the Microsoft stores have several of these models.One other possibility you might not have considered: Chromebook. It's not as crazy as it...
Sorry Dave Ferris but I gotta disagree with that suggestion completely, tho I note it's just my nutter opinion =) Adding a layer of complexity like Bootcamp is, to my mind, like double whammying an admitted technophobe. I could -maybe- see using Parallels but Bootcamp and having to shutdown and...
For the tasks your mother does most let me suggest something you might not have considered: Go all in on iPad.Doesnt sound like she is doing heavy text input, spreadsheets or other manipulation intensive work.Email, Web, Photos, Videos, iPad all the way.If you absolutely positively can't do that...