simPC - Your Grandparents' New Computer?

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 12, 2005 @04:50PM from the still-not-easy-enough dept.

trs9000 writes "The Register has a blurb about simPC, an "idiot-proof" PC set to debut in May of this year. It seems like a step towards a thin-client world, though it is aimed primarily at the elderly. For about $400 for the box and a $13-per-month subscription, users get a box with a propietary OS and software preinstalled for online banking, spam filtering, virus detection and online storage. What users don't get is the ability to install software, burn CDs or download large files. Initial release is only for the Netherlands and Belgium."

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Re:idiot-proof by emjoi_gently · 2005-01-12 17:29 · Score: 5, Informative

What about us 40 years olds who have to fix the damn teenagers PCs filled with spyware.

I don't know what my neices are doing, but their PCs seem to soak up spyware like a sponge.

Stop clicking on "YES" when those popups appear on websites, kids!