Dear list members:

I made a mistake approving this post, please do respond to it, it is off topic.
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Jose
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Ron Colby wrote:

> My 72 year old father wants to join the computer revolution and has asked
> me to help him pick out a system <gulp>. Needless to say he is computer
> illiterate and I want to make this as painless as possible. He will be most
> interested in running financial programs, utilizing the Internet for
> research and running the latest in speech recognition software. 24 hour
> toll free technical support from the company that he purchases from is a
> must. Does support like this still exist? Any help would be most
> appreciative. Included in the purchase will be a scanner, printer, modem
> and monitor.