I have a very similar story (grandparents and brother), it seems logical
to run adverts like these little stories about the "average joe" thinking a
new computer would make their computing life better when in reality a simple
switch to ubuntu could make the computer feel as if it runs like new.
My grandparents are keen photographers so I even showed them how to sync
files between the main ubuntu computer, the little windows laptop and a mac
(without dropbox although that program works on all platforms). They won't
be switching to the gimp any time soon but they love how they can organise
and display their photos on the main computer using F-spot the equivalent to
their much used iPhoto.
> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:25:32 +0000
> From: aeclist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ubuntu-advertising@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-advertising] Target audience - was Global-isation
>
> Yes that certainly rings a bell. A dual booting friend of mine has a
> neighbour with a very slow vista PC. After talking, she wanted to try
> a ubuntu dual boot, and it has worked well, much faster. Now she still
> uses Windows but not very much. She is a grandparent, and her family
> and extended family also wanted to see it and want to try it too. At
> least in principle, try it ..... Trouble is, family life is pretty
> full and 'change' is necessarily time consuming. However, at least
> more people know of ubuntu and that it works!
> --
> alan cocks
> Ubuntu user
