[throwawaywxc]

This is good advice in principle but my parents are from a different world they grew up in a world without fridges, TVs or electronics.

I am all for them learning and making their own mistakes but I know them well enough to know that this wouldn't really work in their case - I know them well enough that ultimately they want something that just works with minimal effort, the stakes are also high in that I don't want them bricking a PC (100s of $) or getting hit by identity fraud.

I'd go mac if my dad didn't hate it so much.