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by AnimalMuppet 1822 days ago
He's a non-coder? Fine. He's a beginner. Have him sit in a beginner class and try to use one of the laptops to take the course.

Now, others have given several suggestions on how to make them at least somewhat usable. Those are good ideas. But even after doing them, there may still be a problem. If you want to show your boss the problem, he has to feel the pain of using one of those 10-year-old machines.