Ross Mayfield gives some advice:
If you are reading this, you are probably an early adopter. So when the holidays come around you spend time with your family doing In-law IT. These days it can be dreadfully easy:Posted by jackhodgson at January 1, 2005 11:38 AM* If at all possible, switch them to a Mac -- You know that experience of visiting family only to find their PC infested with spyware and viruses. Call it the crud of mainstream adoption. They complain about things simply crashing, you have a solution, move them to a Mac with at least OS X. This is the greatest gift you can give them, simplicity that simply works.