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I 100% salute your mom but raw capability isn't even really the point. Realistically, your average person, let alone older person has absolutely zero interest in needing to touch a terminal. They want to live as close to auto-magic as they possibly can. I hate Apple but the idea that it "just works" is one of their primary selling points, right along side the whole status symbol thing. It's not a right or wrong, just people being people.