Is there a good laptop for seniors citizens?

Yes, its called a frisbee. :-) Why tie them down?

I have found the older they get the more complex it gets for them.

My mom just got a laptop. She is 76. Go with the largest screen. Hers is 19”.
If you do go with a larger then normal screen you wont be able to avoid cost. But figure around $600.

I recently did this for my dad, too. We got him just a regular, basic HP with a larger screen. I made the icons as large as possible and removed any that he won’t use.
I found that a USB mouse was easier than the touchpad for him.
He wanted to be able to Google things and use Facebook to see what the family was up to, so I put those two bookmarks on his browser.
I hope this helps!

I recently asked a similar question (link below). You may want to look at the various responses it received (ignore the debate about iPad)—

http://www.fluther.com/93650/is-there-a-elderly-friendly-pc-interface-or-operating-system/

I would be very wary of the Hewlett Packard 9000 series. They are great laptops but have issues with the motherboard burning out due to overheating. Good luck to your father!

i love the ipad.

There are special computers being developed for seniors like the Go computer I have not actually seen any of them so I don’t know if any of them are actually catching on.

There were a couple of pages on the BBC’s site that might be helpful. this one and this

There are several good options now for Seniors. The WOW computer has a touch screen and a stationary bar down the left side for easy navigation. They use a linux system so you can’t add anything but it does the basics
A Plus Senior Computer uses Windows 7 with a simply interface. It seems like a good way to go so seniors can add the games or perhaps a greetings card program. They also come in both a desktop and laptop models that I think Seniors would like.

My mother had 2 stokes within the last year so she was always getting confused with her old computer. We got her an A Plus Senior Computer (www.aplusseniorcomputer.com) and she just loves it. It’s setup quite nicely with big text and a one page senior place that offers her quick places to go and email all in one place. We were thrilled that she could keep up with the computer.