Digital technologies have made a positive impact on the couple's lives although it has not been drastic. They have been able to contact friends that live far away more easily and have been introduced to leisurely activities available through these technologies such as tracing family trees and the use of a digital camera.
Their quality of life would not be poorer if they didn't have access to these digital technologies as the couple do not rely on them and only really use them to stay up to date in the 21st century. They are now using email to contact their friends in Australia and Pakistan but I'm sure they would be quite happy with handwriting letters to them. Similarly, their use of a digital camera hasn't made much difference to them as before all they would have to do is go into town and get their films developed. However as they get older and they become less mobile, this will help them alot as they would not have to make the journey to develop the photos, instead just having to click a button on the computer. As for the family tree thing, this is just a good output from the ionternet and I'm sure they could live without knowing what their family tree is like.
The couple were able to afford to buy a computer so access in the community centre would not benefit them personally. However for many other ageing couples, money is becoming tighter every day what with the 'credit-crunch'. Similar to the developing photos thing, as the couple get older, a somewhat simple sounding three mile journey to the local community centre will become harder every day due to the ageing process.
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