Does he already own a system he can scavenge parts or the OS from?
Have you tried craigslist? Shouldn't be difficult to locate something comparable used for $150-200.
Just thoughts to save funds. At least suggest it. Trust me, dad's like kids who want to save them money. 
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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