Kids computers

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_wfi-inc.com>
Date: Thu Mar 9 16:53:24 2000

Just a quick note on this...

I have a P200mmx set up for my kids, who are (the one's who are computing,
anyway) almost 5 and 4 1/2 years old. I continually preview and install
modern educational software for them (Reader Rabbit, Magic Schoolbus, etc)
to keep them interested in it. I have to tell you that I almost feel
guilty when I see them interacting with kids from their school who don't
have computers at home; it really is such an unfair advantage. My kids,
and their computing friends, spell, add, subtract, and do well with
thinking games and puzzles...and the other kids, well...totally unfair.

I think the whole thing (cobbled together from extra pieces) cost me a
total of $500 with monitor, 32x cdrom, 4 meg Matrox card, 64megs ram, 2
gig HD, Soundblaster. For the results, I think it'd be worth 10 times
that.

My dime,

Aaron

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Mike Ford wrote:

> For up to about 8 years old an Apple II is great. Lots of software free to
> download, and almost indistructible.
>
> Any older PC or mac for ages 7 to 10, or for the first year of computers at
> any age.
>
> Once they are through the basics though, figure on a fairly new system with
> a good graphics board. Run all the older software in emulation, plus surf
> the web and play games with decent speed.
>
> Any house without at least 5 networked computers and two printers is fairly
> deprived, my goal is about a dozen of different era's all talking etc.
>
>
Received on Thu Mar 09 2000 - 16:53:24 GMT