“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own late 80s OS”

Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by increment_i on Sunday December 14, 2014 @03:37AM (#8747777)

That doesn't add up to me. The children of today will almost surely look back at the iPad the same way you look back at your dad's IBM mainframe and with the same nostalgia as others on this thread. It'll seem quite primitive compared to the contemporary technology of their adulthood.

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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by m_mueller on Sunday December 14, 2014 @04:10AM (#8747813)

Here's the big difference: You can't 'play' around with them the same way, they're not built to program on or change / break things significantly. It's not an empowering device.

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Re:“Was isolated from 1999 to 2006 with a 486. Built my own ... by peteridah on Sunday December 14, 2014 @06:12AM (#8748011)

I bought a kano/raspberry kit for my 5yr old. We explore the terminal, python interpreter, minecraft etc and he is totally pumped, with the ipad lying idly just by his side. What really clicked for him was the fact that he now had a real computer that did stuff like dad's and calls himself a 'real hacker'.

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