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That was my first thought. Followed by this is a smaller Pi-Top

https://shop.pi-top.com/products/pi-top

The best tool to challenge children is a Raspberry Pi. They can build an entire computer from scratch for less then $100 and an old TV. Price is not what makes a tool great.

Before you put a dime into a business look for the paper. If they can't supply it run like hell. If they have no plan for profit for at least 3 years don't invest. There are some many IPO's filing were the CEO walks away with golden parachute of $50 million whether it succeeds or fails. Its not just Silicon Valley. I've seen it recently in exercise equipment and office space rental.

For tourist location it work. Government gets the money back in sales and other taxes. But in other cities it will be money pit with no possible way to recoup the cost. It can never work in rural areas because there isn't a dense enough population.

The local economist has been ascribing this move to the $15 minimum wage. His take is that the only way fast food can stay profitable, with the higher minimum wages, is automation. Computers cost less than people.

It usually comes from a recession or a depression were rewrites are finally deemed necessary. Unfortunately unless people with common sense participate in government and we vote in selfless people a generation will suffer the consequences of our inactivity.