iPads

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Children these days are so spoiled. They have iPads, iPods, iPhones, iMacs… when I was younger, the best we had was iSpy

 

[thanxfornoticin]

My parents had the same commentary about color tv and VHS recordings! Just imagine what the next generation will be spoiled with!!

 

[fla4fun]

Children these days are so spoiled. They have iPads, iPods, iPhones, iMacs… when I was younger, the best we had was iSpy

I remember thinking we were hot stuff when we got a Commodore 64. . . I don’t see giving kids current technology as spoiling them, so long as it’s age appropriate. You don’t have to give a six year old an iPad Pro or a ten year old an iPhone Pro Max. Entry level tech allows them to learn just as well as top of the line until they are old enough to need the upgrades.

 

[tvguy]

I remember thinking we were hot stuff when we got a Commodore 64. . . I don’t see giving kids current technology as spoiling them, so long as it’s age appropriate. You don’t have to give a six year old an iPad Pro or a ten year old an iPhone Pro Max. Entry level tech allows them to learn just as well as top of the line until they are old enough to need the upgrades.

I thought I was hot stuff when I got a VIC 20. with a cassette tape backup drive. Only thing I ever did with it was program it to fill the screen with curse words.

 

[fla4fun]

I thought I was hot stuff when I got a VIC 20. with a cassette tape backup drive. Only thing I ever did with it was program it to fill the screen with curse words.

We programmed music and animations mostly. So many commands for such small output!

 

[geargrinder]

You commodore kids were lucky. My folks went "mainstream adjacent" with their first computer purchases.

Timex/Sinclair 1000- cassette drive
Tandy TRS-80III- 48k with dual 5.25 floppy drives

My brother got the Tandy Color Computer.

I got an Atari 800xl until high school when I got a new 8088 PC.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I had paper, pencils and crayons.

 

[tvguy]

You commodore kids were lucky. My folks went "mainstream adjacent" with their first computer purchases.

Timex/Sinclair 1000- cassette drive
Tandy TRS-80III- 48k with dual 5.25 floppy drives

My brother got the Tandy Color Computer.

I got an Atari 800xl until high school when I got a new 8088 PC.

Lord. And I was considered a spoiled kid because I had an ELECTRIC typewriter in College.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Greatest Christmas ever was when my parents gave us a 2nd hand Atari 2600. We had a VIC 20 and later a C64 too - those were the best.